Archive for the ‘Design’ Category



Photoshop Style A Day

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

I'm not sure how much use I'll get out of this, but it sure looks like fun.

Photoshop CS6 Wish List

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Want.

MapQuest’s New Logo

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Better than before, but still amazingly awful. If you need a video to show how clever your logo is, perhaps you should try again. I thought maybe the Q was a very poorly-drawn magnifying glass.

• Acquisition, Part One

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

So how did I go about deciding I wanted to make iPhone apps, getting acquired, and becoming an executive at an award-winning iPhone development company? I went out drinking with Brent Simmons. Everything after that is kind of a blur. About a year ago, I happened to be flying in to San ...

Your Icon is Wrong

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

I can't believe Plants versus Zombies isn't on here.

AppStarAwards

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Glowfish is a finalist in this year's content. Even better, ReadWriteWeb calls Glowfish an "early standout." We're thrilled.

PixelPads

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

A great design tool for the iPad. (Via John Ellenich)

Glowfish

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

This new app is what's been eating up all of my time lately.

Typography for Lawyers

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

My new response to anyone who says, "oh, you understood what I meant." This paragraph made me smile: Monospaced fonts were invented to suit the mechanical limitations of the typewriter. They were not invented because anyone liked them. Monospaced fonts are hard to read and they waste space. Take note: this site ...

Screen Rotation Lock

Friday, March 12th, 2010

I'll go buy a brand new iPhone in June, even if this is the only feature Apple adds.

Infinite Scroll

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Chris Clark explains the problem with scrolling on multitouch devices: Dragging through thousands of words of prose isn’t skimming, isn’t navigation… it’s laborious. You’re paginating by hand.

Brent on iDev

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Brent Simmons talks up 360|iDev and name-drops yours truly. And yeah, it's been a weird, crazy year. I look at the list of my fellow speakers and I feel both honored and humbled.

TUAW Reviews KeyGrinder

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Another kind review. One thing that people have pointed out to me is this line: KeyGrinder isn't the most visually attractive app you'll ever see, but it doesn't need to be pretty. As the designer of the app, it would be easy for me to read this the wrong way. While ...

Bill Gates on the iPad

Monday, February 15th, 2010

On BNET: You know, I’m a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen and a real keyboard - in other words a netbook - will be the mainstream on that[...] Yes, users are clamoring for more pen interfaces.

Clients From Hell

Monday, February 1st, 2010

This is a blog dedicated to anecdotes of design clients asking stupid questions or saying stupid things. I've always been a user advocate; what professionals consider to be "stupid" is really just a demonstration that not everyone knows what you know. If you make a living doing design work, you ...