Oh, wow, we totally need to find some great app designers.
If you’re passionate about game play, game mechanics, game theory, sports, poker, first person shooters, beer and socializing, we want to hear from you. Well, only if you can design too. Say Yeah is hiring designers with Web, mobile and mobile app experience to support our gaming clients (console, PC and mobile) in their efforts to build a stronger, more rewarding relationship with their users, whether on Web or mobile devices, consoles, or elsewhere.
(See photo above for an example of one of our lonely desks and Aeron chairs).
Iterate, baby!
Foursquare’s Mari Sheibley talks about the evolution of Foursquare design on the iPhone, from Jan ‘09 through to August ‘11:
Redesigning the browser window.
A wonderful exploration from Henrik Eneroth on the limitations of the current standard Web browser layout (tabs across the top, running left to right) when used on hi-res, wide screens.
Jonathan Ive, Senior VP of Industrial Design at Apple.
From Five Low-Hanging UX Tips.
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Making searches more convenient on touch screens.
Here’s a fantastic new interaction Microsoft’s just introduced with their updated Bing app for the iPad.
The skinny:
From our research, we know that many searches are inspired by things people see on the web. Today, it can be somewhat painful to search on a tablet when you’re engaged in reading something; just copying and pasting pieces of text from a webpage to a search box can take up to nine steps on the iPad. With Lasso you can circle and search in just two steps.
More about this update from the Bing Team here.
And you can download from the App Store here.
(Source: daringfireball.net)
Task Ave has landed.
Today is the day I’ll no longer be able to make excuses for forgetting to pick things up at the store. Yes, Task Avenue is live & available in the iTunes app store.
After a whirlwind weekend at Startup Weekend Toronto we were lucky enough to be invited to present at DemoCamp. As if that wasn’t enough, we’ve had several wonderful articles written about us including articles in BlogTO and the Toronto Star. Much love to Erin Bury for her endless support and kind words.
When the dust of the world-wide media tour (cough) settled, the team sat down and realized that we had some real work to do.
Countless Skype conferences, beer fuelled meetings, sleepless nights and 1457 emails (so far) later, Task Ave is finally here.
Words are the soul of UX; making forms that speak to users.
We’re in the throws of what feels like an endless project trying to improve on what should be a relatively simple donation form for Web Foundation. I’ve been pushing hard to work through the convoluted error messages that we’re getting back from the API we need to work with simply because running into a problem when you’re trying to give someone money is just about the last thing you need.
(Source: twitter.com)
