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Markdown - the Renaissance of plain text 18 Feb 2012 | 01:45 am
If you just take a few notes in a text only app you might have intuitively tried to format that text. Or even in Mail, if you are like me and prefer to use plain text, you might have tried formatting ...
Here’s to the Crazy Ones 6 Oct 2011 | 03:39 pm
They invent. They imagine. They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire. They push the human race forward. Maybe they have to be crazy. How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work ...
Fragging on iOS – the good, the bad & the ugly 20 Sep 2011 | 07:13 pm
First of all: I always have been a casual gamer. Yes I had some massive online fragfests in previous companies after work with colleagues, but I’ve never been especially skilled at any of the games. ...
twitter whoring – or why “bugger off and search for yourself” is not good usability [4] 29 Aug 2011 | 09:10 pm
Let’s just recap the situation as it used to be: There’s a blog. People who’d like to give their own opinion about an article can do so right at the place where the article has been published. Other ...
How I learned to stop worrying and love Final Cut Pro X 24 Jun 2011 | 02:02 pm
The iMovie case I, too was upset. At first, that is. I was so entrenched in the “old” way of doing video editing that I couldn’t make heads or tails of it. At first, that is. And all the nice effects...
The wonderful world of microtypography I [3] 17 Jun 2011 | 03:52 pm
Warning: while I am a typographer, I have learned my trade in Germany, thusly I only know the exact typographic terminology in German. I’m trying to find the right English wording for most German term...
Apple App Store outrage [2] 29 May 2011 | 12:30 am
In general all prices on the Japanese App Store are about 40% higher than in the US. This is not due to taxes (5% VAT in Japan, e.g. the German Apple Store is still cheaper than Japan despite 19% VAT)...
The mystery of the other “s” [6] 20 Oct 2010 | 06:34 pm
I cannot recall how many times I have seen German manuals in Japan using a β (beta) instead of the proper letter. Maybe the designer didn’t know or didn’t have a Mac (there you can get the ß even with...
Apple’s rise and fall in typography [10] 4 Jun 2010 | 03:54 pm
Some history 1. Command Line Interface, such as DOS or UNIX shells (bash, csh, etc.) Before the DTP revolution, the life of a typographer felt more like being a mechanic, either using a machine that...
Besonderheiten Japanischer Typographie II 2 Apr 2010 | 11:36 pm
1. Frauen haben mehr Farbzäpfchen in den Augen als Männer, nehmen daher Farben intensiver wahr, und blauäugige sollen empfindlicher auf grelles Licht reagieren als braunäugige (angeblich wegen der hö...
