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Monthly Archives: August 2010
PM vs UX vs Marketing
Not quite sure how I stumbled upon this deck, but it’s given me quite a lot to think about. As some people do or don’t know I’ve moved to pastures new and I’m having to take many of the things above into account.
Once Hardware now Software
This clip reminded of how we’re seeing many hardware interfaces turn into software interfaces and interactive platforms. Hardware is becoming smaller and more simple and software is now replacing many hardware components and applications. In 1998 I had a Pioneer and Cambridge Audio Hi-Fi separates console and now it sits in my garage, like a [...]
Information Design Debate
Banking this for now. Comments to follow soon.
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links for 2010-08-15
What deux yeux have teux deux teuxday? Not sure how I feel about this app. It's designed well but it encourages people to write lists, which have been shown to hinder creativity in comparison to mind mapping or drawing tools. Ideally the tool should allow people to build stories and visuals around the tasks they're [...]
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links for 2010-08-09
Meta-Mirror Concept Application by Notion » Yanko Design I like how this concept designer has utilised the iPad to provide a complimentary user experience of what's on a main screen. It reminds me of how you could use your PSP as rear view mirror for the driving games on the PS3. I can imagine using [...]
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We work as consultants, which means we work with a lot of different companies, in a lot of different fields. But really, our common interest is in understanding people and what their needs are. Dan Formosa – Smart Design
Helvetica
Yes…I saw the film about the font. Up until now I’ve been oblivious to the ubiquity of Helvetica. Having only noticed it in its pure and bold appearances, the film does a great job of passively displaying the use of Helvetica in our everyday surroundings. Bold, regular and Italic it often goes unnoticed because I [...]
links for 2010-08-05
BBC News – Google drops Wave because of lack of users This was inevitable. Google have various conflicting social/collaboration products, which include Google Buzz and GMail. Many of the features in Wave could have been incorporated into GMail and this would have delivered a larger testing community. Inevitably, Google will now compete with Live (Microsoft) [...]
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Google pop at IE
Just catching up on the Google IO conferences and this pop at Internet Explorer made smile. It shows how the new versions of Open Source browsers will utilise HTML 5 to support desktop APIs. The support of desktop APIs will make web applications more like the desktop applications that we’re used to. By the end [...]
links for 2010-08-01
And the percentage of people who would pay to use Twitter is… | Media | guardian.co.uk Twitter achieves scale through its a large user-base. The only way to monetize Twitter is to sell advertising, data, API access, research and analysis. If did charge for use they’d risk the size of the user base and scale [...]
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links for 2010-08-30