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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009No steampunk-modded Mac is complete without this gorgeous wallpaper from Brad Ellis.
Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
No steampunk-modded Mac is complete without this gorgeous wallpaper from Brad Ellis.
iPhone User Interface Design Projects
Thursday, November 19th, 2009A new book from Apress, featuring chapters from Dan Burcaw, Chris Parrish, and my design mentor, Mr. Bradley Ellis.
Fonts in the Wild
Thursday, November 12th, 2009Fontspotting may be old hat for the type nerds, but this Macworld article by Jay J. Nelson serves as a good "so you want to learn to care about typography" pamphlet.
Things the Wait Staff Should Never Do
Friday, October 30th, 2009I want to print this list and take it with me when I go out to eat. (Via Kottke)
Jonathan Ive Talks Design
Thursday, October 29th, 2009An indicator has a value when it's indicating something. But if it's not indicating something, it shouldn't be there. (Via Gordon Brander)
The Microsoft Store
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009The upside is that in a year or two, there will be a ton of little-work-required retail locations for Apple to snatch up. (Via Gruber)
10/GUI
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009People are excited about 10/GUI. And for good reason. The desktop metaphor is stale, and we would all benefit from a better idea.
Designing the NNW Icon
Friday, October 9th, 2009Because I'm apparently in love with Brad Ellis and can't stop talking about him, here's his writeup on the design process for both the desktop and iPhone versions of NetNewsWire. The decision to ditch the rings when the badge is present is an important one to note. Attention to detail and ...
AT&T May Allow VoIP
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009The rumor is that AT&T will allow Skype on the 3G network. Is anyone having such a great experience with AT&T's network that they're genuinely excited about what will happen when they have to share the network with VoIP traffic?
LiveView
Thursday, October 1st, 2009I can't believe something this useful and specific is free. LiveView takes an iPhone-sized chunk of your screen and sends it to an iPhone. Prototyping just got a lot faster. (Via Brad Ellis)
NetNewsWire Icon
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009I'm a fan of the work Brad Ellis did on the NetNewsWire desktop icon, but I'm particularly in love with the NNW iPhone icon. Absolutely brilliant.
New Header Image
Friday, September 4th, 2009I removed the half-pixel above and below the line. What, it wasn't driving you crazy?
Grammar Porn
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009I love this article so much. Rarely do you see such passionate curiosity for language without the smarmy, overbearing, well-actually condescension of perpetual academics.