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LiveView for iPhone & iPad

Darren — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:03:54 +0000

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

Darren — Thu, 13 May 2010 19:37:14 +0000

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

Darren — Sun, 02 May 2010 18:47:02 +0000

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

Darren — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:09:54 +0000

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

Darren — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:50:17 +0000

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

Darren — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:42:57 +0000

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

Darren — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:44:38 +0000

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

Darren — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:10:43 +0000

Business Week profiles “27 luminaries who represent a diverse cross-section of design disciplines”.

InstantWatcher

Darren — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:09:04 +0000

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

Darren — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:14:08 +0000

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.