Jul 1

Alaska Sketchnotes by Mike Rohde

Mike Rohde took some time on his Alaskan cruise to sketch up his experience. They outline, in amazing detail, what looks to have been an amazing trip. Link

Jun 22

Christopher Alexander on the perfection of imperfection [via 37signals]

37signals had a great excerpt from an essay by Christopher Alexander on the idea of perfection.  If you’re a perfectionist when it comes to the details and sometimes miss out on the big picture read this over. Link

Jun 18

Glyphboard

I love this, if you have iPhone OS 3.0 you need this. Link

Jun 17

What is a Browser?

Scott Suiter gives us an inside look into “What is a browser?”. Great look into what real people know about the internets. Link

Jun 17

Badge Blindness and iPhone Push Notifications

If you’re planning to include push notification in your iPhone app do yourself a favor and read this post.  Toby gives some great insight on when you should and shouldn’t use push notification in your app. Link

Jun 16

I’d rather use Apple’s worst than Microsoft’s best.
— Marco Arment
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Jun 9

iPhone Stencil Kit

If you design apps for the iPhone you need this.  The Design Commission team did an amazing job with this stencil. Link

May 28

Stealourideas.com

“We concept, so you don’t have to.” Link

May 14

Invisible User Interface Design

Two great quotes this week regarding the value in invisible user interfaces.

When I toured Pixar, the guide said that if you even stop to think you’re enjoying a story it’s not good enough. I feel the same about UI.

- Buzz Anderson

While all these things are what the designers at Netflix work hard on every day, they go unmentioned by their customers. It’s not because these aspects aren’t important. It’s because the designers have done their job really well: they’ve made them invisible.

- Jared Spool (via Doug Bowman)

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May 7

Rolando 2: Now this is how you do a trailer for an iPhone game, brilliant!
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