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Design
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Design
Design Exploration: Update Status Indicator
02.28.10 | Permalink | 2 CommentsI’m starting the design of a new iPhone app. It’s intended to help users follow a live event, so the app will regularly be downloading data to refresh screens with the most current state. I’d like to avoid the use of a “refresh” button for numerous reasons that I’m not going to get into, mostly [...]
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Design, Technology
I Squared Up
I am living in the future. Andrew just sold me Girl Scout Cookies and he accepted a credit card payment with the Square app on his iPhone. It worked flawlessly was a joy to interact with. I do wish that the photo we took of the cookies appeared on the receipt.
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Design
Easy = True
How ‘cognitive fluency’ shapes what we believe, how we invest, and who will become a supermodel Read the Boston Globe Article
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Design, Technology
iPad and the Future
Everything I read about the iPad (and believe me, I’ve read a lot) uses the near term to predict it’s failure or success. How many sales will Apple see in March? How many in April? Will Kindle outpace the iPad by Christmas? Everyone seems to be thinking about this year and maybe next year. When [...]
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Design
Attention to detail in Chrome
Today I noticed a very pleasing attention to detail in Google Chrome. This new browser gets rid of the status bar, something that’s been core to all browsers since their inception 20 years ago. When you hover your mouse over a link, just enough of the status bar is shown to inform the user of [...]
