February 2012
9 posts
Subtle UI texture in Photoshop - Matt Gemmell →
All about the noise.
Watch(via Sketching Interfaces Workshop - Interactions12 (Dublin))
“Horizonal marketing, on the other hand, means creating a remarkable product and...”
– Seth’s Blog: Horizontal marketing isn’t a new idea
Codrops →
Crazy good CSS demos.
Layering: Multitasking That Actually Works :: Tips... →
Somewhat obvious, but still a nice reminder on how to combine the right types of multi-tasking.
“Mother Nature’s a tinkerer instead of an engineer,” Eagleman says. “She doesn’t...”
– David Eagleman and Mysteries of the Brain : The New Yorker
The Messy Art Of UX Sketching - Smashing UX Design... →
Great recommendations on how to gain more benefit from sketching—especially like the organization of the article, with multiple technique & rationale combos.
Using Axure RP to Combat Low Fidelity Impotence |... →
It works!
January 2012
9 posts
How the Knowledge Navigator video came about →
This insider’s look at Apple’s famed Knowledge Navigator video serves to deflate the bubble surrounding it a bit… but in the process also makes a tremendous pitch for the value of design imagination—even in the absence of strong corporate leadership.
violasong | Hibari design philosophy →
Fantastically opinionated rationale behind one developers lovely little Twitter client. She makes me think that if I used OS X all day I’d actually be able to get into Twitter with her help!
“Every product at Apple starts with design. Designers are treated like royalty at...”
– How Apple’s Top Secret Product Development Process Works
“Different disciplines consider different things to be extremely important. To a...”
– Design Staff – How designers and engineers can play nice (and still run with scissors)
Design Staff – How to interview a designer with... →
I like the kiosk idea… For our interviewees perhaps I would invent a new Client Kiosk at the front of a veterinary clinic.
Allow client to check-in their patient
Update with any presenting signs
Weigh the animal themselves
Understand what to expect next
I certainly agree that a design exercise is a great way to cut-through the pretensions of a Q&A style interview, and I like that a...
Watch(via The Complexity of Simplicity)
“You’re going to spend a lot of time this year (Mayan apocalypse notwithstanding)...”
– 10 New Year’s resolutions for designers | Feature | .net magazine
“Facebook could simply have given the same weight to each individual...”
– Designers Behind Facebook Timeline: 5 Keys To Creating A UI With Soul | Co.Design
December 2011
6 posts
“Explore—go off into the craziest recesses of interaction models you’d like to...”
– Craig Mod
A List Apart: Articles: What I Learned About the Web in 2011
“It means I make things to critique. Criticism is not just something one does. It...”
– The Corruption of Making in Design | Johnny Holland
“I am for the most part a hopeless man living in the 6th major extinction spasm...”
– Fathering In The Tension Of Contradiction
“Second, design studio turns confirmation bias against itself. Confirmation...”
– Design Studios: The Good, the Bad, and the Science
November 2011
9 posts
“Principles such as DRY (don’t repeat yourself) are not present in CSS.
DRY...”
– The Future Of CSS: Embracing The Machine - Smashing Coding
Subtle Patterns | Free textures for your next web... →
Oh so pretty.
“Next, the team was asked to place each persona on a set of 5 spectrums. The...”
– Using personas for executive alignment | Perception Is The Experience
“That’s always been in my mind my metaphor for a team working really hard...”
– Steve Jobs: The parable of the stones - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Tech
“This analysis leads to an important conclusion. Whether you’re a student or well...”
– Study Hacks » Blog Archive » If You’re Busy, You’re Doing Something Wrong: The Surprisingly Relaxed Lives of Elite Achievers
“Inadvertently, as managers have become more analytical and more quantitative,...”
– Martin: A new way of thinking for a new way of business - The Globe and Mail
Watch(via Email Management Made Fun | The Email Game)
Winner for best use of Ratatat in a software promo!
Don't Give Your Users Shit Work →
October 2011
18 posts
Neven Mrgan's tumbl: Labeling the Back button →
mrgan:
Most “deep” apps require some amount of navigation, moving the user deeper into child views and then back out to the parent view. That navigational backtracking is typically done with a “Back” button, positioned in the top-left corner, and denoted by a pointed left side. You’ve all seen it:
…
“Anyone familiar with Professor Christensen’s work will quickly recognize...”
– Steve Jobs Solved the Innovator’s Dilemma - James Allworth - Harvard Business Review
“And then there was i-. The prefix had actually been around for several years...”
– Steve, Myself And i-: The Big Story Of A Little Prefix : NPR
How to bring good design to a platform – Marco.org →
Eric says: The lesson here—you can make it pretty and still have horrible design.
Don't Let The Door Hit You On The Way Out Of... →
parislemon:
Translation: Many of you will hate having Google+ shoved in your face. Too bad. Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
FWIW, I agree with this mentality. If you’re going to go for it, go for it.
“If there is any dogma that is applicable to business, it’s to give people...”
– Don’t Be Trapped By Dogma - Adaptive Path
“Steve Jobs was interviewed about working with Paul Rand, and said:
“I asked...”
– NeXT logo presentation | Logo Design Love
“By now, the pattern in Apple’s major iOS updates ought to be pretty clear. Every...”
– Apple iOS 5 Mobile Review | Macworld
Eric says: Look at what they were willing to leave out for 4 years! That’s some hefty prioritization.
“The genius of Jobs and his engineers with the iPod was to look just enough into...”
– Afterword: Steve Jobs | Features | Pitchfork
The Milo Criterion →
It’s not, “Who moved my cheese?”… It’s, “I can smell my cheese moving slowly in that direction!”
“Famous ENTJs:
…
Steve Jobs”
– ENTJ Profile
“Unequivocating” expresses the resoluteness of the ENTJ’s dominant...”
– ENTJ Profile
“Lean UX replaces requirements statements with testable statements of...”
– More Than This » Blog Archive » What makes it Lean?
“But to me Steve Jobs meant try harder, damn it, your customers (readers) expect...”
– The Tao of Steve — Tech News and Analysis
“In our industry, designers embrace usability testing, focus groups, and customer...”
– For Jobs, the people came before the products — Tech News and Analysis