Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
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.
Posted in Apple, Design |
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 ...
Posted in Design |
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Justin de Vesine shares more or less the same complain that I have about the iPad:
No, I’m not trying to run Linux on the thing. It runs a perfectly acceptable *NIX operating system already, and in fact has a fantastic GUI (for almost every purpose) and software installation procedure (for ...
Posted in Apple, Design |
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 ...
Posted in Apple, Design |
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Jeremy Harrington provides us with a first look at the upcoming Apple Tablet from 1998.
Posted in Apple, Design |
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.
Posted in Apple, Design, Social |
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 ...
Posted in Apple, Business, Design, Web |
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 ...
Posted in Apple, Design, Social, Software |
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 ...
Posted in Apple, Design |
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
So pretty.
Posted in Design |
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)
Posted in Design, Software |
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.
Posted in Design, Software, Television |
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.
Posted in Design, Software |
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 ...
Posted in Design, Social, Web |
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 ...
Posted in Apple, Business, Design, Google |