(Source: daringfireball.net)
Virtual retail hits Toronto.
Well.ca has apparently opened a ‘virtual store’ somewhere in Toronto. This is particularly exciting given the fractured nature of inventory, payments, and in-store mobile adoption, and particularly following up on South Korea’s foray into the space last year.
Tech industry infighting and the ongoing saga of Instapaper and Readability.
Craig Saila just shared Readability, Instapaper, the Network and the Price we Pay by Anil Dash. In Anil’s words:
Since the success of the recent Readability app on iOS, things have gotten tense, not between the creators of [Instapaper and Readability], but between supporters, fans and enthusiasts in the community for both apps.
Tradeoffs.
John Gruber gave the keynote speech at The Çingleton Symposium this past October, assessing the tech industry from his position keynoting Çingleton 5 years prior, through to the industry as it stood at the time of last October’s keynote, and looking ahead another 5 years.
Looking at the current state of the industry, Gruber reiterated Microsoft’s Windows 8 mantra, “No compromises!”, as Windows 8 looks to bring a touch experience to the desktop and have the power of the desktop on their tablets. The trouble is, this is a massive compromise of an essential tenet of design: reducing complexity.
Say Yeah in San Francisco!
Lee and Matt are in San Francisco for a few days with our colleague Mark Dowds and we’re looking to get a whole whack of Canadians together along with some other San Francisco friends.
Canadians and anyone with a fetish for Canadians and/or good design are all welcome for a casual get together, 5:30 to 8, at the Thirsty Bear.
SXSW, here we…are.
Scott, Cinzia, and Danielle are plugging away back in Toronto, but Matt and Lee are at SXSW for the next week before heading to San Francisco. If you’re looking to reach us directly, here’s are our US numbers:
Lee: 415.518.5961
Matt: 415.608.4814
Talk or txt, we’d love to catch up with you on the road.
Tumblr’s new icons. A great improvement.
Tumblr’s just updated their Dashboard blog post icons.
Here’s what they looked like on Monday:
And here’s what our Tumblr Dashboard looks like today:
Wow. What an improvement!
So, what makes these new icons so great? Well, at a glance recognition, that’s what.
Patterns in mobile app design, a series of screen comparisons.
Discover interaction and design similarities and spot the differences between apps in these two categorized directories of mobile app screens.
Mobile UI Patterns
With topics such as Check-in Screens, Empty Data Sets, Maps, and many more, Mobile UI Patterns, gives you a single row of screens to scroll through. Dig in!
Pttrns
Meanwhile, Pttrns joins the fray with a two column approach highlighting such app categories as Calendars, Friends, Messaging, and more. Take a look!
These are great quick reference tools. And I wish there was a crowd-sourced site like this. I don’t think Pinterest really supports this kind of easy sorting, but that would perhaps be the best option. Can you recommend any other sites like these?
