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Raster Graphics for Android 22 Aug 2013 | 06:40 am
The various cheat-sheet articles I see for this are now out of date, or focus too much on creation of the Launcher Icon, whereas of course we also need graphics inside our apps. Now, don't go overboa...
Designers Can't Code 12 Aug 2013 | 04:49 am
And again with this thing in which a key point is stipulated: We're talking about the Web. That incessant stipulation kills me every time. Because: I don't build Websites . And if you do, you a...
My time with Pebble: The next revolution will be on your wrist 27 Jun 2013 | 11:32 pm
I am a watch guy. For some years now I have been wearing mechanical, dial-indicating timepieces. And not just as a fashion statement. I legitimately read the time with it, instead of my watch. I keep...
You can love Apple, but do you have to /love/ Apple? 19 Jun 2013 | 09:34 pm
I didn't get why 10.9 was called Mavericks, and then was more confused when some people defended it as being all about Apple's inspiration and so on. This week I am at a conference in San Jose and fa...
When even Radio Shack had Good Design 11 Jun 2013 | 08:08 pm
A friend recently showed me this: It's a weather radio. Says so right on it, but what I found most interesting is how little else there is. It's a cube. With an antenna and a switch. The switch would...
Mobile Screenshots 25 Mar 2013 | 08:14 pm
Another in my series of "things you all should know, but I keep having to explain how I do it." If you design, specify, manage, develop or test, for mobile you have to take screenshots. Maybe a lot. M...
Towards a philosophy of digital interface design 7 Feb 2013 | 08:25 pm
Dissatisfaction with skeuomorphism leads to the question, if we're against it, what are we for? The obvious refrain was to design in a way true to the nature of the medium. See the Good Design princi...
The Fanboi Effect 31 Jan 2013 | 09:38 pm
We've all seen some of the results. Reviews with amazingly slanted headlines, pointing out that iOS bests Android in some minor area, ignoring the rest. Cherrypicking data and comments. But no, I am n...
How offices work: buzzwords, expectations, realities 30 Jan 2013 | 11:45 pm
Applying for work, and being turned down because I travel or am not local already, reminds me of some of the frustrations arising from mismatches between what we all talk about as cool and trendy, wha...
How to get started in UX 26 Jan 2013 | 10:51 pm
This is something I get asked at least once a month. Usually, by someone who isn't that far off. They are in another design field. Or development. Or used to be a web designer but had to quit. So, the...
