August 2010
33 posts
“The other day, I noticed that my friend’s Dell laptop had a similar feature but...”
– Flood Lite - Apple’s Attention to Detail
Fascinating that Apple have a patent for ‘Breathing Status LED Indicator’.
“Imagine throwing a pebble into a still pond. How does the water respond? The...”
– Be like water… (via mnmal)
“Thoughtfulness is free and burns on time and empathy.”
– Frank Chimero
Go read it. Lots of chunks of gold spread throughout.
“There’s a lot of guesswork involved, and guessing how humans behave is an...”
– ignore the code: Opinions vs. Data
Lukas Mathias on testing user interface elements.
“Steve Jobs, Ed Catmull, and John Lasseter said, in effect, ‘The only thing...”
– What Google Could Learn From Pixar - Peter Sims - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review
The title of this post should really be “What everyone could learn from Pixar”.
Continual self improvement is the only way to avoid falling flat on your face.
“Every position of Rubik’s Cube™ can be solved in twenty moves or less.”
– God’s Number is 20
Watchswissmiss | logged in
You don’t need to speak German to laugh at this one. Brilliant.
Jason Grigsby: CSS Media Query for Mobile is... →
cameronmoll:
With the prevalence of wi-fi in daily life and the ever-increasing speeds of mobile networks, it would be easily to write off file size and download speed when creating mobile experiences. However, with such news as the elimination of unlimited data plans and this net neutrality thing, I think it’s safe to say network speed, latency, and cost will remain relevant to mobile...
“And I think people who use software — which includes you and me and everybody...”
– inessential.com: Flexibility and power
Too true. Give me an app that does one thing well over an app that does 10 things poorly.
I think there’s money to be made in building apps for the desktop that behave more like our favourite iOS apps.
“I am a human brake pad.”
– A List Apart: Articles: No One Nos: Learning to Say No to Bad Ideas
“If at first you don’t succeed, you’re probably not The Batman.”
– Twitter / The Batman: If at first you don’t succ …
Brick, A Literary Journal: Issue 85: The Lizard,... →
This story kept me entertained the whole way through. Truly fascinating.
