February 2010
January 2010
LukeW | iPad's Limitations are Design Decisions →
“Apple’s iPad is an early (but big) step toward the future of personal computing. But you can’t move into the future if you are weighed down by the past. So it’s possible that many of the technical limitations in the current iPad are actually deliberate design decisions made by Apple to ensure the future of personal computing arrives without the issues of today.”
I kind of want to do this when the iPad is...
1. Go to Apple Store. 2. Purchase Apple iPad. 3. While in store, AFTER purchasing, open iPad. 4. Start up. 5. Go to hulu.com. 6. Attempt to watch Family Guy episode. 7. Show people. 8. Show to “Genius” and say, “Hey, it looks like my Apple iPad is broken. Can I get a replacement?” 9. … ? 10. Profit.
The Flash Blog » The iPad provides the ultimate... →
It just works!
Smart Interaction Design | Forum One →
“If you’re designing your own interaction, keep in mind some of the good practices seen here: minimize visual noise particularly in a task-based scenario, provide incremental confirmation to users filling in forms to verify their actions, generate real time error messages to allow users to reverse and correct their actions. Be careful not to inundate users with more information...
Tinkerer’s Sunset [dive into mark] →
“Once upon a time, Apple made the machines that made me who I am. I became who I am by tinkering. Now it seems they’re doing everything in their power to stop my kids from finding that sense of wonder. Apple has declared war on the tinkerers of the world. With every software update, the previous generation of “jailbreaks” stop working, and people have to find new ways to break into...
Valve Says Downloads Picked Up Steam in 2009 |... →
I really love Steam. Best game distribution platform by far.
“Sales were up as well. The service now boasts over 1,000 games from more than 100 different developers and publishers. Unit sales grew more than 205 percent in 2009. That’s the fifth year running that Steam sales have grown more than 100 percent.”
Watchnewsweek:
andrewromano:
President Obama sparred with House Republicans today. Live. Without a teleprompter. For 90 straight minutes. Ambinder reports:
Accepting the invitation to speak at the House GOP retreat may turn out to be the smartest decision the White House has made in months. Debating a law professor is kind of foolish: the Republican House Caucus has managed to turn Obama’s...
Bill Simmons: The Levels of Loving - ESPN →
“No, being a sports fan isn’t just masochism with commercials. Yes, the misery and despair will be worth it some day. Keep the faith.”
Alex Payne — On the iPad →
“For years, me and thousands of other techies have been wondering what comes after the Personal Computer as we’ve known it. Yesterday, in Apple’s iPad, we caught a glimpse. If I had to pick one predominant emotion in reaction, it would be “disturbed”.”
What Do AAPL and AMZN Have, that GOOG, Twitter and...
fillup:
continuations:
Each has more than 100 Million credit cards on file to enable 1-click purchases of content, apps, and virtual goods. When I compare doing anything involving payment on other platforms the experience is cumbersome to the point of being useless. My 10-year old son had no trouble hijacking my Kindle, finding the store and getting a book for himself. And that’s on the...
iTampon Is the #2 Trending Topic on Twitter... →
Well, this bodes poorly. Ahead of “Apple,” “Steve Jobs” and “Apple’s iPad” on Twitter’s worldwide trending topics rankings sits iTampon. Well done, internet! You’ve just made some…
Think iBooks Looks Familiar? You’re Not The Only... →
Cool. How Microsoftian.
“The iPad seems to be under the same sort of draconian control as the iPhone is....”
– chris@localhost » The saddest part of the iPad story: No root (via timoni)
iTampon Is the #2 Trending Topic on Twitter... →
Well, this bodes poorly. Ahead of “Apple,” “Steve Jobs” and “Apple’s iPad” on Twitter’s worldwide trending topics rankings sits iTampon. Well done, internet! You’ve just made some…
Review: Mass Effect 2 - Wired.com →
Now this is something to REALLY be excited about!
Tablet hilarity.
I think it’s absolutely hilarious that various hardware manufacturers (ahem HP) have been scrambling to release a tablet computer before Apple releases theirs (allegedly). Hilarious because they are all making the same mistakes they’ve always been making; they are ignoring the user experience. All competitors are essentially stuffing a desktop OS, with most of its UI/UX quirks, into...
