December 2011
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“How can we teach our children to value simplicity? Simply put: by valuing it...”
– Kim John Payne (via What Too Many Toys Can Do)
25 clever ideas to make life easier →
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BBC Weather Redesign Process
ckalima:
An awesome post by Melanie Seyer, the lead designer of the BBC Weather product within BBC Future Media, outlining the process and thinking behind their mid-November refresh.
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November 2011
29 posts
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High Integrity, Moral Decency Has Cost Idiot Man... →
The Onion is on a roll lately…
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Larry Munson Passes Away →
Larry Munson was a regional icon in the Southeast. He was an industry icon in sports broadcasting. He was as entertaining talking about movies and fishing as he was calling Georgia games. A true original.
I feel like I could have spent an afternoon with him and learned more about life in that brief time than I would have learned in ten years of living.
To learn that he also played piano with pre...
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How secure is your password? →
What I thought was my strongest actually wasn’t.
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$89 Apple TV at Amazon →
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On The Verge, Episode 001: Matias Duarte →
Highly entertaining with great production value. I think Joshua Topolsky goes at Matias Duarte (UX lead for Android) with the perfect blend of edge and humor. He never comes across as confrontational while still making Duarte respond to some tough criticisms.
I thought Duarte was also a great sport and was never rattled though clearly a couple of Topolsky’s sugar coated zings stunned him.
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Type study: An all CSS button →
Very effective walkthrough of how to create a visually rich CSS button utilizing custom typography from Typekit.
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When I do this... →
… I imagine I’m doing this.
“Our future work with Flash on mobile devices will be focused on enabling Flash...”
– Adobe Flash Platform Blog
Great move by Adobe.
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Missouri to Join SEC. Compete in Eastern Division →
Missouri is expected to join the SEC East in football with Florida, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee, the source said. Fellow Big 12 member Texas A&M will be in the West with Auburn, Alabama, Arkansas, LSU, Ole Miss and Mississippi State.
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Gmail iOS App Now Available →
Official iOS Gmail app from Google…
UPDATE: Don’t bother. Just a gimpy wrapper for the Web UI.
New Apple Store app launches Thursday; here's how... →
Apple is launching an Apple Store app.
The other major feature coming in Apple’s new app? Customer self check-out at retail stores. This is a huge deal and Apple is the first to be able to put it together.
Refer to previous quote by Edwin Land about something only being worthwhile if seems nearly impossible. And this is how slick it will supposedly be:
Here is how this will work: after you...
“Don’t undertake a project,” an oft-quoted Land maxim goes, “unless it is...”
– Edwin Land
From the excellent article by Harry McCracken at Technologizer: Polaroid’s SX-70: The Art and Science of the Nearly Impossible
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Nest →
Designed by Mr. iPod Tony Faddell. Great example of how Apple design principals are bleeding into other markets after Apple proved that design matters and can increase the bottom line…
Oh, great site also. Really beautiful.
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Native Gmail App Coming to iOS →
Ok, I’m not a power user of the Gmail Web interface by any stretch but I have my share of complaints with the iOS Mail app and will definitely be checking this out.
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“No, I don’t like work. I had rather laze about and think of all the fine things...”
– Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
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iMessage Coming to the Mac →
Now, what do we have to do to get a Mac Reminders app?
October 2011
52 posts
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A sister's eulogy... →
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CSS3 Linear Gradient Button Generator →
Only bummer? Flash required. Still, an incredible tool.
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Tebowing →
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"It is not like a book; it is like the Internet." →
That’s because, unlike a political campaign designed to get some person in office and then close up shop (as in the election of Obama), this is not a movement with a traditional narrative arc. As the product of the decentralized networked-era culture, it is less about victory than sustainability. It is not about one-pointedness, but inclusion and groping toward consensus. It is not like a...
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AirPlay TV →
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Deblurring famous photos →
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