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Why you should start a company in.... Seattle http://bit.ly/98ZCJB
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Good old stuff.co.nz, reporting rumors as "fact" again http://bit.ly/9MK3ZB
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The #apple propaganda machine has worked wonders. Everyone is talking about the new #tablet, which may or may not exist
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BWI --> DEN --> SEA
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SublimeVideo provides a custom user interface for playing HTML5 videos. The design is Mac-centric (though well polished) and offers a “Full-window” mode which is very visually impressive—and I believe more useful than Flash’s “Full screen mode”. The script will eventually be released free for non-commercial use. (Note: Open the link in Safari/Chrome to view)
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Teehan+Lax have uploaded the slides for their Evidence Based Design presentation, analyzing how designers “bridge” art and science when working with clients. I’ve always found this conflict/balance of creative and logical an integral part of any design—personally, I tend to fall a bit on the analytical side of things. You?
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feltron: Each day in 2009, I asked every person with whom I had a meaningful encounter to submit a record of this meeting through an online survey. These reports form the heart of the 2009 Annual Report. From parents to old friends, to people I met for the first time, to my dentist… any time I felt that someone had discerned enough of my personality and activities, they were given a card with a URL and unique number to record their experience. Stunning, per usual.
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The new Herman Miller Embody chair looks to be a great update to the traditional Aeron. Bonus points for being shot with the absolutely beautiful Nelson Swag Leg Desk.
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it isn't every day that you find out your book is being used as training material for a major mobile device maker. but how do I scale that?
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I love this diagram that explains why Seattle was at the heart of US wireless http://bit.ly/4X1BPT the article: http://bit.ly/81Q96P
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I typically recommend allowing your users to upload images via email by giving them a custom, private, email address like als234lkj2@yourapp.com, similar to Backpack. The only other way would be to embed your web app into a native one and distribute on iTunes. Here’s hoping for file system access in 4.0…
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Its gonna have to be noodles for lunch, and perhaps a peanut butter milkshake for afternoon tea
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Tablet usability – the future can’t come soon enough:
Steve Workman observes a stranger using an Asus Netbook (with Windows 7) and offers some thoughts on usability for the pending Apple tablet. (via @uxmag)
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Lukas Mathis examines the importance of abstracting ideas in UI design, as opposed to using literal visuals: When designing user interfaces, we rarely ever want to show a specific entity; typically, we want to convey an idea or a concept. Details can easily distract from that idea or concept.
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“This will be the most important thing I’ve ever done.”
- Steve Jobs, talking about the tablet rumored to be introduced this week, as reported by TechCrunch