Behind the scenes: writing a design book
David Airey does an interesting retrospective on writing his recent logo design book.

Process of Redesiging N.Design
Nick La talk on redesigning his other site, N.Design Studio. Impressive design ideas and artwork.

Subversion seems to be losing favor among version control users
Jeffrey Palermo comments on the apparent trend away from centralized source control, e.g. Subversion, towards the decentralized variety, e.g. Git.

The Case Against Vertical Navigation
An interesting presentation on the cons of vertical (primary) navigation on the web. Shows some examples where it works, and some where it does not. Horizontal top navigation seems to be the standard.

The History of the Ampersand and Showcase
A lesson on the origins of the ampersand. Goes into use of such on the web, and points out font faces with interesting representations of the character.

Why Your Website Statistics Reports Are Wrong, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
A discussion on why trends on visitor data are not always what they seem to be.

jQuery 1.4 Released
A major update to jQuery has hit the web, incidentally on the library’s 4th birthday. The post has a listing of the additions and improvements in this version.