Category Archives: design
Adobe application icons, or Periodic Table of the Elements?
via veerle.duoh.com Why, yes. Yes it is. Actually, the linked article is a fairly interesting peek into the design process and logic used to create and evolve Adobe’s new CS5 icons and hero splash screen designs. But it’s also a great opportunity to laugh at the resemblance they collectively bear to the actual Periodic Table.
Mini Countryman
I like the white one with the black rims. Soundtrack is good too.
On the street: A cherry 1956 Cadillac
When I saw this Cadillac parked on my street, I was pretty blown away. You rarely run into a driver of this vintage, rarity, and quality. The cherry body, the glam two-tone paint, perfect chrome, gorgeous whitewalls, even the period-correct black-on-yellow license plate. Just magnificent. I knew it to be of mid-50s vintage. But for [...]
A tour of the new Bing Maps enhanced reality tools. Wow! #TED
via youtube.com This video from TED offers a powerful tour through some seriously magical experiences now offered by Bing maps. From seamless zoom animations to interior transport, integrated live video and even astounding astronomy features, it’s clear that Bing is pushing the online-map envelope. It’s clear that Bing is pushing the online-map envelope. I’m excited [...]
PiDS Â – Post iPad Depression Syndrome
Today I felt it: the first twinge of darkness and deflation, when I wondered to myself, “What comes after the iPad?†You see, for the past half decade, we have been treated to a nearly perpetual, unending cycle of anticipation of two revolutionary pieces of technology. Long before they were officially revealed to the public, [...]
Tufte tackles the iPhone
via This is actually a couple of years old. But Tufte’s evaluations remain spot-on. He lauds the photo app’s absence of ‘computer administrative debris’, and I like his suggestion to make the Mobile Safari button bar partially transparent. In addition, his comments about the weather app being both beautiful and thin resonate with me. It [...]