September 2009
16 posts
August 2009
14 posts
“I don’t believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do...”
– Federico Fellini
“Once you remove quality as a requirement, everything else gets a lot easier.”
– Jared M. Spool
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➤ Don't Dick Me Around
I like mobile devices for the same reason I like viewing mobile sites on the desktop which is the same reason that I like native clients over web experiences: there’s no room to dick your users around.
When I open up the AP News mobile app, I know I will see news content. No intercepts, no obtrusive ads, and no noise around the article — not even other featured articles. It’s...
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➤ Why cel-shaded games are better
A while back on Podtoid, the hosts discussed a reader question regarding the timelessness of cel-shaded games versus “real” texture-mapped games, particularly in looking at how old cel-shaded titles fare against the super realism of today.
The reason is quite obvious: Realism has to provide realism. Illustration doesn’t have to provide anything (except what the artist wants to...
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➤ Flipping the (Tumblr) script
I’ve been having a lot of odd anxiety about blogging lately: ideas not being big enough, posts not being researched enough, etc. etc. I’d love to be able to blog the way I used to but I find it harder and harder to pull off since I’m not a writer by profession and since I am now a new, first-time parent.
Frankly, it’s ground my blogging to a halt. So, in a extremely-...
Provider Icon Swarms | User Interface Trends →
A good rule of thumb: The more mainstream/top-of-mind a service is, the more novice users it’ll attract.
If a visitor uses a fringe service, they’re more likely to already have bookmarklets/toolbars/applications installed to use that service. So, focus on the folks who don’t know how to “trick out” their browsers.
A good example is Delicious (still the...
These mobile location-based social networks are...
Me: (starting an NYC channel) Let's keep tagging locations in NY, yeah!
Other user: U tag? Like graffiti?
Me: Heh, no, but if you do, please add the mural as a location. :)
Other user 2: What's mural?
Other user 3: Im guessing its place lol
Gray Lady 2.0 for NetNewsWire →
It’s been what feels like a bazillion years since I touched the Gray Lady style for NetNewsWire — mostly because I stopped reading RSS feeds for a stretch — but now that I’ve started using the app again, I noticed some immediate improvements (and yes, bug fixes) for the NNW Style that I wanted to get out there ASAP.
These include:
AdSubtract.css for (most) ad blocking
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