December 2008
1 post
May 2008
4 posts
April 2008
6 posts
March 2008
11 posts
In our age of privacy the postcard is an... →
Interesting take on our changing relationship with ‘snail mail’, specifically the humble postcard.
Apple's design process →
A brief look at how Apple go about doing their design work. Some useful tips here, particularly the Paired Design meetings. Teams have two meetings, one in which they brainstorm, the other in which they work in a practical way towards a solution.
Interfaces have antecedence →
Apple’s iChat bubbles came from somewhere, as this article describes. We take much of our designed environment for granted, in the same way we tend to disregard judicious editing in film, or finely flowing typography in the novel we are reading. Whether craft or design, it is great to be reminded of the efforts made by the creators of these visible invisibilities.
Joy amongst the blandness →
Food Court Musical, from Improv Everywhere. The humdrum of everyday life at the mall is interrupted for a brief moment. The punters seemed to enjoy it!
Steve Jobs outlines Apple's approach →
Apple’s CEO gives his thoughts about the company’s approach and methodology
On the nature of success through innovation →
Fortune outlines America’s 100 most admired companies for 2008. Their report identifies the key to making it to the top of this list is innovation.
1 tag
Considering laziness
Having been away from work for the best part of 6 weeks, I’ve had plenty of time to consider what it really means to be lazy. I did come up with a definition recently that tried to distinguish between this and idleness: Laziness + motivation = efficiency Laziness - motivation = idleness However I found myself considering this question in a more personal way: perhaps idleness means not being...
“Laziness + motivation = efficiency
Laziness - motivation = idleness”
– Me!
