Roll da Blog

Every so often people share with me a few internet delights I find worthy of the pass along. For instance, Jason Santa Maria is a graphic designer who lives in New York, teaches at the School of Visual Arts, sits on boards, and does all the typical grown up things grown ups do. He's created a blog that plays with layout in such a way that the content drives the appearance, rather than the appearance driving the content. He fully admits it may not work out for everyone, nor that it's perfectly browser friendly. Maybe that's why he writes on The Mathematics of the Tootsie Pop.

Granted this web site isn't the most beautiful, or even the most exciting (it's all geek stuff). However, it does explore educational uses for the groovy new Google Wave hitting the beta scene as of, well, a while ago. I'm on the much desired roll out list for a much desired invite much to my OMG YES I'M SO EXCITED joy. I've already played with the software and it's pure delight! Okay, it's more like when you move to a new city and discover one day you know how to get to the grocery without a map. THAT kind of joy. (This is when my friends say something like, "Ok. Breathe. Yes, in. Out. You can do this...")

On the less epoch scale, The Biggest Apple is written by an American ex pat living in the UK. Our author studied in New York, has lived in the Netherlands, and occasionally snaps pictures of things he digs. He seems to enjoy music (see The Coward). And he has a delicious sense of humour for curating the collectibles (see Dear Andy). I thank him tremendously for this little video find. (For those of you who are youngin's visit The Warhol to appreciate this letter.)

Mark Boulton is a designer, an author, a speaker, runs a small design agency and publishes books as he goes. The personal disquiet of Mark Boulton is a blog about design and design graphics. Take a peek at the stunning drop caps he had his sister-in-law work up for placeholders.

A Working Library is a blog about reading—both an exploration of and an advocate for the reading experience. Being an aspiring bibliophile, this site makes me drool but maybe not as much as The Biggest Apple. Here's a nice post on the definition of a reader.

Meet Denice. She's your classic nerd. She writes on anything. Really. Anything. She lives in Utah and spends 95% of her time on her Mac. No wonder why she has such a lovely little blog entitled, "Hello! What are you doing here? Did Phil send you?". She blogs things that I like. For instance, would you take the stairs more often if someone made them more fun? I know I would.

Lastly, in the interest of wasting a tremendous amount of time over the period of a year, you can Beat my Brute. Just remember to save your character by entering a password.

Coolness.

Thanks to http://thecasualobserver.net for the borrowed Tootsie Pop image.