This one is always amazing, no matter how long I haven’t seen it. Thanks for the reminder heloukee!
Coincidences to get characters into trouble are great; coincidences to get them out of it are cheating.
Words carefully selected […] for their literal meaning, […] their sound, length and shape can help to “sculpt” a […] message, thus enhancing its value.
If we combine the eloquence of the copywriter with the knowledge and skill of the designer or typographer, the impact that can be achieved […] is dramatic.
Lots of great stuff in this article by Carolyn Knight & Jessica Glaser for Smashing Magazine.
Good design is a combination of various crafts, from the underlying information architecture, to the typography and the obvious visuals. There are also a lot if interdependencies, like layout & IA, copy & typo, colors & visuals. And all that combines to make a great user experience, which is ultimately just a coherent message, communicated through all the different crafts involved.
Touché, a New Touch Technology by… Disney
Most of this stuff isn’t discoverable enough to be of much use in the everyday arsenal of gesture input, but it still has a few very interesting nuggets and ideas. I especially like the idea of the body as a simple input device, which begs to be enhance the capabilities of Siri.
A Better Keyboard: The Next Generation of iOS Text Editing
Intriguing idea. Also, the way to astroturf a feature request to apple is… interesting. :)
Who Needs Objective-C?
This is the most enticing non-official-IDE project for iOS apps I’ve seen to date. Also, It positions Ruby in a very interesting role: One language to rule web dev, mobile apps and everything in between.
Why You Should Care About CSS Performance and How Easy It Really Is
I always thought that optimizing shouldn’t be an afterthought. Yes, tough deadlines make it alluring to skip some steps. Which actually makes it so much more important to know-thy-trade, so that doing it right becomes effortless.
Update: Here is another good article on this from Jeremy Keith (@adactio): dConstruct optimisation
Sketch 2 – The Designers Toolbox
Sketch 2 is really a remarkable step forward. Although Photoshop 6 is a big improvement in the arena of screen design, it’s price tag (even as a SaaS) is still a bit steep. Between Pixelmator and Sketch, you get about 95% of the relevant features for 5% of the price.
Maybe I’m a minority on this, but I would love a general purpose tool for screen design, something like a combination of Pixelmator, Sketch and Hype.
Starbucks Responsive Redesign Styleguide
This starts to become a trend, which I very much like.
Anything can be forced to converge, but the problem is about trade-offs, and you end up with trade-offs that don’t please anyone.
