July 2010
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Jul 28th
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A Real Web Design Application →
The web and its related disciplines have grown organically. I think it’s safe to say the web is not the domain of just the geeks anymore—we all live here. And those of us who work here should have sophisticated, native tools to do our jobs.
Jul 27th
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101 Patterns for Influencing Behaviour Through... →
This set of cards by Dan Lockton of Design with Intent belongs in every designer’s utility belt. The intention is that the cards are useful at the idea generation stage of the design process, helping designers, clients and – perhaps most importantly – potential users themselves explore behaviour change concepts from a number of disciplines, and think about how they might relate to the...
Jul 25th
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Conway's Game of Life in HTML5 →
Joseph Mansfield created an HTML 5 implementation of John Conway’s Game of Life, the classic cellular automaton first devised in 1970. /via boingboing
Jul 25th
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Jul 24th
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A Digital Salute to Online Journalism →
Gene Weingarten of the Washington Post cynically and hilariously rants about the dystopian farce that (often) is digital journalism. And I refuse to use the article’s actual title. /via boingboing
Jul 24th
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Jul 23rd
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Jul 22nd
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Jul 21st
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Plants vs. Zombies MULTIPLAYER coming to XBLA →
Jul 21st
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Jul 20th
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Jul 16th
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BMW’s iDrive Brings the iPhone Interface to the... →
BMW has introduced a new automotive electronic device integration feature in its cars that allow applications on the iPod and iPhone to be controlled with BMW’s iDrive interface. By displaying iPod’s familiar menu on an external screen mounted on the car’s dashboard, it helps the drivers to safely navigate the roads rather than fiddling with their iPods while driving. When Reeder is integrated...
Jul 16th
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Jul 15th
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Jeffrey Zeldman
E picks up "HTML5 for Web Designers" book
E: who is this guy?
E points at "Foreword by Jeffrey Zeldman" on the front cover
K: jeffrey zeldman?
E: yeah
K: pioneer of web standards? author?
E: where does he work? his name sounds familiar.
K: happy cog in nyc
E: oh! he's the guy that checks into all the spots i've created on gowalla!
K: THAT'S how you know him? that's so random.
E shrugs
Jul 15th
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pOnd →
An ominous, relaxing and altogether memorable 5-minute Flash game. Peanut Gallery invites you to experience pOnd, a one-button zen relaxation game that celebrates the simple beauty of the natural world. Enjoy the pleasant sights and sounds and breathe in nature as you journey deep into the woods. /via Boing Boing
Jul 15th
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Jul 15th
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WatchWatch
Bruce Lee barcode art by Scott Blake When a barcode is scanned, a video with a particular theme would be play on a laptop. For example, every one of the 1944 barcodes on Marilyn Monroe’s portrait would play a short clip of her entering or exiting doors in one of her films when scanned. /via psfk
Jul 14th
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Jul 14th
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Jul 14th
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Camera+ for iPhone: $253,000 in First-Month Sales →
Typically, well-designed apps are positioned for success regardless of marketing dollars spent. Hoo-boy though, there’s some mighty thick hate spilling over in the comments at iPhone Photography re: Camera+’s launch strategy. /via cameronmoll: tap tap tap’s Camera+, which sells for $1.99 in the App Store, sold 217,000 copies in its first month. That’s a quarter-million dollars in...
Jul 13th
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Are Humanitarian Designers Imperialists? Project H... →
There’s nothing I love more than descriptions of design process, and in that regard, this article from Emily Pilloton of Project H Design takes the cake. It is the obligatory follow-up to “Is Humanitarian Design the New Imperialism?” and (politely) decries Mr. Nussbaum’s as misrepresentative and sensationalist.
Jul 13th
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Jul 13th
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Jul 13th
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Jul 12th
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Jul 12th
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Jul 12th
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Jul 11th
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Jul 11th
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Jul 11th
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Jul 10th
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Jul 10th
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Jul 10th
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Jul 10th
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New Apple Friend Bar Gives Customers Someone to Talk at About Mac Products Not to be confused with Cupidtino which is a much more hilarious concept. /via ONN c/o Gizmodo
Jul 9th
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The Multi-Platform Design Dilemma: Reach vs.... →
During a recent conversation with a colleague, an interesting question arose: What is best practice for design and development for multiple platforms and devices? Without hesitation, I gave the most succinct answer I could: we need to look at the devices and platforms our consumers are engaging with most and design accordingly. It seemed like a simple answer. But it wasn’t.
Jul 9th
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Jul 9th
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Is Humanitarian Design the New Imperialism? →
Bruce Nussbaum turns a design eye towards the fundamental conundrum of humanitarianism: “does the desire to help do more harm than good?”.
Jul 8th
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Jul 8th
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Tapworthy Book: Designing Great iPhone Apps →
/via cameronmoll Josh Clark’s Tapworthy is now available from O’Reilly Books: Tapworthy takes you from concept to polished interface design with plain-spoken principles and a rich collection of visual examples for designing exceptional interfaces for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The ebook version, which is available in the ePub, mobi (Kindle), Android, and PDF formats, is on sale for $9.99...
Jul 8th
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Jul 8th
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Jul 7th
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