Daniel Box - Blog

The tumblog of Daniel Box, designer.

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debug()

I always find myself adding random colored borders to elments while laying out pages, so I created a simple mixin to make it easier/cleaner. #nerdalert

See the Pen debug() by Daniel Box (@dbox) on CodePen.

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A vs B

When giving feedback:

Person A: "Right off the bat, [something negative]" Person B: "First off, [something positive]"

When taking on a task:

Person A: "The problem with that is..." Person B: "Sounds like a good challenge."

Let's bring the joy back.

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If you like triangles and/or cardinals you might like to buy this shirt I designed. $25 w/free shipping to US.

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Center-to-stage.atn

Here's a photoshop action to instantly center something vertically or horizontally to your stage.

Current hotkeys are Shft F6 for horizontal and Cmd Shft F6 for vertical.

Download action

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Wired did a writeup on the Lifta. The commenters came out in droves.

Related: New images/updates over at madebycardinal.com

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Logo Bracket 2014

What if the NCAA Tournament was decided by who had the best logo? Austin and I set out to find out. 

Logo Bracket 2014

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Myfav.es updates

Big new features at myfav.es : Upload your own icon, new responsive layouts, thousands of new sites, + lots more.

Customize your homepage: http://www.myfav.es. Chrome users may want nab the New Tab Redirect plugin.

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Ridiculously Responsive Social Sharing Buttons

I made a little freebie with @seagoat for KNI Labs: Ridiculously Responsive Social Sharing Buttons 

View Demo View on Github

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Extract.atn

I created an action that will extract a layer, layers, or layer set immediately into a new document. I use it about 10 times a day, so thought I'd share. Enjoy!

Currently the hotkey is Shift-F5, but you can re-map to anything you'd like.

Download action here

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The 2013 Logo Bracket Challenge

What if the 2013 basketball tournament games were determined by who has the best logo? With the help of my buddies Austin and Jamie, I put together a bracket to see which school came out on top. Some of the results were quite unexpected:

Check out the full bracket here.

Just like the real tourney there were some serious upsets. How did Arizona lose!? What are your picks? @dbox.

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Lifta, a minimalist desk organizer

My buddy Jonathan and I created a monitor stand / desk organizer, (mainly because I wanted one.)

Lifta was designed with three goals in mind: lift your computer to the proper ergonomic height, offer a place to store peripherals, and keep your desk tidy.

More info and ordering here →

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can you please add a Sierra filter for the Instagram / Photoshop filter post? great work btw. I think the new Sierra filter is easily one of the best ones and am dying to add it to some pictures.

Going to do a big update on all the filters soon. Hope to add all the new ones plus try to make it work for all languages.

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Retro.

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Love it.

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Boat (via dbox Instagram)

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I'm convinced chess was given to us by aliens:

"The knight can visit each square on a chess board exactly once."

(via 22 Words)

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Instagram > Photoshop Action > Video

Brent Peirce took the Instagram-style Photoshop Actions that I made and converted them to work with popular video-editing programs. So cool! Examples: 

How to:

Get all the details and download link on his blog.

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Full moon (via dbox Instagram)