January 2010
74 posts
“The iPad is attractive to people for whom a laptop is overkill. Many spouses,...”
– Apple’s iPad: For what Audience? - 52 Weeks of UX
“The tech industry will be in paroxysms of future shock for some time to come....”
– Fraser Speirs - Blog - Future Shock
“Now you tell me if that person, the person the future is made of, will leave...”
– The worlds are colliding - Neven Mrgan’s tumbl
“Remember way back to January 2007, when the iPhone was announced? Oh Internets,...”
– Cruft: A message to the Internets regarding the iPad
“Yes. Five. We want to bring all five of our productivity apps to iPad:...”
– The Omni Mouth » iPad or Bust!
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Snowboarding
I’m off for a week of snowboarding and I’m going to Gerlos, Austria. The hotel I’m going to has a website which is stuck in the nineties. True story!
Gerloserhof
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ignore the code: Realism in UI Design →
Fundamental thoughts about realism in UI design
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“The client is not the primary aim, the visitor is.”
– Sam Brown ~ The importance of teaching your clients and being the boss A post about not to please your client but to focus on the user of the final product
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Star Wars Episode IV: A NEW HOPE →
The CSS Star Wars demo only works in recent versions of Safari and WebKit on Mac OS X.
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Daring Fireball: Apple, Google, Bing, and Search →
Interesting view from Gruber on the whole ‘iPhone goes Bing’ story we were seeing all over the news yesterday. To get the best deal from Google they have to talk to other companies about search. And well, Bing is the only real alternative to Google nowadays.
“Is climate change denial the new Godwin’s Law?”
– Salt & Fat, Salt and science
“No house without doors – so you better make them special.”
– Rimadesio doors . Minimalissimo
Apple Sees New Money in Old Media - WSJ.com →
When the WSJ says so what else to do than to believe the hype?
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“Apple’s latest product is the eagerly awaited ‘tablet’...”
– Can Apple’s tablet do it again? | Technology | The Guardian
“Taking time to wireframe your website can save time and headaches further along...”
– How wireframing makes your website designs better
“Also shows the freedom you get from having low overhead. The less you owe, the...”
– Fixed-scheduled productivity - (37signals)
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35 Tutorials and Guides for Working With Wacom... →
Just what the title says, 35 Tutorials and Guides for Working With Wacom Tablets
“I find that when you’re in a group and people are loudly complimenting the food,...”
– Neven Mrgan on Salt & Fat
WatchTED: Charles Fleischer insists: All things are Moleeds. Fantastic presentation with lots of laughs
Interactive sketching notation →
After being inspired by people’s UI sketches for almost a year now, only naturally, my own approach to drawn user interactions with pen and paper began emerging. This personal compilation of the…
“The underlying secret to beautiful user interface design is realism: making 2D...”
– Crafting Subtle & Realistic User Interfaces — Flyosity: Mac & iPhone Interface Design
“All proceeds made on January 20, 2010 will be donated to Haiti. You get great...”
– Indie+Relief
“Tumblr has been an Alexa Top 100 site for a while and is still growing strong....”
– Why Tumblr is kicking Posterous’s ass « PEG on Tech
“Mind you, I was using Foursquare before Gowalla, but I found it to be a very...”
– Gowalla vs Foursquare | R.E. Tinch
A letter to our users: Simplenote is now free →
Simplenote; een iPhone app - voor het maken van notities en deze te laten syncen met een webapp - is nu gratis.
“Looking forward to the next UX University. Subject: Interaction &...”
– Paul Veugen on Twitter
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The Game Changer - Forbes.com →
The first thing we had to do was really define what we meant by innovation. For us, we just don’t have innovation until there’s a customer who can actually purchase the branded product or service and…
You can always do less - (37signals) →
10 Techniques For a Fantastic Footer | Design... →
WatchAlexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media | Video on TED.com
Five tips to improve your user interface design |... →
nrc.nl - International →
The Concept *is* the Execution « Made by Many →
I care
mrgan:
Let me assure you: I do not hate Photoshop.
I bitch, I moan, I rant, I kvetch; I tweet obscenities and backhanded compliments; I upset the hardworking code-writers in the office with my screams of “Photoshooooop!”; I post snarky screenshots and trade lols over iChat.
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Solve Existing Problems
52weeksofux:
In our attempt to create amazing user experiences, we often want to push the envelope, to create something new, to show people a bright new future. But too often we fall into the novelty trap. The novelty trap is when, in an attempt to dazzle our clients and our users, we focus too much on the new and not enough on the now.
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Salade van gerookte eendenborst met avocado →
Eens even iets heel anders op dit blog; een recept voor een snelle maar overheerlijke lunch! Als ik alleen thuis werk neem ik weleens de tijd om een uitgebreide lunch te maken. Dit is er een…
One Too Many Mornings →
Ketchup →
Symphony. →
linowski.ca / thoughts →
The Third & The Seventh on Vimeo →
Don't be a hero
marco:
Alex Payne, in Don’t Be A Hero:
If someone is working at four in the morning, something is deeply wrong. Figure out what’s broken and delegate the work out evenly across your team such that it doesn’t happen again. Don’t pat your hero on the back for “pulling another late-nighter”.
This is one reason why, when looking for a job a few years ago, I didn’t consider working for any...
“De sfeer is een beetje die van de klimhal. Maar deze dagen is het niet de route...”
– NOS Nieuws - IJs-kiten door ‘strakke sneeuw’ op het IJsselmeer