Archive for the ‘Design’ Category



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.

iPhone User Interface Design Projects

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

A 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, 2009

Fontspotting 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, 2009

I 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, 2009

An 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, 2009

The 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, 2009

People are excited about 10/GUI. And for good reason. The desktop metaphor is stale, and we would all benefit from a better idea.

Typewar

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Think you know your typefaces? Prove it.

Designing the NNW Icon

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Because 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 ...