February 2010
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Shut up! Announcing your plans makes you less... →
travors:
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I’ve got a real bad habit of doing this. In fact, from now on, I plan to never do this again…oh… DAMMIT.
Remember that there is no code faster than no code.
– Taligent’s Guide to Designing Programs (via mnmal)
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Nexus One From an iPhone Developer’s Perspective →
mnmal:
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Jeff LaMarche on the Nexus One:
To make matters worse, the sensors on the Nexus One for the four hardware buttons are not exactly aligned with the silkscreened icons. You have to tap noticeably above the button to get it to register. That was very frustrating for me until someone (from Google nonetheless) pointed out the mis-alignment. Up until then, I consistently...
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How To Make A Simple iPhone Game with Cocos2D... →
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InspirationTime - a Directory of Beautiful Web... →
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Google Buzz's Location
benjaminstein:
thegongshow:
Many people seem underwhelmed by the arrival of Google Buzz. I think SAI’s headline sums up the overall sentiment of the blogosphere nicely: “It’s Late, Boring, and Lame.”
However, I think this kneejerk reaction, especially since it comes from many bloggers that can’t even log into the service yet, underestimates one VERY important feature of Google Buzz. It’s...
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9 Unconventional Steps to a Thriving, “Very Small”... →
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Pure CSS Coke can. Clever. →
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Facebook’s coming at it from a corporate position. It’s basically like AOL in...
– Matt Haughey (via marco)
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Optimal iPhone UI
marco:
I was asked via email:
It’s my job to research user interfaces and what makes a successful UI. My two conclusions I’ve come to so far are that UIs need to be invisible and familiar.
I was hoping you may have something to add, from your perspective, about what makes an optimal UI.
The “invisible” bit gets most of the way there for my taste.
As a user, I hate buttons and...
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11 Outstanding Online Resources for Web Developers →
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iPhone-to-iPad development: How's the timing going...
I hope they give selected developers early units, so they can make some apps iPad-ready from the day 1. Apps like Tweetie, Facebook, Instapaper, Evernote, and top 50 apps.
Otherwise the initial user experience with iPad (at least till June) will be boring.
marco:
Either I’m missing something, the initial iPad apps are going to suck, or we haven’t yet been told that iPad-native apps won’t be...
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Apple may have business-friendly iPad features up... →
… Apple has some enterprise-friendly features planned for the iPad that haven’t yet been publicly announced.
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Do you think the grudge between Apple and Google will slow down the release of Chrome for Mac even more?