Here are some sites that have free fonts that are pretty legible at a small size.  especially on screen.  All vector based.  Good for Flash! Miniml http://www.miniml.com Silkscreen http://www.kottke.org/plus/type/silkscreen/ Sevenet http://www.fountain.nu/catalogue/sevenet.asp (bottom left of page) Subatomic Screen http://www.dafont.com/kevin-meinert.d1416 Handy http://www.iamcal.com/misc/fonts/ Grixel Acme 7 http://www.grixel.gr/ (then under FREE FONTS) there are more there than just this one too.

When it comes to animating in Flash, or any other technology for that matter, it is essential to understand the principles of animation.  Once you understand these fundamentals it will give your animations that extra little something helping them stand out.  Not understanding these principles is what makes animations look just plain wrong.

http://www.ecodazoo.com is a great Flash site.  Very well designed and has a nice environmental message on living in a more eco friendly way.  I think it’s made with Papervision 3D and a lot of hard work.

Stream live video from your mobile phone using Qik. It will then save the stream so you can share it with others. It’s really that simple. Once it’s set up you can stream video and then check it out later. Real World Example: We’re interested in a house and now I can go through, stream the video to Qik.com and have my realtor and family members check it out. Sweet.

The future of print or fancy gimmick?

Need I say more?  Who knows if they were going to use it in the first place if MS didn’t sponsor the site.  Go Flash!  See the full article here.

Jacob Gube from Six Revisions has posted 28 great cheat sheets for web designers.  From program shortcuts (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc.) to hex, typography, and CSS shortcuts.  Pretty much everything under the sun, located on one page. And if you’re looking for developer cheat sheets (more CSS, HTML, JavaScript) he has those as well. The only thing that’s missing is Flash.

Adobe Creative Suite 4 is coming September 23rd at 12:01 A.M. (EST). Sign up to view the live webcast here: www.adobe.com/go/somethingbrilliant Be prepared to get your world rocked.

With some fancy code that you can get here, you can bring your designs to life using Flash.  A little ActionScript and a little thing called parallax, you can give designs depth.  Check out the example and download fully commented code here.  Enjoy!

So I stumbled upon Navigaya.com and can’t get over how sick it is.  It’s sweet.  Just hard to describe.  Think of it as Google’s hipper, older brother that lives in SoHo in a trendy studio and money to burn. In general, it enables you to search multiple search engines at one time, and you also have quick access to all major news feeds, weather, movies, and pretty much every other site you visit on a […]