April 2010
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“The Elements on iPad is not a game, not an app, not a TV show. It’s a...”
– Theo Gray (Touchpress)
Great content begins with a specific medium in mind. This is so much cooler than a scaled iPhone app.
March 2010
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More iPad ideas that I love
Sheet music - http://www.forscoreapp.com/
Board games - http://www.gametableapp.com/
So far, my favorite ideas for this device use it as a surface (rather than as a handheld). It’s an affordable, portable version of MS Surface. It’s not a laptop. Truly innovative ideas will develop uses specifically tailored to the unique nature of the product.
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“The founder of Delicious told me a couple of years ago that if it’s not...”
– Fred Wilson - The 10 Golden Principles of Successful Web Apps
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Why not chat in other google apps?
Idea credit goes to commenter The5thElephant at Gizmodo
“An earlier version of this article incorrectly referred to a movie with a...”
– From NYTimes: RNC Spends Thousands on Jets, Limos and Clubs.
Awesome.
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“We now know that 16% of web users generate 80% of clicks and that this 16%...”
– Jim Spanfeller, former CEO of Forbes.com and chairman emeritus of IAB (via soupsoup)
Read the whole thing.
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Use cases for the iPad (so far)
From Engadget:
New screenshots make the iPad seem less like a giant iPhone
I’m not ordering a first-gen iPad, but that’s not really a relevant data point (my dad and my fiancee have both already placed their orders, so it’s not like I won’t be using it). That said, I’ve been noodling on what the possible use cases are for the device:
Frequent Traveler Frequent...
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Tumblr is website Legos
The Premium area of the tumblr theme garden is hatching some really cool stuff. Developers (well, at least one) have taken to the modularity of the platform and the ideas I’ve seen in this first week are pretty stellar. What interests me most are the use-case based themes developed by tmblg (which I think is acme design) They pretty well approximate (or replace) a fully developed,...
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“The masses will follow the sound of my screams (“ouch!”) as though i...”
– From my beautiful, klutzy wife-to-be. Follow her on twitter: @ivegotabooboo.
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“You can prove that broadband penetration actually helps development”
– WSJ: US Falls to Fifth on List of Most ‘Networked’ Countries
Clearly, we’ve got our work cut out for us. But I know a good place to start.
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Crane Lamps
ninakix:
Studio Job created these crane-inspired lamps. (via)
I’m not sure why, but I’ve always had a soft spot for any industrial art involving lighting.
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Why I like my web apps simple (to start)
The amount of time I’m willing to spend learning a new software product directly correlates to the price I paid for it.
Since I pay nothing for web apps, they get about five minutes of my time. A quick straw poll of friends reveals I’m not alone in this.
The lesson: for freemium/free apps, the key to adoption is simplicity.
Note: thinking about this reminded me of a post last month...
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The Kooks - She Moves in Her Own Way
Just came...
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52 Weeks of UX: It's The Little Things →
The restaurant is fairly full on this warm Sunday night at SXSW. The lights are low and the place has a back-woodsy charm about it. There is a small 4-piece band tucked away in the corner. The drummer keeps things swinging with just a snare and high-hat. There’s a man playing the upright bass…
There’s pretty strong support to the idea that people remember their first and last...
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Thoughts on Palm's future
Today was a rough day for Palm. People are piling on left and right, asking whether Palm is dead, debating whether Palm should sell to Google, etc.
As a Pre owner, I’ve been consistently pleased with Palm’s software development efforts. But success depends on more than a great product. The Pre’s original television ads were memorable only for their strangeness. The...
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bsiscovick:
Very cool song from Epiletic...
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Why does it take two to Bump?
Before payments take over the web, we need to address the issue of lost passwords (thanks to Matt Mireles for the pointer). Amazon has tried a bunch of stuff to overcome this issue: 1-Click and PayPhrases come to mind. But what if the answer isn’t decreasing virtual friction? What if the answer is creating a virtual payment process that is physically (and behaviorally) natural?
Bump...
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“So what I’d like to see in the National Broadband Plan is to make that...”
