Today, I’m announcing that I’m stepping down as Twalkin’s Creative Director. It was a great service to build. It was lots of fun planning and putting into practice the things I’ve learned about good user interface design. Now it’s just time to move on to new startups and projects.
Leaving Twalkin
February 8th, 2010Good (Free) Advice from Jeffery Zeldman
February 5th, 2010If 80% of success is just showing up, 90% is showing up early.
Living in LA it’s especially true. Both major highways usually are going no more than 20MPH—when they’re moving. So a 5 mile trip takes an hour or more. Even leaving early I find that there’s usually construction or some crazy dude sitting in the middle of the street to further delay my trip.
Make your clients happy and show up early. If you’re going to be late, give them as much notice as you can.
Google Axing IE6 Support
February 2nd, 2010Happiness is an email from Google stating the following:
…Over the course of 2010, we will be phasing out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as other older browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers.
They’re still going to support things like IE7, Firefox 3, Chrome 4.0 and Safari 3.0+. Still though, happy to see a really major blow dealt to probably the most problematic browser possible. I hope it’ll be a quick death for IE6. And a little painful.
Presentation Smarts from Mark Suster
February 1st, 2010What I find really interesting is in about 90% of presentations I’ve seen is that they break about every one of these rules. It’s good that I found this list—I really hope to use it next time I present something, even in a private, off-stage setting.
The Amazon/Macmillian Failtrain
February 1st, 2010Blistering article on the Amazon/Macmillian debacle and of course, how everyone’s going to end up wanting that new somethingsomething from Apple.
Is the iPad Giving Tech Geeks Future Shock?
January 30th, 2010Fraser Spiers published a brilliant article on how the iPad (and iPhone OS) are a complete revolution in computing, and how some of the nefarious geek elite have their days numbered.
Do People Recognize Great Photography?
January 29th, 2010Really nice, thoughtful post over at PetaPixel on what greatness is and how we’re so quick to bestow it.
The End of the Desktop OS?
January 28th, 2010
“It’s just a big iPod touch” is the new “less space than a nomad”. The Mac had a great run, but this is the end of the desktop OS.
I don’t generally agree with such grandiose statements on principle, but I tend to agree here—it feels like it is the beginning of the end for the desktop OS. Will I be typing updates on a desktop 5 years from now? Totally doubt it. For most folks, I’m sure this is going to be a great replacement for their desktop. For pixel geeks like me, we’ve got a bit of a wait ahead of us.
(Quote via @atebits)
Real Clouds Don’t Have Logos
January 27th, 2010Good things to keep in mind, friends.
(Be sure to read the PDF)
Steve Jobs Stays Up All Night Designing the Apple Tablet
January 27th, 2010“Come on, Steve, just think—think, dammit—you’re running out of time,” the exhausted CEO said as he glued nine separate iPhones to the back of a plastic cafeteria tray.
(via The Onion)