Lost Art, Rediscovered
Apr 1, 2011
I’m going to do more writing over at the Readability blog soon. My first post was about attention deficits, portable content & rediscovering longform on the web.
Facebook 'Confirm' Shortcut
Nov 11, 2010
I know you can edit this in Settings, but I want the ‘Confirm’ dialog to simultaneously ‘befriend’ old acquaintances while keeping them at bay. Here’s a mockup.
LiveView for iPhone & iPad
Jun 10, 2010
LiveView is a specialized remote screen viewing application intended as a tool to help designers create graphics for mobile applications.
My Ex-Wife's Wedding Dress
May 13, 2010
The model for setting up a quirky blog then waiting for the coffee-table book deals to roll in is being stretched a bit thin, but good luck to this guy.
Designing with the Elements of Play
May 2, 2010
This post by Jared Spool is another chapter in the strongest recurring theme of 2006-2010: gameplay in everyday activities. See also, this talk by Jesse Schell.
Repent Amarillo
Mar 22, 2010
Design-wise, RepentAmarillo.com is a curious mix of military- and spiritual-warfare with video game aesthetic. Also, animated snow. Or nuclear fallout?
Chat Roulette Piano Improv
Mar 15, 2010
The first thing I thought of when I discovered ChatRoulette was “hey, stop doing that that!” The second thing I thought of was its great potential for improvised performance.
Animal Collective
Feb 21, 2010
A photo my wife and I took and blogged about respectively reached its peak of internet fame before completing its life-cycle and appearing on a Tumblr making fun of bad tattoos.
TrustoCorp
Feb 13, 2010
No one knows if TrustoCorp is more than one person, but s/he/it makes street art in the form of signage which I recently spotted on Houston Street in NYC.
World's Most Influential Designers
Feb 10, 2010
Business Week profiles “27 luminaries who represent a diverse cross-section of design disciplines”.
InstantWatcher
Feb 7, 2010
If you need suggestions for Netflix movies and are set up to stream, InstantWatcher aggregates from NY Times and Rotten Tomatoes, and breaks them down by genre.
ChatRoulette
Feb 6, 2010
After an afternoon spent on ChatRoulette, Sam Anderson of NYMag, felt “socially trampled, excluded and e-viscerated”. This is a social web I’m not ready for.
Complication
Dec 29, 2009
How do you explain a truly disruptive band like The Monks? Someone played them for me back in college and I refused to believe they’d existed in 1965.
Best Songs of 2009
Dec 8, 2009
This has been my busiest year ever on a personal level, so I’m glad to see Said The Gramophone has compiled all the good music from 2009 I’ve missed out on.
Choosing a typeface timelapse
Dec 6, 2009
Brian Hoff records his process of choosing the right typeface for a project. Would love to see a few tooltip overlays explaining the choices he made.
