So yesterday the YoungEntrepreneur.com relaunched with a new design that I was so happy to design. Adam Toren (co-founder of YE) was heavily involved with much of the design ideas for the redesign and I must say it was a privilege working with a man of his stature. Overall, it has taken little over five months to get the new website, forum and blog online, but definitely worth it.

Apart from the design, most of the credit has to go Garys way. He has done an absolutely exceptional job implementing everything from the forum, blog and much more detailed features within the relaunch, all by himself I presume (sorry if there was others that helped out). Myself and Gary have known each other several years now and have worked with each other numerous times. We are hoping to get a joint venture online soon so we can start taking on much larger projects like YE.

We would love to know what you think of the relaunch, so follow myself & Gary on Twitter. :)

Photo by Drew Saunders on Flickr.

1. Sharpen your focus

2. Don’t critique ideas

3. Don’t debate ideas

4. Go for quantity

5. Encourage wild ideas

6. Be visual, get physical

7. Number your ideas for reference

8. It’s not formal or a democracy

9. The boss doesn’t know best

10. Sketch, doodle, diagram, write, make.

Google Wave re-design. If you have already gotten your invite to GoogleWave. You’ll probably have to agree with me that the UI is absolutely terrible. Boring, sluggish, depressing (add your word here) etc.

How GoogleWave looks before: http://snapplr.com/2x5q

And my retake on it. http://www.flockey.com/googlewave

ragbag:

arial & helvetica

on friday, i hosted a screening of helvetica for some buddies of mine that didn’t know that there were other typefaces besides times new roman. it turns out, there ARE other typefaces and one of them is helvetica (and another of them is papyrus.)

the documentary does not explore the relationship between helvetica and microsoft’s derivative, arial. so to help ignite the post-viewing dialogue, i made this supplement illustrating the key differences in letterforms. however, in place of any spirited debate, my buddies decided instead to take turns delivering roundhouses to my jaw, saying “a documentary about a font is as interesting as it sounds.” i could not agree more.

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update (9/22/2009): welcome internet-at-large! i am ostrich-feather-tickled that you are finding this chart to be such as gas. should you want to see my other type-related posts, you can give this a gentle click. should you want to see a collection of my favourite posts, you can get dirty with this link. should you want to close this tab and see what else is on the internet (hint: pictures of cats), you can hit cmd + w and be on your way.

Something new I am working on…

Hi everyone and welcome to Randomnom.com a personal tumblog for myself James McDonald. I am an interface designer based in Glasgow, Scotland and have a passion for music & tattooing. Have a question? Shoot me an email - letstalk@flockey.com