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"What is needed is a really smart way of turning advertising from a nuisance into a service. We have..."

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:35:58 -0700

“What is needed is a really smart way of turning advertising from a nuisance into a service. We have a very real chance of being able to do something like that.”

- - Josh Quittner, cited by Laura Locke in Flipboard editorial chief on how magazines are flipping out

Also notable:

So I think that as we move from a Twitter or news-feed sense of news to a restoration of relevance it becomes a lot more interesting. So, if I only have five minutes, I would love to see the most important things, not the most recent things. That’s an interesting direction for us.

(via stoweboyd)

Today Disney announced a new iPad game that uses physical...

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:44:59 -0700

Today Disney announced a new iPad game that uses physical objects on top of an iPad. How does it work? Well, here I visit the inventor, Etienne Mineur, who shows me how it works.

There’s something deeper here, though. Etienne is an inventor who comes up with simple solutions to interesting problems and here you get some insights into his mind.

This video was made at the LIFT conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 3 of this year.

Via @scobleizer

Responsive Web Design: the Goldilocks Approach - Blog - Articles on web design by Front, a Belfast, Northern Ireland team of web designers and developers

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:22:33 -0700

Responsive Web Design: the Goldilocks Approach - Blog - Articles on web design by Front, a Belfast, Northern Ireland team of web designers and developers

Artefact's Visionary Printer Redesign

Sun, 25 Sep 2011 18:33:09 -0700

Artefact's Visionary Printer Redesign:

At the heart of the SWYP (See What You Print) is a large touchscreen that allows users to see and manipulate on a 1:1 scale what the finished result will look like before hitting “print.” Pictures and documents can be previewed and edited, and unwanted areas, like those irritating margin ads, can be removed by “swyping” them off the screen. Users can also bypass the computer altogether by seamlessly connecting their camera, phone, or tablet to the printer. Once connected, they can select and crop photos with their fingers.

You’ve Already Seen This

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:15:39 -0700

You’ve Already Seen This:

cameronmoll:

Unless your entire social circle was under a rock yesterday, you’ve already seen Facebook Timeline. But what’s most interesting to me is seeing the influence of two notable designers, Tom Watson and Nicholas Felton, craft and shape this refined concept.

Many designers likely had a hand in this, I recognize that. But consider Tom Watson’s Level & Tap, a site with a focus on impressive — and impressively large — images. Then consider Nicholas Felton’s Feltron Annual Reports. Put the two together and it’s clear where the influence originated from.

And if there were any doubts about that influence, Tom’s tweet yesterday should clear things up:

It should be clear now why we hired @feltron. It’s been a blast designing it.

Side note: Dustin Curtis’ Lifepath.me app is for sale on eBay as a result of yesterday’s announcement.

cjwho: Web Design: Great IMDB Concept ~ http://bit.ly/pqN2KI

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:11:58 -0700

cjwho:

Web Design: Great IMDB Concept ~ http://bit.ly/pqN2KI

Neven Mrgan's tumbl: Labeling the Back button

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:19:45 -0700

Neven Mrgan's tumbl: Labeling the Back button:

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:

A new series of web tutorials called “Don’t Fear the Internet”...

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:43:34 -0700

A new series of web tutorials called “Don’t Fear the Internet” tries to teach web design to people who don’t want to be web designers. via Co Design

http://www.dontfeartheinternet.com/

The Relative Sizes of the World’s Largest Photo Libraries

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:53:22 -0700

The Relative Sizes of the World’s Largest Photo Libraries:

Facebook is by far the world’s largest photo service, but how does its massive image collection compare with other website and photo libraries? 1000memories created this interesting graphic showing the relative sizes of the world’s largest photo libraries.

How Windows 8 and iOS 5 stack up side by side.

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:08:45 -0700

How Windows 8 and iOS 5 stack up side by side.

Americans Spend 23% of Online Time on Social Networks

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:23:00 -0700

Americans Spend 23% of Online Time on Social Networks:

Americans spend almost a quarter of their time online on social networking sites, says a Nielsen report released Monday.

Check it out.

Photo

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:32:36 -0700

GOAB. A TV Experience Concept. Awesome holistic branded UX...

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:43:51 -0700

GOAB. A TV Experience Concept. Awesome holistic branded UX design approach for an entertainment ecosystem.

Stereomood is emotional internet radio.

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:28:00 -0700

Stereomood is emotional internet radio. :

This idea has been around for awhile. Nice to see someone taking a stab at it. This is a clear example of technology calling attention to itself.

FTA / “Behind every song there’s always an emotion. we don’t know why but maybe that’s why we love music. So we’ve created a way to suggest songs that follow your feelings: stereomood is the emotional internet radio, providing music that best suits your mood and your activities.”

Check it out.

Vestel, Extent bring Android games to TVs, with 'all-you-can-eat' subscription service

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 09:24:42 -0700

Vestel, Extent bring Android games to TVs, with 'all-you-can-eat' subscription service:

Just last week Vestel was busy showing of its BitTorrent Certified Television, and now the company’s teaming up with Extent to deliver Android games to your boob tube — and it’s doing so by playing off your love of a bottomless buffet. Described as “the world’s first all-you-can-eat Android TV game subscription service,” GameTanium allows users of Vestel’s Smart Box set-top box to access a suite of TV-optimized games in the comfort of their living rooms, using their Android phones as controllers. What’s more, the service lets them switch between their PC, cellphone, tablet or TV without ever losing their place in a game. The service will be debuted at this week’s IBC, but if this announcement has left you hungry for more, there’s always the Golden Corral. Full PR awaits you and your belly after the break.

Airplay mirroring from iPad 2 to television is getting...

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:48:22 -0700

Airplay mirroring from iPad 2 to television is getting better:

iOS 5 Beta 6

Groovebug Aims to be Flipboard For Music

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:54:00 -0700

Groovebug Aims to be Flipboard For Music:

A new iPad app called Groovebug just launched. It uses your iTunes music collection to create “an iPad magazine tailored to your musical tastes.” The familiarities to Flipboard seem a little forced. You do use the swiping motion to go from one page to another but, outside of that, it doesn’t feel much like a magazine experience. Also, Flipboard is more sophisticated about how it embeds external content. Although I did like how Groovebug embeds YouTube videos.

A Video Game Nerd’s Dream Lunch

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:38:01 -0700

A Video Game Nerd’s Dream Lunch

How Tumblr Created A Design Culture With No Design Team

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:07:50 -0700

How Tumblr Created A Design Culture With No Design Team:

Alissa Walker was nice enough to do an interview with me about how we work at Tumblr.

Responsive web design

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:03:00 -0700

Responsive web design:

As the number and variety of devices from which we access the internet increases, new web design challenges present themselves.

It’s no longer simply enough to have a mobile version and a browser version. Now, we have to consider whether the person visiting our site is visiting from a tablet, a smartphone (and whether that smartphone has a high-res screen or not), a netbook, a desktop computer or full-size laptop (and whether it’s one with a high-res or low-res screen), or some other device entirely…

Check it out.