marcus ramberg » design

marcus — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:46:30 +0000

Jim Wesson aka @hotdogsladies aka Merlin Mann is the customer from hell:

First, and most important, can we do something to make the logo BIGGER and more prominent? I’ve done a quick sketch using the circumference of my coffee cup as a reference guide (see attached) and I’m sure we all agree that the new eagle is much easier to see at about three times the current size (I’m not sure what that is in computer picas). Everyone agrees that the new eagle logo my daughter drew is GORGEOUS, so I really want those feathers to stand out over the “Stool” info scrolling through the eagle’s mouth (beak? bill? not important).

Great fun.

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Masters of the hipster-universe

marcus — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:58:01 +0000

Awesome hipster He-Man and friends drawings. Must see.

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Awesome rubber band gun

marcus — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:32:24 +0000

By Andy Mangold. Daddy, please make me one like that. And get me a pony while you’re at it?

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Facebook vanity URLs

marcus — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:08:28 +0000

Chris has a interesting analysis of a recent move by Facebook to support username urls:

Arrington has a post that claims that “Facebook is getting wise to something MySpace has known from the start – users love vanity URLs.”

I don’t buy it. In fact, I’m pretty sure that the omission of vanity URLs on Facebook is an intentional design decision from the beginning, and one that I’ve learned to appreciate over time.

I think this change is another result of Facebook’s apparent fear and envy of twitter’s recent popularity. However, I believe they fullfill different social functions, and that Facebook’s attempts at competing in Twitter’s function only weakens it’s existing position.

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Why your avatar matters

marcus — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:02:10 +0000

Good article about Avatars. As we continue to build our internet personalities, branding gets more and more important. Wonder if I should add an avatar to the sidebar of this blog?

I tend to switch between a Self portrait I took while Photographing ABC Startsiden and my Manga me (From Face your manga). I feel that both of them work, as the manga one is quite recognizable), but I would love to get a good hand-drawn one, as I feel the manga ones are a bit generic.

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