

It’s Friday again? But I’m not done with my work!
Oh well. Beer calls!

Jeff’s Picks
I’m gonna get real weird with it…

An intelligent article on the web design process? What a treat! Kylie Timpani responds to this brilliant tweet—
I see an abundance of articles about how designers can make developers lives easier but never the reverse. Why?
— Yesenia Perez-Cruz (@yeseniaa) July 18, 2015
—with a genius article that explains exactly what developers can do to empower designers. If you dev, read this.
Ok, so yeah it sounds exactly like Feist, but it’s so damn catchy and the video features dozens of drumkits that light up. How could I not feature the new Joe Connor directed video for Gabrielle Aplin’s Sweet Nothing? I can’t stop listening to this.
MachineEast. My god. I just stumbled on these guys and my hatred for them is instant. Why? Because they are so. damn. good. Impeccable 3D and an aesthetic that’s individual and artful. I love these guys.

Ian’s Picks
I actively avoided a theme this week! This is just an unrelated collection of cool stuff.
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is already one of my favorite games on EARTH, but with the addition of a Portal Gun, I’d probably never get anything done ever again.
File this one under “Ideas so good and simple you are pissed you didn’t think of them first.” We all have one of those files right?
This is fascinating. I had no idea what kinds of considerations and tradeoffs had to be made in the early days of video game programing. If you consider yourself a nerd in any sense of the word, this video won’t disappoint.