Jordan Isip is a User Experience Designer and startup junkie in Seattle, WA. This is a blog about Design, Development, Startups, and his attempts at Photography. Like what you are seeing? View Jordan’s portfolio and follow him on Twitter. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-887439-16']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @jordanisip)http://blog.jordanisip.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljzm48NviI1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Seattle Skyline from <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/kerry-park-seattle">Kerry Park</a> in Queen Anne.</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4799354187http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4799354187Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:23:55 -0800PhotographySeattle<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luvnhyQEmx1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>View from the Pacific Building rooftop.</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/12982405196http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/12982405196Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:22:46 -0800SeattlePhotography<a href="http://joevandyk.com/post/12980661035/fancy-html-emails-with-rails-3-1">Joe's Nerd Party: Fancy HTML Emails with Rails 3.1</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://joevandyk.com/post/12980661035/fancy-html-emails-with-rails-3-1">joevandyk</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Getting HTML emails to look nice is a pain. Most email clients can’t use stylesheets, so you have to embed all the styles inline in the HTML. You also have to write a separate plain-text version of the email. And popular email clients (Outlook, Windows Live Mail, etc) render html email using some…</p> </blockquote>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/12981997700http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/12981997700Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:13:46 -0800developmentdesign<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luo0uzystN1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A toy worth playing with. This camera is the Canon Canonet QL-17 Rangefinder Camera from the 70’s. I’ve been playing with this for the past month now and it’s truly been a pleasure to use. </p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/12798327519http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/12798327519Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:30:35 -0800PhotographyFilm<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lunzzciZTn1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Interesting Seattle cloud coverage last week.</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/12797725187http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/12797725187Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:11:36 -0800SeattlePhotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqpiorrxXf1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>In Gilbert, AZ surviving the 115<span>°</span> weather.</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/9556669890http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/9556669890Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:38:00 -0700photography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqphusHhzX1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Photo Shoot</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/9556011777http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/9556011777Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:20:00 -0700photography“Quality isn’t something to be sacrificed. Move fast and break things, then move fast and fix it. Ship early, ship often, sacrificing features, never quality.”<br/><br/> - <em><span>- Kyle Neath, Director of Design at GitHub. Original post: <a href="http://warpspire.com/posts/relentless-quality/">http://warpspire.com/posts/relentless-quality/</a></span></em>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/9462416622http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/9462416622Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:53:00 -0700Design<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpmj6vQhsA1qislxzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Spent a good minute trying to figure out how to save my settings. Can you spot the save button?</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/8654295305http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/8654295305Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:23:00 -0700design<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpmhweGGEc1qislxzo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>This is what showed up on Yahoo Mail after I selected multiple messages and clicked the “Forward” button. YMail, why did you let me click that button in the first place? This is why I left you for GMail.</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/8653258949http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/8653258949Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:55:00 -0700design<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp2odm5Dil1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ball Jar.</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/8196813757http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/8196813757Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:03:22 -0700photography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkpm52FbGh1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One of my favorite local bands, <a href="http://campfireok.com/">Campfire OK</a>, opening for <a href="http://www.myspace.com/fencesvswolf">Fences</a> at <a href="http://neumos.com/">Neumos</a> (Seattle, WA)</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/5212804331http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/5212804331Wed, 04 May 2011 23:31:51 -0700Photography““If you don’t know what you want, […] you end up with a lot you don’t.” - Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club”http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/5212417237http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/5212417237Wed, 04 May 2011 23:03:40 -0700Startups<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkol683gCf1qislxzo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4511476630/the-richest-happiest-and-most-productive-lives">Recharging my batteries</a> at a cabin on <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=orcas+island+wa&aq=0&sll=47.883197,-122.481079&sspn=1.105191,2.90863&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Orcas+Island&ll=48.656954,-122.845688&spn=0.141742,0.363579&z=12">Orcas Island</a>. Went with a <a href="http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4517828750/lily-the-mini-dachshund">lovely lady with a nice body, legs for minutes, and a tail</a>.</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/5192704481http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/5192704481Wed, 04 May 2011 10:13:00 -0700Photography<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk83xyTuKA1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Space Needle on a rare clear day.</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4933959125http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4933959125Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:39:33 -0700Photography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljzlsmdvSZ1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://joevandyk.com">Joe Van Dyk</a> in the Matrix.</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4799229267http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4799229267Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:26:00 -0700PhotographyDevelopment<p><a href="http://chunk-test.staticloud.com/"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljlr7jqub01qh9qqk.png"/></a></p> <p>Spent ten minutes playing around with <a href="http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fontface/generator">Font Squirrel’s FontFace Generator</a>.  Uploaded The <a href="http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/fonts/4-chunk">League of Moveable Type</a>’s “<a href="http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/fonts/4-chunk">Chunk</a>” font and uploaded the results to <a href="http://staticloud.com">Staticloud (free static site hosting)</a>: <a href="http://chunk-test.staticloud.com/"><a href="http://chunk-test.staticloud.com/">http://chunk-test.staticloud.com/</a></a>.</p> <p>Looks promising. Looking forward to implementing this on an actual app and testing to see how it works/degrades across browsers and devices.</p> <p>Update:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/veganstraightedge/status/58234545476079616">@fixie I’ve used Font Squirrel’s FontFace Generator a whole bunch. It’s totally aces. In fact, I’ll reprocess other fonts with it to be sure</a></p> <p>- @veganstraightedge</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/jordanwlee/status/58232767854559232">@fixie I’ve used it. Worked great!</a></p> <p>- @jordanwlee</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://twitter.com/bluejack/status/58230738562199552">@fixie I use font squirrel all the time. Love it. Only way to embed fonts.</a></p> <p>- @bluejack</p> </blockquote>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4583893229http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4583893229Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:02:00 -0700Development<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljh7hlvda01qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lily the Mini Dachshund.</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4517828750http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4517828750Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:57 -0700Photography““The richest, happiest and most productive lives are characterized by the ability to fully engage in the challenge at hand, but also to disengage periodically and seek renewal.” - Loehr and Schwarz”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://joel.is/post/4491003987/work-and-rest-in-a-startup">Work and Rest in a Startup</a></em>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4511476630http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4511476630Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:43:00 -0700Startups<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljbaorWt291qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pike Place Market - Seattle, WA</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4431649631http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4431649631Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:24:00 -0700PhotographySeattle