“Experimenting with black and white conversion methods in Photoshop. I tried the channel mixer and a couple of third-party plugins, but I like the results from the method here, which is apparently due to a gentleman named Rob Carr. I’ll summarize the steps, since I found the presentation on that site a little confusing.”
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“A loupe is one of those things that you just can’t buy without trying it out. Prices range from $10 for a cheap plastic device to $250 for a fancy Schneider loupe. In between, there are price peaks at $40 and $100… For over a year I used a cheap $10 plastic loupe. This is probably the worst magnifier I have ever used.”
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“Nokia 6682 - my first Nokia phone. There are some UI quirks I’d like to see addressed, but overall I’m really thrilled with the phone. Great build quality, nice materials, nice weight, nice physical balance, nice look, and nice mix of phone-first PDA-second features…”
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“While listening to Stefan Sagmeister talk at this years HOW Conference I was shocked to hear him say that he did not believe in Style=Fart anymore. He said this, and then went right on with his presentation. Most people don‚Äôt just put their philosophy on promotional material, on the National AIGA Conference poster, carve it into their chest and then change their mind. In my mind this was similar to the moment in history that Jan Tschihold abandoned the New Typography. Or was it? I asked Stefan about this switch in philosophy and he was kind enough to respond by saying…”
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