Author Archives: Jason

Look out, it’s a Pixel Party!

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Jason

Our friend Shawn Hampton makes wonderful stuff and sells it on etsy.com. Here’s some of his awesome work adorning the wall in Fuzzy Math’s world HQ: I’ll post some pictures of some of the other funny stuff we’ve been bringing … Continue reading →

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Chartwell: an awesome data viz font by TK TYPE!

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Jason

I am loving the idea of this font for data visualization known as Chartwell. Now we just need a new Fuzzy Math data-driven design project to use it on!

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You go, Ed! iPhone GPS busts muggers

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Jason

Displaying the quick thinking required of a startup entrepreneur, Mr. Scanlan foils some would-be robbers. Now, stay out of those alleys, Ed. Logan Square may be thick with hipsters, but feeling gall at their affectations is the least of the … Continue reading →

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Delegate or die: the self-employed trap. | Derek Sivers

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Jason

Some great insights on scaling your business from Derek Sivers of CD baby fame. Now, who can I find to write that manual… Delegate or die: the self-employed trap. | Derek Sivers.

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Words of Wisdom from Stefan Sagmeister

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Jason

Sagmeister is an awesome designer of album covers with a rich history in design and typography. Aside from having a generally cool site, he offers some words of wisdom about running a design agency. We are going to scale in … Continue reading →

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Great overview of HTML5 b, em, i, strong tags

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Jason

These tags have all been given semantic meaning, since their use is so prevalent. Thank goodness! The HTML Doctor has a great overview on intended usage. I always felt so silly explaining to students not to use them.

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Bounce rates & happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Jason

“Bounce rate” is a web industry term for the rate at which people ditch from your site to another site. Maybe they even close their browser, shut down their computer, and weep at the horror that was your web page … Continue reading →

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Fuzzy Math Sitemap generator is now open source

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Jason

Thanks for the awesome amounts of interest in the sitemap generator. To make it easier for people to work with the generator, we’ve open sourced it under the GPL license. The source code is now freely available via github.

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Processing.Android kicks off tomorrow at UIC

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Jason

Processing.Android: Open Source for Mobile Innovation is taking place at the UIC Innovation Center tomorrow through Sunday, 10/1-10/3. It’s at 1240 W Harrison Street here in Chicago, and it’s free to all. It’s free since it’s sponsored by so many … Continue reading →

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Omnigraffle Sitemap Generator from Sitemap.xml

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Jason

You’re reading an article in the Fuzzy Math design series. These articles talk about our practice: why we do what we do, and how we do it. « previous article: Omnigraffle Table of Contents Generator UPDATE: This software is now … Continue reading →

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