My name is Truong Nguyen.
I'm a visual/interaction designer.
This, is my online sandbox.
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Friday
October 2
2009

why you should use PNG format for your Twitter profile pic

Twitter PNG Format Profile Pic

I love PNG format, I love it even more when I notice how Twitter is supporting the transparency here, as seen in Tweetie (probably for a while now, late me). But imagine the possibility of what you can do with it. Icon designers, jump on it ;)

I’ll mess around with mine this week just for fun.

 
Thursday
August 6
2009

Best XKCD Strip Yet: ASTEROID

XKCD - Asteroid

I ran over this xkcd.com and can’t help but thinking about Kyle Prather. Why? He lent me one of the greatest book ever: The Little Prince. I’m not even sure you can call it a book, more like a really really short children fiction. And I’m not even sure if it’s for children either, maybe for “grown-up” too.

I still remember exactly that time when I first read it (yes, I re-read it a few times since then). Rarely do I run across something that would really make me reinvestigate this so-called human society and its way of thinking. I thought about an old saying, by me, a while ago: “Deformation due to adaptation of a social situation is the worst kind of evolution.” I hate what you call society norm. And when apply it to creative field,  that’s the “top ten most beautiful blah blah blah” list that everywhere nowadays. Like @gapingvoid says: “Ignore Everyone.” And I say: learn the basic, do what you want, don’t be a “grown-up.”

I hope this somehow can relate back to The Little Prince and make sense for some people. If not, at least it does to me :)