Archive for the ‘Design’ Category



• Video Chat

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Complainers live to complain, and it seems never more so than during and following an Apple keynote. Today is no exception. Still, one complaint stood out to me above the rest. No camera. This seemed like a strange omission at first glance, but really, what good would the camera be? The ...

Bondi Tablet

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Jeremy Harrington provides us with a first look at the upcoming Apple Tablet from 1998.

Core Elegance

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Brad Ellis has posted a wallpaper-sized version of the logo he made for our upcoming talk at 360|iDev in April. If you'd like to come check it out, use code "BetterElevation" to get 20% off registration.

Competing With Apple

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

An extremely succinct explanation of why there was no iPod killer, there is no iPhone killer, and why there will be no tablet killer, from Penny Arcade of all places: You made a "product" to compete with their "product," tastefully arranging your regiment, only to discover that they hadn't made a ...

360 iDev

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Brad Ellis and I will be speaking together at iDev San Jose in April. We'll be talking design, of course. The details of our talk will be on the schedule soon. If you'd like to come see us (or any of the other awesome speakers), sign up soon. Use code ...

• Pixel Destiny

Monday, January 11th, 2010

The single largest feature addition to the iPhone 3GS, performance improvements aside, was video. Suddenly, the iPhone became an interesting competitor in the pocket-sized digital video camera space. While the pioneering Flip camera had clear technical superiority, why would I carry a second device for HD video when my phone ...

Simple Desktops

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

So pretty.

101 Things I Learned in Interaction Design School

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

This awesome blog promises to provide happy little nuggets of design knowledge to those who enjoy or are in need of said nuggets. Every developer should read these. (Via Tony Hillerson)

HP’s Face Recognition and Tracking Doesn’t Care About Black People

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Fake Steve found this gem, and it's too good to pass up. I welcome responses to why the HP webcam does not pick up negroes. Update: Ryan Nielsen points out that this bears a striking similarity to an episode of Better Off Ted.

Postage Sale

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

The Eddy and Apple Design Award-winning Postage is on sale for $2.99 right now. This is the app I show off to Blackberry users.

Coathangr Redesign

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Massively Overrated has just launched the first phase of the coathangr.com redesign. The feedback we get most often is that our iPhone app is beautiful, but the site looks like crap. Today is the first step in changing that. Update: I must be tired from all of that CSS. The link ...

• Pretty

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

Motorola has released a new ad for the Droid which asks if a phone should be “pretty”. What follows is my reaction to the advertisement specifically, and my thoughts on the Droid in general. The question. First, let's define “pretty”. 1 a : artful, clever b : pat, apt 2 a : pleasing by ...

Neue Helvetica Arabic

Friday, December 4th, 2009

A breathtaking Arabic font from Nadine Chahine. So readable, if only I spoke the language.

Progress Bars on Traffic Lights

Monday, November 30th, 2009

This feels too good to be deployed in the real world. (Via Michael Margolis)

Victorian

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

No steampunk-modded Mac is complete without this gorgeous wallpaper from Brad Ellis.