LukeW | Flexible Inputs Need to be Flexible →
“In Web forms, flexible inputs allow people to answer questions the way they want instead of the way a database requires them to. But these input fields come with a promise to users: “whatever format you choose, we’ll take it.” Breaking that promise with subsequent formatting requirements is a no-no.”
Building Products for Mass Adoption via @msuster →
“Solve the problem, don’t “keep up with the Jones” – First time entrepreneur’s often get swept up in the “keep up with the Jones” mentality. They read the press releases of competitors or see them at a trade show and race to keep up with their feature sets. Or even more common they notice that everybody is implementing (insert: posting results out to Twitter, integrating social graph...
Steve Jobs drops the big bomb | Fredo and Pidjin →
What Apple is actually revealing this week.
“Lost’s viewers fall into two categories, those who adhere to reason and those...”
– Alston, getting us excited about 2/2/10 (via newsweek)
13 video player UIs in 24 hours - 37signals →
The many different variations of the basically the same UI elements.
The social behavior incentive (how your app can be... →
“Serve your users’ narcissism. Make it very clear whenever someone else has done something that involves other users. This is why so many apps notify you anytime you get a new user. But look for ways to get other people to say other people’s names in your system. Make that part of the “game.””
5 People Who Shouldn't Be Trusted With Swords →
Damn internet, you’re amazing!
Video panoramas (via @kottke) →
This is amazing.
“This is a pretty amazing effect: CNN is doing panoramic videos that allow the user to pan around while the video plays. Watching and panning feel as though you’re actually walking around in the scene holding the camera. (thx, jed)”
LOST Posters « Mattson Creative →
Beautiful vintage LOST posters.
ignore the code: Realism in UI Design →
via @joshuago
Greatest Craigslist Post of All Time →
Holy crap. My head just exploded after reading this.
newsweek:
frangry:
“This craigslist ad goes from great to batshitfuckinginsane in 3.5 seconds.” —nedhepburn
Sketch, sketch, sketch
I love my Sharpies.
52weeksofux:
I’ve heard it so many times: “I can’t sketch a stick-figure to save my life.”
Some people are afraid of showing their drawing to others. They think they’ll be ridiculed if their sketch looks like it was drawn by a five-year old.
In truth, it doesn’t matter if you are good at sketching. The less formal the sketch, the better. In fact, avoid the urge to use a...
The 4 Big Myths of Profile Pictures « OkTrends →
OKCupid dives in on the data regarding the effectiveness of profile pictures.
“In looking closely at the astonishingly wide variety of ways our users have chosen to represent themselves, we discovered much of the collective wisdom about profile pictures was wrong. For interested readers, I explain our measurement process, and how we collected our data, at the end of the post. All my bar...
The Sixty One undergoes major redesign →
Shared by iomegadrive
Beautiful, but wholly unusable.
compare with the old version; some beautiful, risky decisions
You are unsubscribed →
This is the best fucking email opt out page EVER.
Joe Posnanski » Iron Fisk →
Astounding, level headed article about the public condemnation of McGwire and their crazy ideological arguments in regards to the steroids era.
“See, there’s a lot that goes into baseball. Stuff usually isn’t black or white, up or down, left or right. It’s complicated. Carlton Fisk, of all people, should know that. If it makes people feel better to shout “fraud” in a crowded theater, hey,...
Why cable companies bundle their channels : The... →
“The appeal of bundling is partly that it reduces transaction costs: instead of having to figure out how much each part of a package is worth to you, you can make a blanket judgment. Bundling eliminates the problem of fretting about small expenditures, which may be one reason that flat-rate pricing is very common in the vacation industry (cruise ships, all-inclusive travel packages, and so...
Will people pay for the New York Times online?... →
“The problem the New York Times has isn’t that people are willing to share or pirate their content. It’s that with the advent of the internet, competition for general news went from one or two per market to thousands per market.”
LukeW | Data Monday: Mobile Spending →
“U.S. cell phone users contributed about $4 million in 3 days to the Red Cross in $10 increments, by far the largest outpouring of support via mobile devices in history.”
25 New High Quality Free Fonts - Smashing Magazine →
Nate Kaeding attempted suicide fails after he... →
Jay's 2004 announcement on passing the show on to... →
“This show is like a dynasty. You hold it, then you hand it off to the next person. And I don’t want to see all the fighting and all, who is better, all the nasty things back and forth in the press. So, right now, here it is, Conan, it’s yours! See you in five years buddy! Ok! Clear enough? Enough said?”
