1. ➶ What does 320dpi mean to designers? A followup

    Tim Van Damme posts an excellent followup to his first article on designing for that 326ppi screen. If you’re a designer or developer, with access to the iPhone Developer Portal, this link is the one you’ll want to check before June 24th.

    Saturday June 12th, 2010 (2 notes)

  2. Your app has too many settings, too many things to tweak. API endpoints? Colors of the rainbow? 100 different fonts and font sizes? Temperature in Kelvin? Switch the app to use Esperanto?

    Kill the settings, kill them all.

    Kill The Settings, Build Opinionated Software - a great piece by Mike Rundle

    Wednesday June 9th, 2010 (7 notes)

  3. ➶ Why Tumblr is kicking Posterous’s ass

    This link, courtesy of Gruber, is timely - to say the least. Last week I was discussing Tumblr vs Posterous with some friends - and I have an account with both. Whilst email posting for Posterous works, it’s the only way you’d ever want to post: the web interface is (quite frankly) horrible. To quote from the article:

    Posterous is an engineered product, while Tumblr is a designed product.

    I couldn’t have put it better myself. And that’s why I’m sticking with Tumblr.

    Wednesday January 20th, 2010 (4 notes)

  4. IconPark offers some nice stock icons. I’ve just picked up a set for my secret project - at $29, they’re a steal. Via David Kaneda

    IconPark offers some nice stock icons. I’ve just picked up a set for my secret project - at $29, they’re a steal. Via David Kaneda

    Monday December 21st, 2009 (81 notes)

  5. What you make people feel is just as important as what you make.
    I’ll admit it’s a line from a BMW TV advert, but I couldn’t help but feel that it’s something that we should be striving for, whether developing software or building cars.

    Saturday November 28th, 2009 (2 notes)

  6. Apple’s goal isn’t to make money. Our goal is to design and develop and bring to market good products…We trust as a consequence of that, people will like them, and as another consequence we’ll make some money. But we’re really clear about what our goals are.
    Jonathan Ive (via Andy Budd)

    Saturday November 28th, 2009 (7 notes)

  7. ➶ Open source design and the OpenOfficeMouse

    Chris Messina makes some great points about the proposed (and entirely deadpan-serious) OpenOfficeMouse.

    Thursday November 12th, 2009

  8. Look at Sony, or Microsoft, or Google, or anyone. They still don’t get it. They’re still out there talking about chips, or features, or whatever. Or now they’re all hot for design. But they think design means making pretty objects. It doesn’t. It means making a system of pieces that all work together seamlessly. It’s not about calling attention to the technology. It’s about making the technology invisible. That’s design.
    It still surprises me that I find inspirational quotes from Fake Steve

    Wednesday September 30th, 2009

  9. ➶ Steve Jobs on why Apple doesn’t do market research

    There’s plenty to read here about Apple’s product ethos, and it mostly rings true. However Fraser Speirs makes an excellent point on Twitter:

    Apple doesn’t do market research, yet they somehow know that customers are “confused” by duplicate functionality.

    Something tells me the App Store Frustrations kettle is about to hit boiling point….

    Thursday July 30th, 2009

  10. ➶ Brent Simmons: The Anatomy of a feature

    This is music to my ears - a great piece.

    Thursday July 30th, 2009 (1 note)