Posts tagged design
Posts tagged design
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Usage is like oxygen for ideas. You can never fully anticipate how an audience is going to react to something you’ve created until it’s out there. That means every moment you’re working on something without it being in the public it’s actually dying, deprived of the oxygen of the real world.
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You can’t improve a design when you’re emotionally attached to past decisions. Improvements come from flexibility and openness.
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If you can’t draw as well as someone, or use the software as well, or if you do not have as much money to buy supplies, or if you do not have access to the tools they have, beat them by being more thoughtful. Thoughtfulness is free and burns on time and empathy.
Frank Chimero, What advice would you give to a graphic design student?
Via Signal vs. Noise.
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Here’s the video of Flipboard. This thing looks pretty awesome.
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Another great post by Derek Sivers. If you’re pursuing the course laid out in the post below, start by reading this post, just as Derek suggests. But this is great advice for anyone starting any kind of business…focus, focus, focus on the one killer feature that’s going get people to start using / buying your service / product…
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Fantastic post by Derek Sivers, the founder of CD Baby. Anyone who has an idea for a website but doesn’t know how to get it off the ground should read this and do exactly as he says. Wish I would have read this like 4 years ago…
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What a cool use of AA batteries and just an awesome design. I would totally buy this if it were available for sale. Then again, I like weird clocks: my watch from Nooka.
Discovered this via Gizmodo by way of Signal vs. Noise.
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Sometimes a design isn’t working because you think you can’t change the one element that needs to be changed.
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Helpful summary of the Flash vs. HTML5 debate.
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See how well your browser supports HTML5. The version of Chrome I’m using right now scored 142 / 160.