Speaking of Clover.

Why Flash is awesome…

Experience our first trip to the moon in a whole new way:

http://www.wechoosethemoon.org/

25 High-Quality Free Fonts – from Smashing

I normally don’t advocate downloading and using free fonts… They are typically a little off, cheap-looking, or way, way, way over used. Smashing Magazine just posted a list of “25 New High Quality Free Fonts“. A few of them are decent, and if you are a little broke in the design department, might be worth picking up and adding to your collection.

Be careful with free fonts, though… Especially if you’re  a designer. As with most things in life, you typically pay for what you get.

Compassion for Haiti

If you haven’t heard the news, Haiti was hit by a huge 7.0 earthquake yesterday. Read more here.

If you are looking for a very tangible way to help the situation over there, let me encourage you to come along side Compassion International’s efforts to provide vital food and water to families in Haiti.

In order to read more about what they are doing or to donate to their efforts, go here. Read More…

Update: Amazon S3 is up!

Hey Guys,

Well that was fast. We have been doing some testing and everything Clover related is now up and running. It appears as though this was also affecting many other companies and organizations that use Amazon S3 as well. Good to see that the Internet is working again!

Have a Merry Christmas.

Amazon S3 is down…

Hey Guys,

We have just been informed that the Amazon S3 (one of the technologies that Clover uses) is experiencing some problems currently. Therefore, some of your Clover sites may not be working as of now. It is 5:30 PT here. You can follow our Tweets for live updates on the issue. Our Twitter feed is HERE.

-Wes

jQuery 1.4 is Getting Closer

This is a tool that Clover uses and we are excited for the new stuff that they are rolling out with next. We don’t just love Flash here, we have some JavaScript fans as well. Read more here for the new features.

Pantone Color of the Year

Pantone is a one of the largest authorities on color classification and color use in just about every industry you can imagine, and every year they pick out a color that defines the upcoming year. This upcoming year’s color is PANTONE 15-5519 Turquoise. Read here for more.

Google Displays Real Time Data

Google has released a new search engine tier aptly named “Google Goggles” which can now display real time data like Twitter feeds and Facebook updates. Incredibly informative or incredibly annoying?  Read more here.

Interview @ Clover

Who are the people behind Clover? Do we have oompa loompas running the place? Well, to clear up the question of who makes up the Clover team we have set up an interview with Matt, who gives us insight into his background and also informs us of some cool stuff to look at.

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1: What do you do at Clover? What is your role in the team?

I’m a graphic designer, I design graphics.

2: Who is your favorite designer currently?

It’s too hard to pick one so here’s four:
Jeff Canham: jeffcanham.com
Emil Kozak: emilkozak.com
Jessica Hsche: jhische.com
Jesse Kaczmarek: jkaczmarek.com

3: Give me a little bit of your background? What did you do prior to working at Clover?

I freelanced (not exciting), worked on staff at a church as a graphic designer (still not exciting) and worked at Apple retail (not exciting, but hey, free iPhone).

4: How did you find yourself working at Clover?

I blacked out, when I came to, I was missing a kidney and I was working at Clover. It all happened so fast.

5: How do you come up with an idea? How to you create something? How do you make something out of nothing? How are babies made?

It involves a lot of hard work and a fair amount of concentration.