December 2009
9 posts
Digital Domain - Apple Wouldn’t Risk Its Cool Over... →
Couldn’t patenting something be a way of protecting that method, so other companies can’t do this without risking patent infringement?
I say this, because if one believes that Apple will protect its experiences and touchpoints, this allows them to protect it in other devices other than strictly Internet surfing, say as in television with AppleTV. Perhaps a network or cable company wants to ensure...
Mag+, a concept video on the future of digital... →
I find the comments section on posts like this interesting, because it finds many people getting hung up on a lot of details. Of course, sweat the details, but not in a video prototype.
Scrolling vs. pagination seems to be an issue that people are discussing: In the relatively short lifetime of the browser, scrolling has always been the way to get from point A to point B, and the myth of the page...
The Apple Store's Checkout Form Redesign →
This post is great, but the redesign is also very slick. Nice new paradigms to eliminate multi-page forms and make quick and easy interactions when the dollar is on the line.
Mighty, a Design Studio →
Jason Santa Maria’s new design studio is idealistic, earnest, and great. This is what I mean by people creating well-designed good. I hope this trend continues and grows into a cultural shift!
MakerBot Industries - Robots That Make Things. →
Makerbot can replicate itself. This just blows me away, every time I think about it.
Every. Time.
So, if we have a machine that can replicate itself by printing out parts that are required to make itself, then how far away are we from people creating their own products? This is going to screw up major manufacturing and business/product sales in a big way. Someone else said it: The same way the...
A piece with a lot of screenshots about the close... →
This has been an annoyance to me for quite a while, the placement of the “Close” button on the tabs. I hadn’t noticed this on Chrome yet (I haven’t given it a proper test-drive), but this would annoy me to no end on Safari when I had to deal with it.
My scenario was typically this: Scouring Craigslist for something (rental, bike, guitar, etc.) and just sitting on one page...
Envisioning Development: What is Affordable... →
Informative; making explicit things that are implicit, but also reiterating a lot of what is already known (ie UWS = High Income).