Very excited about Microsoft’s new tablet style device: Courier. As a big fan (OK, fanatic) of the Moleskine notebook, the design and interface (which uses a notes and post it metaphor) is very interesting and emulates a lot of what I might do with ink and scraps of paper. Add to this a camera and wifi and …
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Interesting story on The Register today: Microsoft howls as Google turns IE into Chrome This is some good lateral thinking on Google’s behalf! How many hours have web developers spent in trying to hack their code to present a comparable user experience to IE users? By creating a browser plugin that uses the IE browser as …
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I could fill this blog talking about all the great stuff that Smashing Magazine. Suggest you go and bookmark if you haven’t already. Today’s article on 10 Useful Usability Findings provides some fascinating insight. A lot of it is common sense. The ‘Quality Of Design Is An Indicator Of Credibility’ part is something I touched on yesterday …
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This story on The Register is a bit of a wake up call: Facebook Enables Apps to Peek at Mail. I’m definitely in the ‘I don’t want to be a fucking zombie’ camp, but seeing some of the apps that my ‘friends’ have installed it really makes me concerned that the less power we give app …
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Thought this piece on the Guardian was good: It’s a Mugs Game. Having been both the recipient of a mug based ear-bashing and a ‘victim’ of a sticky fingered colleague, I can empathise with the blogger. I would like to point out that the mug I pilfered was rubbish compared to my vintage NASA ‘just like the …
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Been reading a lot on the design blogs about CSS3 and how it’ll make certain things easier to acheive once it’s been implemented across all browsers. One specific example on element transparency showed how, using CSS3, you could eradicate specific IE workarounds from your stylesheet. Or to put it another way - write standard code and …
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Whilst visiting Pro Blogger in search of inspiration, I found a video talking about Google’s Wonder Wheel tool. This is available on Google’s results page by clicking ‘Show options’ and then choosing the ‘Wonder Wheel’ link. This will display your search term as the hub of a wheel and display associated search terms on the spokes. …
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Loving all the Beatles stuff at the moment, especially the release of the Rock Band game. Whilst the concept of the game doesn’t particularly appeal (playing an actual instrument just seems a more worthwhile use of time), the artwork, illustration and animation is really very good indeed. The opening cinematic evoking the spirit of the band …
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Who cares? There seems to be a lot of debate online about whether the Beatles back catalogue might iminently be appearing on Apple’s iTunes Store. Â Well, it’s available for download on Play, Amazon and the Beatles own online store. Â Why not buy it from there? I’ve frequently found Play to be cheaper than iTunes on numerous occasions, …
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