Ideas and Discoveries
iphone
Video of My Mobile Design Course Available
I just finished teaching an eight-week class on tapworthy iPhone design and user experience. If you missed it, all 12 hours of video are available for sale.
conference
SXSW 2011: Bloated but Lovable
SXSW spilled over the levees of Austin’s infrastructure, creating logistical headaches that sank the conference. But man, it sure was fun. Also: I gave a talk on iPad app design.
ipad
Suzanne Ginsburg on the "Evolution of Discoverability"
Touchscreens introduce new interface metaphors, as well as new techniques to subtly help our audiences understand how to use our apps. Suzanne offers some useful examples.
complexity
The Kalininskaya Nuclear Plant
Our job as designers is to make complexity uncomplicated. I’m not sure the designers of this seventies-era power plant pulled that off, but the resulting complication sure is gorgeous.
life
Interrobang‽
Last night, I was walking down the sidewalk and brushed against a woman carrying a cake.
mobile
Responsive Web Design or Separate Mobile Site? Eh. It Depends.
Geeks love black-and-white answers, but the same rule applies to the mobile web as every other technology: use the right tool for the job.
business
“I don't have to waste time playing the pricing game"
App developer Justin Williams shares his no-nonsense, single-price approach to app pricing: find your audience, charge the right price, and stick to it.
marketshare
Infographic: Mobile Phone Sales in the Last Decade
VisionMobile’s pretty graphic visualizes the shifts in handset sales over the last ten years.
android
Mobile Design Patterns and Galleries
In recent days, several mobile design-pattern resources have passed through the series of tubes which criss-cross my desk.
conference
South By or Bust
Friends, it's that time of year again. South by Southwest time. Here's where you'll find me at SXSW 2011.
process
I ♥ UX Design
“What designer has the most elaborate, the most complex, the most beautiful job in the world? It’s the user experience designer, a very special species indeed!”
demographics
Nailing Down the Mobile Context
Because mobile apps can be used anywhere and anytime, the potential environments and scenarios seem nearly infinite. When planning your app, rely on actual data and research whenever possible. Here are some stats to get you started.
keynote
Keynotopia: Recommended Kit for Keynote Prototyping
Keynotopia is a sensational resource for using Keynote to prototype app designs.
advertising
Stripping Ads and Paying Your Way
Liberating online content from noisy ads unfortunately chips away at its funding. Readability and Instapaper are teaming up on a new revenue model to help us enjoy reading and support writing, too.
android
Smartphone Stats Fascinating, Important, and Not the Whole Story
The latest marketshare stats tell us how the smartphone market is evolving—and boy howdy, it’s all happening fast. How important are these numbers for designers an developers?
conference
The Perils of Conference as Party
I had to chuckle as I was reviewing the speaker agreement for SXSW.