I think there's a problem here with doomed to frivolity in the
framing of the question. Frivolity doesn't necessarily mean lack of
meaningfulness.
Although the definition of frivolous is supposedly to be without
serious purpose or value, the same is often said of play and it's a
false
I see the point of the original post, but I disagree. Granted, as most
do, that nothing can truly replace face-to-face, saying that
technology forcibly determines its own use is an oversimplification -
however much the media may be the message.
On the one hand, the public media space has always
I see the point of the original post, but I disagree. Granted, as most
do, that nothing can truly replace face-to-face, saying that
technology forcibly determines its own use is an oversimplification -
however much the media may be the message.
On the one hand, the public media space has always
Any leads of where I can find and/or review some tools used to create
apps for iPhones?
Standards, guidelines, tools, suggestions?
Thanks.
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I would argue that not only is social networking not doomed to
frivolity, it is destined for as important a place in society as any
other communication medium.
As proof, please consider this profile of Stephen Heywood, who passed
away from ALS in 2006. Before he died, his brothers James and Ben
Hi all,
One thing occured to me the other day, are we going towards a future where
we will have less visible widgets and controls in our applications? Seems
many of the controls we pretty much takes for given has little or no use for
atleast more advanced users A good example is google chrome
Yes, skilled users should be able to configure their tools to suit their
(expert) needs.
You might be interested in Vimperator for Firefox: http://is.gd/fRbU
Novice/less skilled users will require other solutions, of course, so we'll
have to live with a dash of chrome for some time to come.
On Mar 4, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Dante Murphy wrote:
OK, so there were some neat-o gizmos in this infomercial, but it
really fell short in context. And this is a pet peeve of mine...why
does something that is intended to communicate a vision of the
future lack any narrative or labeling?
On Mar 5, 2009, at 6:45 AM, Mattias Konradsson wrote:
Toolbars: Why clutter the screen with features might or might not
be useful
for you, if the options are context-based they are better accessed
through a
context-menu of the entity in question
I can't say I agree with this one.
I can't say I agree with this one. Toolbars not only serve as access to the
tools, but may provide status as well. For example, when I'm working in
Photoshop, I have my cursor set to the cross hair for perfect accuracy. The
only way for me to check which tool I have selected, then, is to look
Mattias,
I'm all for breaking conventions to introduce better solutions. I
don't believe, however, that contextual menus are always the best
answer. Given all of your suggestions, you are going to end up with
one overloaded menu. It would become difficult to find the particular
Hi Maurice,
For developement, Aptana Studio has a great plugin for it:
http://aptana.com/iphone
Guidelines and creation issues, I belive that Apple's own guideline is the
best resource:
My experience with my last employer was quite divine in this context, learnt
a lot. More often, demos become the modes of communicating to other
stakeholders within the company and suppliers / technical or marketing teams
what your vision is. Or even for that matter, when communicating to media /
Anyone beeing keeping track of skittles.com? First twitter, then
facebook and now Wikipedia. Is it possible to really get rid of a
branded website? Is that where the future of web design is headed?
Interested to hear what people have to say.
Anyone have any idea why I can't fond this thread on the ixda web site?
My iPhone doesn't have the original post so I thought I'd read from
the beginning via the site but it's not there. Unless I'm blind.
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 5, 2009, at 11:00 AM, Jack Moffett jackmoff...@mac.com
This was actually done before, by Modernista: www.modernista.com
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 12:31 PM, tina725 tina...@gmail.com wrote:
Anyone beeing keeping track of skittles.com? First twitter, then
facebook and now Wikipedia. Is it possible to really get rid of a
branded website? Is that where
I think the question of whether it's possible to get rid of a branded
Website depends very much on the brand in question. Prior to the
much-tweeted-about launch of the new Skittles site, there wasn't
really a whole lot of reason for most people to go there; the new site
is generating lots of buzz
In Todd's definition, a storyboard can be a prototype, but a one-page
mock-up cannot be. Right?
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Adrian Howard adri...@quietstars.comwrote:
On 2 Mar 2009, at 12:46, Todd Zaki Warfel wrote:
[snip]
In other words, while a single static element cannot be a
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Weep no more for the Chicago chapter is holding a conference recap on
March 18, 2009 at the IIT Institute of Design.
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Thanks for the link love, Amy!
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I series of storyboards could be used in the prototyping process, but
I wouldn't necessarily call it a prototype. That's one of those grey
areas.
On Mar 5, 2009, at 3:45 PM, Mary Deaton wrote:
In Todd's definition, a storyboard can be a prototype, but a one-page
mock-up cannot be. Right?
I think the move is to more 'just in time' UI.
Look at tabs, more popular than ever. All the cool browsers are using
them now. :) They only show what pages you have active at any given
time.
The entire Office 2007 UI is built around task based, just in time
UI; contextual Ribbon tabs, for
IMO, the vast majority of social networking communication is
background noise. But to go from that to, ...since online
interaction lacks the human elements of empathetic facial responses,
body language, and touch, will social networking media be relegated
to only the more frivolous types of
I think that Amy Whitney are right on as far as different needs
being fulfilled by full brand sites vs. the Modernista/Skittles
navigational overlay approach. But I would love to see an example of
this approach that didn't feel like a gimmick. Something with an
interplay between the overlay and
Design Business An ethnography
primerhttp://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/ethnography-primer
.
It's just a primer, but interesting enough though not as heavy as
Human-Machine Reconfigurations.
Cheers,
Jarod
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http://designforuse.blogspot.com/
I think it's very brave of Skittles to use their brand to show what
everyone else is saying about their product as thats essentially what
the social media sites are. Twitter and Facebook are unmodulated and
as a result Skittles have no control over any of the content that is
displayed.
I didn't
I think it's a matter of personal mix. My younger brother and many of
his friends post things on Facebook I would consider way too much for
consumption on that scale - and also things I think are ridiculously
trivial. But it's his life - not mine - it doesn't matter what I
think.
He seems to be
This should really be a discussion about Modernista.com, which is
where the idea for the Skittles site came from (apparently -- the
Modernista site got tons of press in the ad industry when it was
launched, so I imagine the idea was repurposed from there).
It works well as a brand site for an
Many of the challenges we face as designers relate not to the quality of our
work, but the communication of our ideas. Boston IxDA is thrilled to host *Amy
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Hi Todd,
to clarify: a prototype shall be a series of representations of a
screen or screens?
Best regards, Andrew
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Todd Zaki Warfel li...@toddwarfel.com wrote:
I series of storyboards could be used in the prototyping process, but I
wouldn't necessarily call it
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