The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2016/08/22

templatemonster.com

Monstroid: the WordPress theme on steroidsSponsored

Building a site is not an easy task unless you are armed with a multipurpose WordPress theme that can be adjusted to any possible online resource. Here comes Monstroid - a WordPress theme that has ...

mondaynote.com

The Internet of Poorly Working Things

It was twenty years ago this month that the cover of the adorably geeky Boardwatch Magazine, a journal dedicated to the world of Bulletin Board Systems ( BBS, remember them?), featured bearded professor Vint Cerf, the grandfather of the Internet: Cerf's pithy IP On Everything prophecy was simple, resonant, and inexorable: All objects in our lives will someday feature an IP Stack.

medium.com

Mapping NYC Transit. All of It

Is it possible to make one map of all of NYC's transit services? One night, years ago I was heading out to Jamaica to catch a bus to get to eastern Queens. I was sitting cross from the map just staring at it contemplating... The Subway Map.

the-dialogue.com

Heraldry of German States

The history of Germany is very rich not only in terms of different events, but also in their number and antiquity. Due to its history Germany has a very diverse reputation worldwide. However, it is difficult to deny certain cultural, technical, scientific and even sporting achievements of this country.

medium.com

#LitmusLive in Black and White

LitmusLive in Black and White One way or another, I've been to The Email Design Conference every year since it started. Last year, I rolled around and chatted with #emailgeeks via robot. Every other year, including this one, I had the pleasure of shaking hands and sharing a drink with them, too.

medium.com

Death to Complexity: How we Simplified Advanced Search

A bit about the design process that went into reimagining Spokeo's Advanced Search tools. This was a weeks-long collaboration between the design and front-end teams, with support from backend for some specific API updates. Disclaimer: these features are in QA and not yet released.