January 2010
47 posts
“[…] for consumer web apps today, design matters more than technology....”
– Why Tumblr is kicking Posterous’s ass. (via Daring Fireball)
“Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss...”
– Eleanor Roosevelt (via miekd)
“But first I’m going to present five reasons why vertical navigation should not...”
– Seriously? I read this article against vertical navigation and couldn’t disagree more. It seems the author is trying to make a point just to make a point.
However, that article made Kyle Meyer blog In Defense of Vertical Navigation. Read this one and you’ll know why I think the former...
“We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on...”
– Google takes a stand. Bold, ballsy and awesome. Read the whole blog post.
No, seriously, read it.
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent...”
– Bertrand Russell (via tmblg)
O Clube do Espaço
hueandsaturation:
Le Club de l’ Espace, portuguese book cover. Publish by Portugália editors in November 1964. Designer unknown.
“Articles like this promote a dichotomy, an idea that this way is right and that...”
– Aegir responds to Joe Clark’s latest blog post.
I’m still not quite sure why John Gruber links to typography stuff at all.
Nexus One Complaints Mount, Honeymoon is Over →
I bet some people in Cupertino are saying “Oh, poor amateurs…”
“The user experience is made up of all the interactions a person has with your...”
– This is exactly what I like to do. Something tells me that I’m going to love 52 Weeks of UX. You should follow it as well.
“Mr Rubinstein: I’d love to give you an iPhone. Not for you to use – I still want...”
– Fred writes an open letter to Jon Rubinstein, the Palm CEO who said he had never used an iPhone.
“Why does the VNC application I bought and paid for crash on the Nexus One with a...”
– I usually say that Android is for geeks, who don’t care about the experience but get all wet because they can flash this and change that and modify everything and begin open equals being good, and loads of other bullshit.
This guy knows how experience matters and completely bashes Android.
“Let me hold you in my arms. Feel me squeeze the living fucking breath out of...”
– Quote from a blog kept by the wife of a Sleep Talkin’ Man. (via Jon Hicks)
“Some animations are very smooth, some are janky as hell. The Nexus One has a...”
– Garrett Murray also found the major Android problem.
Commercial Type →
Commercial Type is a new foundry by Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz, the guys behind the typefaces for the Guardian and Público newspapers. The site features lovely design and animations, and of course, beautiful typefaces.
Also check their User License, which covers WOFF, sIFR and Cufón, with excellent “What this paragraph means” copy. (via Jason Santa Maria).
Hitotoki →
Hitoki is not only a beautiful website. It is deeply interesting as well, featuring stories of experiences in some of the world’s cities, like Tokyo, NY, London or Paris. Be sure to read some of them.
/via Jon Tan
“How do you expect people to believe you when you say something particular is...”
– Tim blogs about excessive politeness. Made me think.
A Form of Madness - Dive Into HTML5 →
Mark Pilgrim does it again — a wonderful written and designed article on how forms are changing with HTML5.
“If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above...”
– James Cameron