February 2010
104 posts
Designing OmniGraphSketcher for the iPad →
Can’t get hold of an iPad yet? Just build your own prototype!
Variations on normal by Dominic Wilcox →
This is the kind of blog that makes you want to read everything that comes by. Definitely rssable.
“We say no to good ideas every day.”
– Apple COO Tim Cook
“Current Flash sites could never be made work well on any touchscreen device, and...”
– An Adobe Flash developer on why the iPad can’t use Flash - I wouldn’t say it never could happen, but it would certainly give iPad users a lot of broken interfaces for the years to come.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - Movie Trailers -... →
Gordon Gekko is back including his 80’s mobile phone and empty golden money clip.
“However very little is done to educate the user on how to create a secure and...”
– Richard Caddick - Creating secure memorable passwords
“We don’t spend a lot of energy on old technology.”
– Steve Jobs to WSJ - Apple was the first to ditch all kinds of old technology like the floppy disk and all kinds of connectors for displays, printers, scanners etc.
Marco Arment about the iPad size
Marco Arment on the iPad size. Short: The iPad is smaller than you think, especially when you run the simulator to develop apps. I guess that makes perfect sense; the pixel density of the iPad is much higher than an Apple display.
BBC - BBC Internet Blog: A new global visual... →
The BBC site gets a more unified graphic and interaction design.
You, Too, Can Soon Be Like Tom Cruise in ‘Minority... →
The (possible) future of computing. Until we are there, we’ve got the iPad!
“It will be interesting to see if these differences in information resolution...”
– LukeW | Information Resolution on the Windows Phone 7 Series
“People like Instapaper because of the features it has now and the way they’re...”
– Marco.org - Side effects of developing for yourself
5 Good Reasons Why Designers Should Code →
I’m a designer and I can code. I love it.
The WebKit monopoly - Neven Mrgan's tumbl →
”[…] if Firefox, IE, and Opera halted development today and added no new features, Apple and others on the WebKit team would be working their butts off to make the web richer - because they want it for themselves.”
That’s always the best drive to build something. Just want it for yourself.
“When folks need an elevator, we should give them an elevator, not an airplane....”
– funkatron.com : We’re the Stupid Ones: Facebook, Google, and Our Failure as Developers
“So, when you hear that your favourite indie band just signed on to a $100,000...”
– Pat Dryburgh - I know I’m reblogging this image again, but…
The Problem With the Economy →
marco:
I think the problem with our economy is that most products are complete and utter crap.
By Scott Adams.
“When you photograph people in colour, you photograph their clothes. But when you...”
– Ted Grant (via devincastro)
MINIMAL MAC TaskPaper iPhone first look →
(via hogbaysoftware)
Critics Say Google Invades Privacy With New... →
“When Google introduced Buzz — its answer to Facebook and Twitter — it hoped to get the service off to a fast start. New users of Buzz, which was added to Gmail on Tuesday, found themselves with a ready-made network of friends automatically selected by the company based on the people that each user communicated with most frequently through Google’s e-mail and chat services.”
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“If you can’t find a reason to hate Disneyland, you’re just not...”
– Chuck Klosterman in Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
“What’s missing most from business today? Not sales. Not service. Not technology....”
– Jason Fried - Quote: Survival and profit are fine, but if you
WatchCelebrate Black History Month With Heineken
Fucking, Austria - Wikipedia, the free... →
It’s real, it’s Fucking in Austria
WatchAugmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
“They tell you to relax so you’ll land soft. How do you relax when you’re flying...”
– Some daredevil downhill racer - Racing Fear and the Clock in the Downhill - NYTimes.com
How Many Oranges Does It Take To Power An iPhone? →
“We’ve seen tons of original/weird methods to charge an iPhone, from solar power, through homemade usb wall sockets, all the way to hydrogen batteries.”
“You’re an expert. If nothing else, you’re an expert on life, on your...”
– Seth Godin - Seth’s Blog: When I want your opinion, I’ll ask for it
“this is where using real content to judge a design becomes so crucial. When you...”
– Matt - Use real content to judge a design - (37signals)
“Eyetracking fills in the details… Most companies should not bother conducting...”
– Jakob Nielsen - Eyetracking Web Usability
iPad Stencil for Omnigraffle →
This is the first version of an OmniGraffle template for folks designing iPad apps.
“The two opinions about your abilities that you should never trust are your own...”
– Scott Adams (via marco)
“The tech press loves checklist comparisons. Let’s evaluate the iPhone to see...”
– Marco.org - Feature checklist dysfunction