“The world is steeped in bad design. As designers we see something every day that makes us cringe or shake our heads in disgust. But bad design does more than offend the eye of the designer. It facilitates a poor public perception of what our industry does and at the same time it lowers the perceived value of our services.” Disgruntled designers unite!
http://www.baddesignkills.com
When you upload a medium or large book to Apple, iPhoto creates a PDF file with images that are only 150dpi. The small books are at 300dpi, which is much more suitable for printing. Here is Macosxhints tip to get better quality printing on your iPhoto books.
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050709155622853&query=iphoto
“Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software”
by Tim O’Reilly
The concept of “Web 2.0″ began with a conference brainstorming session between O’Reilly and MediaLive International. Dale Dougherty, web pioneer and O’Reilly VP, noted that far from having “crashed”, the web was more important than ever, with exciting new applications and sites popping up with surprising regularity.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html?page=1