Teradome.

Daring Fireball: How Apple Could Play the Bigger-Display iPhone Thing at WWDC…

Thu, 24 May 2012 13:33:00 -0400

Daring Fireball: How Apple Could Play the Bigger-Display iPhone Thing at WWDC…:

The idea posited here — that Apple can sneak in early compliance to a 1136 x 640 display iPhone by making notifications shrink down app space — is interesting.

A layout that is responsive to shrinking “an extra row” would naturally inherit the ability to grow as well, and that shrinking down on a 4” iPhone screen basically means the app is displayed as it currently is today.

But there are plenty of applications that don’t work well with this: namely games. It’s already a problem that notifications often obscure game elements, now add to the fact that a shrinking work space at completely random times and frequencies is entirely offensive.

Even in non-game environments, the last thing you want to do is move things in a touch interface at unpredictable times, especially because when you chose to touch, you are generally obscuring your own view of content as you do so, and the smaller the screen, the more your hand obscures. You must hold a mental picture of where the UI is as you move to touch it, and any movement at that moment could be the difference between “Save Draft” and “Delete Draft”.

Point being, it’s possible. But it’s going to be damn hard.

What Android fragmentation looks like, re: resolution sizes...

Thu, 24 May 2012 13:25:35 -0400

What Android fragmentation looks like, re: resolution sizes (weighted).

(via Infographic: Here’s Why Designing Android Apps Is So Hard | Co.Design: business innovation design)

I wrote a response to the Forbes article about my Tesla comic -...

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:01:32 -0400

I wrote a response to the Forbes article about my Tesla comic - The Oatmeal

"We’ve arrived at a point where the President of the United States is going to lead a war on..."

Fri, 18 May 2012 09:58:34 -0400

“We’ve arrived at a point where the President of the United States is going to lead a war on traditional marriage.”

- Rush Limbaugh - whose first, second, third and fourth wives could not be reached for comment. (via seldo)

The China Central Television (CCTV) headquarters building in...

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:32:24 -0400

The China Central Television (CCTV) headquarters building in Beijing. Now that’s bold architecture.

(via @irwin)

5 Annoying Replies That Don’t Require “Reply All” | The Couch...

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:07:36 -0400

5 Annoying Replies That Don’t Require “Reply All” | The Couch Manager)

#4 is definitely the passive-aggressive “well, this shit is really bothering me, so I’m going to bother all of you as well.”

New iOS app Visual combines the Clear aesthetic with the...

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:16:21 -0400

New iOS app Visual combines the Clear aesthetic with the fuzzy-time philosophy to bring you, well, visual timers.

The real question, does having this loose visualization of remaining time actually help people more so than a regular timer, or is it just a gimmick?

datavis: The Illusion of Choice You got it.

Mon, 07 May 2012 09:51:55 -0400

datavis:

The Illusion of Choice

You got it.

thedailywhat: Badvertising of the Day: Right-wing, anti-science...

Sat, 05 May 2012 08:19:00 -0400

thedailywhat:

Badvertising of the Day: Right-wing, anti-science think tank the Heartland Institute has unveiled a new billboard campaign in its hometown of Chicago that compares those who believe in global warming to the Unabomber, Charles Manson, and Osama bin Laden.

http://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ad-hominem

Most conversational speech is based on chunks of common phrases;...

Fri, 04 May 2012 16:23:00 -0400

Most conversational speech is based on chunks of common phrases; Siine Keyboard lets you…um…cut to the chase.

sigh

Zoned out to Figure for the bulk of my subway ride this...

Fri, 04 May 2012 15:04:00 -0400

Zoned out to Figure for the bulk of my subway ride this morning.

I do wish there was a way to save songs every now and then, but clearly, the magic is in the performance.

YO DAWG, I HEARD YOU LIKE SLIDING TO UNLOCK

Fri, 04 May 2012 10:51:48 -0400

YO DAWG, I HEARD YOU LIKE SLIDING TO UNLOCK

Interesting approach to improving text selection and editing on...

Fri, 04 May 2012 09:39:32 -0400

Interesting approach to improving text selection and editing on the iPad.

Dragging with one finger does conflict with using character shortcuts — flick up on , to get a ’ for example — and prevents users from sliding off a button to avoid triggering it without affecting cursor position, so it’d be interesting to see him take this concept further.

(via How text editing on the iPad should be)

"I wish Google would leave the Social Network thing to others. When Google does what it does, and..."

Wed, 02 May 2012 11:44:00 -0400

““I wish Google would leave the Social Network thing to others. When Google does what it does, and does it well, it changes the world. When it rides bandwagons, it’s irritating.””

- Neil Gaiman (source)

Google Engineer Told Others of Data Collection, F.C.C. Report Reveals - NYTimes.com

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:42:39 -0400

Google Engineer Told Others of Data Collection, F.C.C. Report Reveals - NYTimes.com:

bigweek:

Google’s harvesting of e-mails, passwords and other sensitive personal information from unsuspecting households in the United States and around the world was neither a mistake nor the work of a rogue engineer, as the company long maintained, but a program that supervisors knew about, according to new details from the full text of a regulatory report.

Are you as surprised as I am?

But we *totally* take privacy seriously today. Like, totally.

merlin: Thank God they didn’t take the CAPS LOCK and the Times...

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:04:35 -0400

merlin:

Thank God they didn’t take the CAPS LOCK and the Times New Roman Bold.

Technology making us insensitive, indeed. #wthdude

ilovecharts: Rhetological Fallacies See many more here.

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:54:41 -0400

ilovecharts:

Rhetological Fallacies

See many more here.

Via PSFK: Moleskine is putting a playful spin on that...

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:27:00 -0400

Via PSFK:

Moleskine is putting a playful spin on that classic childhood pastime as it celebrates the 20th anniversary of the text message by creating its own version of SMS: The Moleskine Shooting Message System.

German Garbage Men Turn Dumpsters Into Giant Pinhole Cameras (ht...

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:39:05 -0400

German Garbage Men Turn Dumpsters Into Giant Pinhole Cameras (ht @mastadre)

Does this actually work for Samsung? Figuring out the...

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:59:26 -0400

Does this actually work for Samsung?

Figuring out the differences between Flagship and Premium and High-tier is something only a salesman or an “Android enthusiast” can do.

I’d expect that consumers, at a distance, want those three to all be the same thing.

(And to a certain extent, mid-tier and entry level to be the same too.)