Chris Penner

Okay!

So about a year ago I realized that as someone going into Computer Science as a career I would be typing for the rest of my life.

Not all open-source projects are software or code!

This time we're talking typography.

Speaking of open-source gems, it's tough to make it too far into this topic without mentioning Git.

I 've been noticing a trend in gaming recently towards procedurally generated content.

This Worth A Read highlights some articles about CSS.

Jekyll is a web-framework written in Ruby for creating static pages.

This marks the beginning of a new feature, Worth a Read, which will contain a quick and easy list of blog posts and articles that I've found interesting recently.

This is the first of a series which will highlight open-source "Gems in the rough" that is, projects which are worth taking a look at, downloading, or contributing to.

First off, thanks for taking the time to read this, please send me a message on twitter @chrislpenner if you have ideas or comments, and share this post around if you agree with it.

I 've always been annoyed with software, the particular reasons have changed consistently over the years, but I think that for all of us there's always been something that gets on our nerves; whether it's how your word processor never indents your lists p…

So lately I've been noticing something.

Designers often feel pressure to come up with something new and revolutionary.

Any time I consider decisions of designers past, my mind always drifts towards the keyboard.

The time had come to replace my slowly fading laptop, it had served me well in the last four years, but all good things must come to an end.