Author Archives: Young Koh
Little Camera with a Big Heart – Samsung NX100
This little mirrorless system Samsung is my ‘take-along-anywhere’ camera. It can go where my Nikon D90 or Canon Xti can’t. It’s light, compact, and discreet. The NX100 has APS-C 1.5 crop factor sensor which is the same size as my Nikon D90 and slightly larger than the Canon Xti. So far, the little Samsung doesn’t [...]
Posted in Photography Tagged compact sytem camera, hybrid camera, mirrorless camera, nx nikon adapter, nx100, samsung nx100 Leave a comment
Is Flash Dead?
Yes. But don’t just take my word for it.
Posted in Random Blog Posts, UI development Tagged adobe gives up on flash, death of flash, Flash, flash mobile, is flash dead? Leave a comment
Oh my, what’s up at Apple…
I really couldn’t care less about the fact that the new iPhone that Apple introduced three months late wasn’t an iPhone5. However, as a web designer, I do seem to notice somethings more than others. Things like how they present new products on their website, design, layout, etc. If you visited apple.com today, you’ll see [...]
Posted in Design, Random Blog Posts, Random DIY Tagged apple, apple iphone5, apple.com Leave a comment
Why are camera lenses so expensive?
Have you wondered why camera lenses are so expensive? Aren’t they just pieces of glass? Pros and amateurs alike are often baffled by the prohibitive cost of high performance lenses which can easily cost several times more than the camera itself. Here’s a video that briefly takes you through the lens manufacturing process at Canon. [...]
Using Google Web Fonts
Google Web Fonts API now makes it even easier to use web fonts on websites. The days of choosing between Arial or Verdana are long gone. Hundreds of available Google Web Fonts are totally free and open source. The interface is simple and intuitive. The @font-face CSS stylesheet is automatically generated on Google’s end. All [...]
Pretty Loaded
Days of Flash loading screens are long gone…, well, almost. Designers used Flash loaders to retain visitor’s attention while pre-loading bunch of other Flash stuff. Some of these short movie clips from the heydays of Flash were very creative, entertaining and enticing. PrettyLoaded is a growing collection of Flash Loaders from the past.
Posted in Design, Random Blog Posts Tagged Flash, flash loading screens, flash preloaders, loaders, pre-loader, web design 1 Comment
Staples Home Robbery TV Ad
Like everything else TV ads have their share of hits and misses. There are commercials we love because they are entertaining to watch. And there are ones that are just annoying or utterly tasteless. One of the worst examples this years is Staple’s “Home Robbery” TV commercial. It boggles the mind how something so obviously [...]
Is WordPress Killing Web Design?
As a designer or developer if you’re simply tinkering with CSS that someone else has created or if your idea of of a layout is relocating ‘Widgets’, then your creative options may be limited. But WordPress is much more than CSS and Widgets. The real beauty of WordPress is in creating your own theme and [...]
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