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But with the British, French and American governments considering arms for the opposition on a scale not yet seen in the more than two-year-old conflict, the U.S. official’s allegation was a new acknowledgment that the Syrian conflict has become a regional war and a de facto U.S. proxy fight with Iran.
(via The Washington Post)

The Internet Looking at Itself

Internet usage map

This map shows the average Internet usage of the observed nodes over a 24-hour period. Look closely to see the traffic move with the daylight.

(via Motherboard)

Reagan Ray: Paravel had the great honor of working with Mark Simonson to redesign the site for his studio. The site currently features 28 fonts, so one of my main tasks was to develop a system of specimens that showcase the beauty of his catalog. View high resolution

Reagan Ray:

Paravel had the great honor of working with Mark Simonson to redesign the site for his studio. The site currently features 28 fonts, so one of my main tasks was to develop a system of specimens that showcase the beauty of his catalog.

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Long-form home pages aim to provide the bulk of the site’s content in one place. This provides a pair of benefits: a) you can ensure the user will experience the content in a linear manner (starting at the top and scroll to the bottom), and b) most people want to finish a short story, and the scrollbar tells them there’s an end in sight. As long as your initial content is engaging enough for them to scroll, they’ll most likely stick it out for the ride. Don’t worry, people scroll—it’s the easiest interaction with any internet browsing device—both on mobile and desktop.
(via Kyle Meyer.)

Lickin’

WEB LEAD!:

Pregnant women do not lick something candy much everyday is a tablet and candy during a break or lunch “I am candy to compensate for the vitamin folic acid and” I heard because they lick “and painful throat I’ve been licking candy lately” folic acid I also surprised there is candy to make up shit.

Well, it’s originally Japanese. Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t watch what you’re lickin’.

(via a Google Translate version, of course.)

Native style momentum scrolling to arrive in iOS 5

One of the biggest gripes of web apps in Mobile Safari comes to an end. In iOS 5 Beta 2, you are able to do this on an element with CSS:

overflow: scroll;
-webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;

Super useful.

Via Dash on Dribbble: Here is a cool little icon for an awesome app by @drewwilson Learn more about it here http://footageapp.com/ Nice. View high resolution

Via Dash on Dribbble:

Here is a cool little icon for an awesome app by @drewwilson

Learn more about it here http://footageapp.com/

Nice.

TeleGeography’s Submarine Cable Map 2013 is a map that shows the cables that connect countries and make the internet. From the dedicated site: The Submarine Cable Map is a free resource from TeleGeography. Data contained in this map is drawn from Global Bandwidth Research Service and is updated on a regular basis. They’re selling a 36” × 50” print for $250. (via Adactio) View high resolution

TeleGeography’s Submarine Cable Map 2013 is a map that shows the cables that connect countries and make the internet. From the dedicated site:

The Submarine Cable Map is a free resource from TeleGeography. Data contained in this map is drawn from Global Bandwidth Research Service and is updated on a regular basis.

They’re selling a 36” × 50” print for $250.

(via Adactio)

Emir Ayouni posted these playful icons on Dribbble. They’re for the upcoming launch of Growcase: Down to the last details now and here are some icons we made for the site. Going live in February, lawd willin’! View high resolution

Emir Ayouni posted these playful icons on Dribbble. They’re for the upcoming launch of Growcase:

Down to the last details now and here are some icons we made for the site. Going live in February, lawd willin’!

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What piece of advice would you give to people starting out in design?

Learn, learn, learn. (that’s three pieces because it’s so important). And do not work for arseholes, nor with them.

Design Week interviewed Erik Spiekermann. It’s short – ten questions – but, you know, Spiekermann.