– Fred Wilson - The National Broadband Plan
Couldn’t agree more. I forwarded a similar idea in a telecom law final three years ago (shout-out to my professor and thesis adviser, Tim Wu for developing a great class/exam). The question, derived from the newly announced wireless spectrum...
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Too many sticks in the bundle
I already miss the Hulu-Daily Show match. Copyright never contemplated this many mediums. I’d love to see some measure of rights convergence in the area.
Macs (usually) don't act like petulant children
Fana: Topic for your blog:
me: yes?
Fana: I just successfully crashed a Mac.
Seriously. Like, as though it is a PC. Spinning wheel. Unable to force quit/relaunch.
Unable to restart. Unable to logout.
Isn't the whole point of a Mac that it doesn't act like a petulant child when you click several buttons simultaneously?
I understand when a PC gets all confused, but a Mac?
Go ahead...blog!
oh....ooops. our server is down and it crashed all the office computers. i guess i'm not special.
please don't blog that last bit.
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Human or Furball?
I love this toggle. If the red-eye toggle depends on the software’s ability to distinguish an eye from the surrounding area, then the color/texture of the surrounding area is required information. So why not ask in the most common-sense language possible?
btw, that’s my parents’ dog Lexie. She just turned one (note the tiara)
Babelshot - iPhone camera-based translation →
If this app goes augmented reality, I’m fully on board…
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Mumford & Sons
In honor of the new release. ...
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Would Kmart buy ad space inside a Walmart?
Probably not. But isn’t that the brick-and-mortar analogy to this:
That’s right, Amazon now places product ads from external websites on their product pages as a CPC ad service. Here’s my question: is this the most valuable CPC ad space for CPG manufacturers on the internet today?
I actually don’t know the answer to that question, but I suspect it’s so. After...
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bijan:
The National - Terrible Love (live, from...
Cabbies Gouge Passengers Out of Millions, Agency... →
Funny thing is, I think this is exactly what most cabbies feared would happen when they installed GPS in the system
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How do you represent 'gluten free'?
Found this on a dinner menu tonight. Sparked some good conversation around what symbols would most clearly convey their associated message.
Gluten-free already has a few attempts at a universal symbol: . I had no idea, but it makes perfect sense.
Vegetarian too: . Both use a ‘v’ shape, but how universal is that? I guess you could adjust the stalk shape to fit any character...
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Palm releases plug-in development kit. Yet another...
I love what Palm’s doing these days. Their hardware design suffers from poor materials, and they can’t yet put together a complete buying experience like Apple, but their software and development side is absolutely stellar.
I’ve been incredibly impressed with how much webOS improves with each version. The updates come fast, and they’re typically addition by streamlining...
Embedding memory in objects is a poetic idea →
Planet Earth 2ish coming soon
LIFE : Discovery Channel
“I’m doing this because I like accountability and transparency, and I believe in...”
– Edward Tufte, who has been appointed by President Obama to “help track and explain $787 billion in recovery stimulus funds” as part of the Recovery Independent Advisory Panel.
Tufe is being nonchalant, but this is great news. Not only for design-nerds but the general public too.
(via iA)
(via...
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Searching for a more efficient onscreen keyboard
Because I run Boxee off a Mac Mini, my main interface with the software is the Apple Remote. As a result, whenever I want to search for a program, I’m relegated to keying in names letter-by-letter via the onscreen keyboard. This, we can all agree, is a pretty significant pain in the ass. I know Boxee and TiVo agree—that’s why they’re releasing new remotes with built-in...
“Do our computer pundits lack all common sense? The truth is no online database...”
– Clifford Stoll: The Internet? Bah! February 27, 1995
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TiVo vs. Boxee - Where Everybody Wins
TiVo released a new product this week called TiVo Premiere. At first glance, it looks like a direct competitor to the Boxee Box. I can’t wait to try it.
When I got my TiVo Series 2 in 2004, it meant that I was finally able to watch Arrested Development without skipping class. This was a new world. It should have been the start of something big. Video, like a book, could suddenly be put...
A History of Obama Feigning Interest in Mundane... →
“In this part of blogland we do not dismiss the counterintuitive conclusion out...”
– Marginal Revolution: This is Chile, not Haiti