About the Author

Taylor Carrigan is a freelance graphic and interface designer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He specializes in icon and interface design for Mac OS X, iOS, and the web. In his spare time, he writes things here, tweets here, and uploads images here.

About Gloss & Gradients

Gloss & Gradients is a personal weblog that focuses on design, art, technology, and politics. Posts include long-form essays as well as short-form quotes, links, commentary, and photos. The views expressed on this site are mine alone. Please enjoy your stay.

→ Simplenote Gets Updated

If you’re not using Simplenote in conjunction with its fantastic web app or a client like Notational Velocity to organize and collect your thoughts, I’m concerned for you. As a premium subscriber, I’ve been testing the updated web interface for a few days now, and this is more than just a minor update to an already essential tool. Though I’m not too fond of the new application icon, the updated iPhone app was just approved by Apple and should be on an App Store near you sometime soon.

Words. I lack them.

"Music is like the perfect drug, it makes me happy and I can’t live without it."

Veerle Pieters on inspiration and her creative process

Restaurant Websites Need to Stop Sucking

  • Connor: I think since this is a shared interest of ours, it's worth sharing. I've finally found an excellent restaurant website that's completely HTML, no Flash.
  • Me: No. This can't be right. Something is going to go wrong.
  • Me: LOIDH
  • Connor: <link>
  • Me: My brain is kind of hurting.
  • Me: I don't understand this.
  • Connor: Also, CONVENIENT EASY PDF LINKS FOR MENUS. NOT FLASH GALLERIES WITH CUSTOM SCROLLBARS.
  • Me: So, I expect photos of the bread, because that is the last remaining variable.
  • Connor: Dammit. I was going to surprise you, but I should've known better.

→ Review - Drag, Drop, Review

If you are doing iPhone UI design, Review is the quickest way to judge your mockups on an actual device. Review will accurately display your mockups on both Retina and older displays.

Oh hell yes.