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See you next week at Mesh!
You know, we’d love to talk about some of the stuff we’re working on, we’ve just been so swamped with work we haven’t had much chance to write. So, track us down at the perennial Mesh conference next...
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More innovation from the Windows Phone 7 team.
Microsoft is continuing to innovate with Windows Phone 7. It’s great to see something from Microsoft that carries with it some excitement around features and design. Beginning with Metro, Microsoft has...
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Patio Friday 2011 kickoff, this past Friday at Margaritas.
This past Friday we kicked off the Patio Friday season with a great crowd at Margaritas. Our gracious hosts at Margaritas let us take over the top floor patio as we grew to over 30 strong. Photo taken...
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NXNE Interactive and the black hole of Facebook.
I’ll be at NXNE Interactive tomorrow with an exceptional panel talking about marketing your brand on Facebook and beyond. The Black Hole of Facebook talks about how marketers are spending all of their...
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We're hiring! We're looking for a hyper organized marketing and project...
Things are happening at Say Yeah that are making the business development and creative director’s heads spin. So much on the go, so many projects with so many emails to sift through, blog articles to...
View ArticleNow when the parental units ask “what do you do at work...
Now when the parental units ask “what do you do at work all day?” I will just send them this link. Here’s a quality video from Santa Monica’s DKNG Studios showing them working from inspiration to...
View ArticleStartup apps and competition from heavy hitters.
For a startup the biggest problem is almost never a competitor. The biggest problem is typically non-adoption. Dan Moral rightly points out at StartupNorth that Apple introducing iMessage to the...
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Making searches more convenient on touch screens.
Here’s a fantastic new interaction Microsoft’s just introduced with their updated Bing app for the iPad. The skinny: From our research, we know that many searches are inspired by things people see on...
View Article"Make everything that CAN be alike as alike as possible. Let the differences...
“Make everything that CAN be alike as alike as possible. Let the differences between stuff jump out as accents.” - Mike Monteiro talking about simplifying a user interface so the differences in your...
View Article"Think of it like this: jumping in a Mario game is very simple. You hit a...
“Think of it like this: jumping in a Mario game is very simple. You hit a button, Mario jumps. But once you know how to jump, you can use this ability to jump over gaps, jump on top of bricks, kill...
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OSX Lion: Form over function highlights.
The two skeuomorphic apps which ship with OSX Lion, iCal and Address Book, offer some frustrating form over function compromises which obscure content. iCal has relegated your list of Calendars to a...
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"It’s all about removing the unnecessary."
“It’s all about removing the unnecessary.” - Jonathan Ive, Senior VP of Industrial Design at Apple. From Five Low-Hanging UX Tips.
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Redesigning the browser window.
A wonderful exploration from Henrik Eneroth on the limitations of the current standard Web browser layout (tabs across the top, running left to right) when used on hi-res, wide screens. This reference...
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Iterate, baby!
Foursquare’s Mari Sheibley talks about the evolution of Foursquare design on the iPhone, from Jan ‘09 through to August ‘11: One of the great things about working on one product is the ability to...
View Article"Discernment is the hardest part of marketing—seeing the world as it is,...
“Discernment is the hardest part of marketing—seeing the world as it is, instead of how you experience it.” - Seth Godin, on the law of large groups: This explains why the people you see at the gym...
View ArticleThe new Playstation Video Unlimited service highlights how a...
The new Playstation Video Unlimited service highlights how a responsive, animated interface can be built with Javascript and access to hardware APIs. Access to these APIs is not something that’s...
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To the man who has shaped our industry and the work we do. From...
To the man who has shaped our industry and the work we do. From how we work to how we think. Rest in peace.
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Oh, wow, we totally need to find some great app designers.
If you’re passionate about game play, game mechanics, game theory, sports, poker, first person shooters, beer and socializing, we want to hear from you. Well, only if you can design too. Say Yeah is...
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Burton Kramer, Identities, chronicles an icon of Canadian design.
Designers in Canada owe a debt to Burton Kramer. As Roger Remington states in the introduction of Burton Kramer, Identities: Kramer became known as a staunch advocate of fully integrated design at a...
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