May 2010
64 posts
“Ritz and colleagues previously identified a molecule called cryptochrome, which...”
– Reverse-Engineering a Quantum Compass | Wired Science | Wired.com
Dude, I gotta get me some of that cryptochrome. I wanna see magnetic fields as a pattern of colors!
April 2010
49 posts
“Flash was created during the PC era – for PCs and mice. Flash is a successful...”
– Thoughts on Flash
“Drunk people are a really good approximation of the distracted, everyday user.”
– @uxbookclubsf
chillout song :: zefrank.com →
I <3 zefrank
“If there’s an ecosystem where things are free (such as, say, the internet) your...”
– Ideas: Frank Chimero (via Signal vs. Noise)
The crux of the switch →
It’s almost hard to imagine Mac OS X without a good application switcher. But previous to OS X 10.3, that was just the case. Back in 2003, I summarized why the previous application switcher was…
“You can click “Like” again if you wish to remove the like.”
– The Facebook Blog
…wait…what?
(via kevintwohy)
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Project 13
For the first 13 weeks of 2010, I participated in Project 52, a challenge to write and publish a new entry at least once a week for a year. I didn’t intend to stop after week 13, but after not doing any new writing for the following three weeks, I felt that stopping the project was the right thing to do.
The main reason I stopped the project: I was writing because of a schedule instead of...
“Designing for simplicity is a process of calculated refinement.”
– Simplicity isn’t that simple - 52 Weeks of UX
“I walk as much as I can, because you need nothing to walk, you spend nothing,...”
– YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELF
“I actually used to be a serial killer but then I realized that this kind of evil...”
– That Mitchell and Webb Look, on advertising slogans (via @AngelAnderson)
“I’m not saying, “Don’t use Facebook, don’t use...”
– Merlin Mann
This is very similar to how I felt when I deactivated my Facebook account.
“In shopping mall design, the Gruen transfer refers to the moment when a consumer...”
– Gruen transfer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via kevintwohy)
I wonder if there’s a similar term for the moment when you open your web browser, and, surrounded by a homepage and bookmarks, you’re distracted from what you originally wanted to do.
“The just-give-it-away-for-free-and-they-will-come-and-we’ll-be-rich automatron...”
– Eyeballs still don’t pay the bills - (37signals)
Please Make the iPhone Weather Application... →
“Designers do not create experiences, we create artifacts to experience.”
– The Experience belongs to the User - 52 Weeks of UX
“The bare-fisted blows of business as practiced by Apple may hurt and you may not...”
– The Macalope Weekly: Flash in the pan | Tablets | MacUser | Macworld
WatchMore awesomeness from Nearfield.
Designing with film
“Short version: It’s an Apple product through and through. You don’t...”
– Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows: Apple iPad Hands-On First Impressions
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Why I won't buy an iPad (but think you should...
So a lot of people are wondering why I’m not buying an iPad. There’s a really simple answer: I don’t need one.
“But,” they reply “we don’t need one but do you want one?”
Sure. I would also like a car, a new bike and a microwave. Doesn’t mean I’ll buy any of them any sooner. Except for the microwave. I actually wouldn’t mind...
“The real issue isn’t the capabilities of the piece of plastic you unwrap today,...”
– Why I won’t buy an iPad (and think you shouldn’t, either) - Boing Boing
“People usually overestimate the value of the things they’ll obtain by...”
– Extreme Commuting
“Designers don’t design in isolation and then simply hand-off a design, never to...”
– » Designers, meet Agile Johnny Holland – It’s all about interaction » Blog Archive