January 2011
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Daring Fireball: Uniformity vs. Individuality in... →
November 2010
1 post
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Mobile User Experience Trends on the Horizon | UX... →
There have already been stories of children trying to use the familiar pinch-to-zoom gesture on the physical Polaroids in family photo albums.
September 2010
2 posts
Five UX Research Pitfalls | UX Magazine →
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Google Tests a New Navigation Bar →
I, for one, welcome this change. It’s fresh and the dropdowns are especially helpful for fast user switching.
August 2010
2 posts
Don’t become a Digital Dinosaur: Design for the... →
Adobe partners with Typekit to bring legendary... →
Bad to the ass.
July 2010
2 posts
When You Startup with UX | UX Magazine →
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design fabulous: HTC 1 concept →
June 2010
2 posts
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iPad vs. iPhone: A User Experience Study | UX... →
After a moment or two, the customer glanced down at the iPad and noticed that the transaction had paused on the screen asking for a tip. He looked around, hesitated, and then gingerly reached over and pressed the $1 tip button. He did the same on the next screen, where he entered an email address for a receipt, only stepping closer to use the iPad keyboard. Throughout this episode, his body...
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What Is Design? :: Echo Enduring Blog →
“I would suggest that there are three key elements that are integral to all forms of design. The first is a solid understanding of the purpose of the design itself. The second is to make carefully considered and intentional decisions about the various design elements themselves. Finally, design is always created as a framework for some degree of content, in both the common and broader...
May 2010
5 posts
Don Norman's jnd.org / Gestural Interfaces: A Step... →
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Google Font Directory →
Announced at Google I|O today.
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Twitter for Android: A closer look at Android’s... →
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Pure CSS Icons →
Yes, that’s right.
April 2010
9 posts
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Meet the new Firefox Add-ons Manager →
I don’t use Firefox for browsing anymore (I’m on a strict Chrome/Safari diet) but this is good. Reminds me a lot of the Gnome download manager (gnome-app-install).
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Every Time Zone →
A very elegant world clock. And look ma, no flash!
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Desktop Notifications with WebKit →
Really kind of a big deal especially in a world for a browser-based OS (ChromeOS), though wondering if this will ever take off outside of that platform.
Here’s a demo of these Chrome notifications [in Japanese]
If only web apps could talk to Growl…
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Adobe throws in the towel with Apple →
Instead of give up on Apple altogether, why not make your software less stupid on its platforms?
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10 Suggestions for Redesigning the Google Profile →
I agree with most of these.
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iPad vector GUI elements →
For your mockups and whatnot.
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What leak?
Me: Is someone getting fired for the phone leak?
My friend at Apple: what leak?
Me: well played
HTML5 presentation →
This is becoming more and more relevant.
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A farewell to protocols
This past week(ish), Google released a Chrome dev build that did away with the URL protocol prefix. Here’s what I mean:
Note the omitted http:// — yeah, wow. It’s gone. In the timeless words of Keanu Reeves: “Whoa.”
Wait, what?
The hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP for short) was created as a set of internet protocols when the world wide web was becoming more and...