January 2010
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Thoughts on the iPad
As you’re no doubt aware, the Apple iPad has been released, and the tech world is buzzing with opinions. A lot of those opinions are somewhat misguided… although that’s just my opinion.
When I first saw the iPad I was somewhat underwhelmed. After all the hype leading up to the release of the iPad, what we actually got seemed like a let-down. But that was before I properly...
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OS X Hidden Gems →
minimalmac:
Some of these may be well known to some of you but I am betting a couple are not.
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20 Things I already know about Apple’s... →
http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/?p=1234
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Some things to think about...
minimalmac:
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
– Steve Jobs
The greatest technology contributions that Apple has ever made are the ones that are so obvious they are often overlooked. Apple essentially created the language of computer UI. In fact, they have done so twice now.
Xerox/PARC legends aside, it was Apple that pushed and popularized the...
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Warning! Success.
Just a little example of bad usability on the Queensland Transport website. It’s something I see quite often: the developer felt that a message of success should not appear any different to what you’d expect an error message to look like. If your first impulse when something worked is that it failed to work, there has been a problem with the design.
Of course this goes along with my...
Bookbook - Twelve South →
http://www.twelvesouth.com/products/bookbook/
This will certainly be the first accessory I get come time for a new MacBook.
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“If Back to the Future were made today (in 2010), Marty would have travelled back...”
– kottke (via thatisawesome)
Sean is on tumblr
I’m even early enough to get an awesome username. sean was taken, but both seanr and seanrogers were free. So I took seanr since that will theoretically be more highly sought after. Plus it looks good when written as seanr.tumblr.com.
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A history of Operating System design →
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/03/operating-system-interface-design-between-1981-2009/
This article takes a look at the way the graphical user interface has evolved over the years. It’s interesting to see just where some of the concepts we take for granted today originated.