February 2012
5 posts
WatchI put together a playlist of the Top 50 available albums from the KEXP variety playlist for January 2012.
January 2012
11 posts
WatchThe Flaming Lips created a new work using Siri as one of the performers along with Erykah Badu. Love it.
“In the past, workers with average skills, doing an average job, could earn an...”
– Thomas Friedman
“To succeed as a TV station, you need an audience of 1m+, as a paper, 250k+, as a...”
– @alaindebotton
An Important Time for Design →
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the fact that design has a massive role to play in the evolution of the web and the next generation of web products.
I love the sentiment here, but I think this goes beyond just “designing cool shit.”
It is partnering technology with someone that understands how people think. How to make something meaningful, that maybe, maybe,...
“I used to think that all relationships need the kind of violent shove that a...”
– Nick Hornby / High Fidelity
Steve Jobs rumored to have shot down Push Pop... →
This makes complete sense. The similarities of iBooks Author and Push Pop Press are pretty striking. I had wondered why Facebook had acquired them.
Making Love to WebKit →
A pretty cool example of what is possible with WebKit.
“The HR cost of landing an individual programmer might be $50-100k for a large...”
– Douglas Rushkoff - Blog - CNN: Why I am learning to code and you should, too (via johnallsopp)
March 2011
5 posts
Making Money in Mobile →
Great write up by Tim Bray on how you make money in mobile. Which can be summarized with his two takeaways:
First of all, the number of people making serious money selling apps is pretty small. Second, that doesn’t matter very much, because we’re so early in the game that we don’t know how it’s going to shake out.
Another choice remark is his comment that today’s mobile apps are a...
How many apps have you published? →
Interesting poll on Hacker News about how many apps developer are publishing. What is more fascinating is comments below on the performance on different platforms.
Mobile Developer’s Guide to the Galaxy →
johnallsopp:
A great high level overview of all the various mobile platforms from a developer perspective [PDF]
February 2011
1 post
“Our philosophy is simple—when Apple brings a new subscriber to the app, Apple...”
– Steve Jobs
(which perfectly summarizes the entire debate: do your job and keep it all.)
December 2010
2 posts
Ben the Bodyguard →
good use of HTML5 to tell a story (via @notasausage)
Reeder for Mac →
The app that made me fall in love with feeds again is now available for Mac!
November 2010
21 posts
"Undesign" is Bullshit
This week there was a pretty big attack on the discipline of digital design. A number of notable publications (The Atlantic, Wired, Technology Review, Advertising Age) all published, republished or promoted this article called The Undesigned Web by Dylan Tweney.
I call bullshit.
Design in the digital landscape is more important now than it ever has been, but I will come back to that in a...
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How a storytelling method can help unify teams and... →
This article from last year talks about a lot of the same ideas we’ve been discussing at pinch/zoom lately.
Traditional design, web and software process just doesn’t seem to cut it for mobile. Storytelling feel promising, being a bit closer to communicating the goals across multiple disciplines, but lacks a firm structure needed for more complex development projects.
We are still...
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Sencha Touch Contest Apps →
A good gallery of 10 web apps built with Sencha Touch.
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Review - Drag, Drop, Review. →
The new Review app does a pretty slick job of getting comps on to your device. However I’m not convinced it beats the save comp to Dropbox, load to device via the Dropbox app. Ubiquity wins!
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Fix the bad line spacing on Skype 5 for Mac →
So much better!
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Q&A on the Mobile Resource Site
Bryan Rieger of Yiibu asked a number of awesome questions to my update on the mobile resource site. I responded to him and shared some of my thinking on the need for this resource.
Bryan,
Thanks for bringing up your concerns. I’m sure a lot of folks probably are thinking similarly. So I’ll respond to each of your points below… (apologies in advance for my “morning...
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Mobile Resource Site Update
To those who are curious about the Mobile Resource Site (I referred to here). I posted to the Mobile Web List yesterday, and I figured I should put it out to the larger group as well.
I have it built out and have it ready in the wings. The challenge now is the writing, researching and compiling of articles and resources. I have a lot of content already, I just need help getting it into the...
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Dribbble, Meritocracy and the Open Web →
I love dribbble and I would love to post some of my work to it… you know if it weren’t a gross violation of intellectual property laws and my code of ethics.
I think designers are walking a very dangerous line by posting client projects here. I’d recommend keeping it to just personal projects.
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iOS Tab Bar Highlight with Webkit CSS Gradient →
Jordon does a great write up on how to achieve iOS tab bar effects using just CSS3.
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How much does it cost to develop an iPhone... →
An awesome thread on the real costs of developing an iPhone application. The market is skewed towards fast and cheap development. While we are seeing the entire consumer app market is focused on quality. The math doesn’t add up.
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Android's 'Lead' Relies on Fishy Numbers →
For the last year I’ve been wondering, “if Android is selling as well as everyone says, then why don’t I see them?”
The area of mobile metrics and market reporting has always been a bit fishy and the constant Android reports reek of yesterday’s catch.
I tried to find a single qualified study to confirm the anecdotal growth of Android and failed. I was then given...
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Flash Lite Penetration Forecast for 2008/2009 →
I was recently seeking out Flash Lite penetration across mobile devices… something I had a very tough time doing. I was pointed to this post which has the most comprehensive data I’ve seen so far.
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Design For Mobile Recap →
A bit late to this, but UX Magazine does a good recap of the recent Design for Mobile conference in Chicago.
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Carlo's Notes from Mobile Monday Austin
Carlo posted a series of awesome tweets from last nights Mobile Monday Austin that have been getting some retweets, like Nokia’s report of 75 apps in Ovi Store with 1m+ downloads.
Thought it would be good to capture his stream on new research from Nielsen on Mobile Apps and Connected Devices
Here are the tweets:
US smartphone penetration up to 25% overall, 33% in last 6 months
59% of...
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September 2009
1 post
July 2009
10 posts
Hugo’s Outback Chicken Combo →
Hugo’s Outback Chicken Combo
Mysteries of the Universe: The DHARMA Initiative →
Mysteries of the Universe: The DHARMA Initiative
The Mobile User Experience Topics →
The content from the recent MEX Mobile User Experience conference is available to GBP 499. It includes a lot of great topics from the leading minds in creating great mobile user experiences. …