May 2010
64 posts
The Psychologist’s View of UX Design | UX Magazine →
This article is a snapshot of the psychologist’s view of the elephant.
Some people (they are wrong) say design is about solving problems. Obviously...
– Kicker Studio: Six Questions from Kicker: Jack Schulze
Cider logo + package design awesome
itsdesigned:
Designed by Amore | Country: Sweden (of course right?)
Carpe Diem! (via @brynn)
If this is a logo mark Twitter wants to associate with the company, they should...
– John Gruber on Twitter for iPhone’s app icon
Wireframe Showcase →
Gold mine.
Small flares on one side of the Sun can trigger larger flares and coronal mass ejections on the other side. Note the diameter of the earth in the lower right corner.
Highly punctual people may be misunderstanding what they do. So focused are we...
– Timing it - Bobulate
Bill Mooney Outlines Zynga's Methodology For... →
dkeithrobinson:
Some decent sounding advice here.
1: Start Small
2: Go Fast
3: Test Everything
4: Create User Delight
5: Add Depth
6: Empower Users
7: The Team
8: Create Enough for Users
The Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and...
– BP boss Tony Hayward admits job is on the line over Deepwater oil spill | Business | The Guardian
What a fucking dipshit.
Proof of Fogmonster’s existence
All the touchscreen interfaces are very immersive. You have to put your head...
– Nokia’s designs on Apple | Tech Blog | FT.com
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GO INTERNET!
They’ve taken advantage of these breaks and marshaled their talent to make...
– Pitchfork: Album Reviews: Sleigh Bells: Treats
Kon + Amir Present: The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop... →
Deactivating Facebook, Reactivating Facebook →
Deactivating Facebook My one resolution for 2010 is to only do things that feel good and right. Last night, as part of that resolution I deactivated my Facebook account. It wasn’t an action I took…
In my world, where content is quickly ripped off without attribution every day,...
– Michael Arrington
Healthy social interaction depends on effectively interpreting a social...
– Danah Boyd: “Privacy and Publicity in the Context of Big Data”
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Another Security Hole Found On Yelp, Facebook... →
kevintwohy:
How could you possibly not have seen this coming? When you give someone all the keys, check the locks on their doors.
Every day, even a sad day blurred by headaches and filled with business...
– Life is Beautiful – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
haiku
interface design
is not just about the screen
it is the product
(via @jmk)
Abandon the hope of value-add through weirdness. Better to use consistent...
– iPad Usability: First Findings From User Testing (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
Harmonious minds: The hunt for universal music →
All cultures make music, though no one knows why; it’s not obviously useful in the way cooking or language are. A number of musicians, including some notable composers, claim that music is a universal form of human communication which transcends barriers of culture and language. Now psychologists are putting this universality back on the agenda, and are investigating whether certain elements of...
3-D is a waste of a perfectly good dimension.
– Why I Hate 3-D (and You Should Too) | Print Article | Newsweek.com (via Daring Fireball)
If you want to built [sic] the most amazing user interface, you will need to use...
– Ben Ward