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I don't mean to self-promote, but http://hackdesign.org may be what the author is looking for. You can move at your own pace, and the lessons are curated by some of the most thoughtful designers I know of.

We're pushing out a lesson on Color Theory on Monday, then David Kadavy (author of Design for Hackers) is up the week after. We've already got 4 months of great content so far, and 8 more to go.

Let me know if you try it out - @wr on twitter.

http://🍎.tk is another fun one.

Responding to feedback because I love you and you were right.

It really sucks. In fact, I wholly believe that many people will turn away from Hack Design because there's essentially a paywall right out of the gate. I don't regret my choice to start with this film, though.

Objectified had a profound impact on me as a designer. I first watched it in a slump of disenchantment that my "web design" skills would never amount to anything valuable or earth-shattering. This film gave me perspective. It showed me that, in extreme cases, design can make the world a better place.

There are moments in this film that give me the shakes. It resonates so deeply with what I believe, and what I want to achieve during my career. I can't think of any better way to help put hackers into the mindset that I believe is most conducive to learning the basics of design.

I hope you figure out a way around paying an exorbitant amount of money to watch the film, and hopefully see you next week for Lesson 1.

If you're outside the US, try here for Objectified: http://www.objectifiedfilm.com/stream/

Not implemented yet. You'll have that functionality once we launch.

On it, fellas. We weren't expecting so many beta signups... didn't think we needed more dynos until launch ;)

Check back in a few minutes, we're already working on it.

Agreed. Apps like Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, and AfterEffects would be amazing with Retina compatibility.

I think everyone is anxiously awaiting an updated Photoshop, but I'm just not sure how they'd do it. I've been thinking about it for a few weeks, but it's a pretty major problem. Ps is all about mapping an image to exact pixels, but that's not practical on a Retina display. A 1x image would appear too small (or pixelated, just as it is now, at 200%), and 2x images would be too small at 100% (Retina actual size) to do pixel perfect detail work.

Maybe there's an obvious solution I'm overlooking.

Article links:

(Cult of Mac) http://www.cultofmac.com/191671/office-for-mac-2011-finally-...

(Microsoft) http://blog.officeformac.com/retina-display-support-is-here-...

It's called Svbtle. (http://svbtle.com)

Hey OP, I love the simplicity, giving it a try. I added your app to http://retinamacapps.com -- nice work!

To be honest, I was shocked at the prices when compiling the initial list.

I think it can partly be attributed to the higher-end software dev/design teams being first to the punch with Retina, and partly because most of these apps are productivity / media apps. Aperture, Coda, etc. are definitely worth the price of admission – they're fantastic software.

I chose the fuelband because I know people who already have one. The social element is minor, but still somewhat helpful. The iOS app is really useful, and the device itself is really 'cool'. People swear by Fitbit or jawbone Up too. There are also some iOS apps that track a couple of those metrics on a budget. For my money, nike was the way to go.

We have to go deeper...

Exactly. No one uses Pinterest for this exact reason.

Thanks for enlightening me... updated my post accordingly.

Yep! Several blogs / design sites have talked about it over the last few years – I think Gizmodo was one of the first very popular sites to cover it (back in the day...). Rams has also talked about it, and shown nothing but respect and admiration for Apple's design and how many people they've been able to affect with it.

This is my final project for my undergraduate degree in Graphic Design. I've spent the last few months collecting data, interviewing industry-leading designers, crafting the message, and actually creating the thing. I hope you find it helpful.