July links

Lols

Biggest lol came from “Business guys on business trips.” A satirical illustration and commentary on the design industry

The annotated weekender’s characters add a bit of spicy augmentation to the editorial.

Tech

Video for everybody with the HTML5 spec of video embedding… until is got squashed.

A decent summary of core user experience links, book recommendations and other signposts for further investigation from Whitney Hess.

Brian Christiansen’s pattern collection captures findings of consistent, unique or interesting interfaces and design flows from across the web.

Site check

Graze’s food delivery service uses carefully considered interaction that extensively uses AJAX to provide a smooth experience, focusing the user on their activity.

The Magnetic North agency uses gestural techniques to create a playful way of exploring their offering.

Music

Awesome tapes from Africa dusty tapes of blissful music from Africa. Reminds me how much incredible music is being made beyond the realms of our digital world.

Gadget

Pacemaker gadget want. Playful interaction on a portable mixing device.