About Taking Notes


Taking Notes is a public idea pad for the Love Has No Logic Design Group. We'll post our thoughts, revelations, ideas or unintelligible rantings regarding design, art, music and culture.

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Taking Notes


The Differences Between Day & Night 05.29 • written by Mike G.

I’ve spent most of the day catching up on the best radio show still shooting through the airwaves and I almost snapped my neck in a double take when I heard about a new $300,000 watch that only tells you whether it’s day or night. A quick Google search pulled up this… With no display for the hours, minutes or seconds… Full Article

Clutter 2.0 05.22 • written by Mike G.

While I’m a big fan of this new social web we inhabit, what with all the interconnection, conversation and discovery it brings to the table. What I’m not a fan of is the overwhelming amount of page clutter that follows at its hip. As I bounce around from blog to podcast, personal site to online news outlet and immerse myself… Full Article

Just Call Me Crazy 05.15 • written by Mike G.

In an almost universal truth, when designing sites that require narrow divs I spend hours trying to figure out why they are twice as tall as they should be when I load up the testing page in IE6. I eventually give up, go to google and remember this simple fix: “overflow: hidden;”. This has been going on consistently for three… Full Article

How quickly they fall 05.14 • written by Mike G.

Shot from our living window… As recently as two days ago a three-story building stood upon the rubble. At least that blasted light is still standing.


What We're Writing

A Quiet Moment and a Minor Chord 05.19

The question isn’t “what are we going to do,” the question is “what aren’t we going to do?”

How I Learned to Love a CMS 03.30
Putting All Your CMS Needs Into One Basket 02.26

-or- How I learned to Love Them All

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind 02.25

Wherein an overweight, anti-social workaholic expands on the virtues of eating right, exercising regularly and putting friendship over work.

What, Me Worry? 12.19

Chris Matthews will shut up about the recession when Blagojevich is appointed to Obama’s cabinet.

What We're Reading

The Design School Survival Guide

Remarkably great advice from an article that I assumed was going to be pure fluff.

The Spread of Wal-Mart

It's like an info-graph of a movie starring Dustin Hoffman and a monkey.

Nice Translator

This is what I've been waiting for. No "language to language" options, just two steps, what language(s) do you want the result to be shown in, and, type in what needs to be translated. The site does the rest, and looks great doing it. (via abduzeedo)

The Designers Review of Books

Stumbled across this site yesterday, which isn't unexpected as it seems that EVERYONE has been linking to it. If the original set of reviews is any indication, this site is going to be LOADED with high quality content.

Fun With Light

A perfect excuse for removing your toys from their packages.

What We're Listening To (last.fm)

Pattern Is Movement – sound of your voice

Listened to 17 hours ago

Pattern Is Movement – Crazy In Love

Listened to 17 hours ago

Dropkick Murphys – Vice And Virtues

Listened to 18 hours ago

Jetty Boys – St. Patricks Day

Listened to 18 hours ago

Plow United – St. Patrick's Day

Listened to 18 hours ago

Plow United – St. Patrick's Day

Listened to 18 hours ago

Off With Their Heads – I Hope You Know

Listened to 19 hours ago

Off With Their Heads – Ten Years Trouble

Listened to 19 hours ago

Off With Their Heads – For The Four

Listened to 19 hours ago

Off With Their Heads – Fuck This, I'm Out

Listened to 19 hours ago