Archive for January 2008

TripIt is Good Design

In Uncategorized on 31 January 2008 with no comments

Joel cites Tripit as great interface design because the app does all the work of figuring out what the user meant.

Just figure it out for me and I will love you….

“TripIt is a beautiful example of the Figure It Out school of user interface design. Why should you need to register? TripIt [...]

Distinguishing Helvetica and Arial

In Typography on 31 January 2008 with no comments

Take the test. Can you tell which is which?

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ITunes Smarts

In ITunes, Ipod, iPhone on 30 January 2008 with 1 comment

This is a nice touch from ITunes:

Much better than the previous behavior where it would offer to make a random selection of songs (maybe it still does that if there are no photos and too much audio….) Subscribe to my RSS feed!

Google Horror

In Google on 28 January 2008 with no comments

Maybe Google maps is getting a bit toooo powerful:

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Full Restore Test from Time Machine

In Leopard on 27 January 2008 with 1 comment

Duncan Davidson puts Time Machine to the ultimate test by performing a full restore from a Time Machine backup.

The verdict:

“Time Machine passed the “Trust, but Verify” challenge with flying colors. I’m pretty happy about that as it means that I can recommend that my friends and family—including my Dad who just bought an iMac not [...]

Xcode Template Factory

In XCode on 27 January 2008 with 1 comment

Hog Bay Software has released XcodeTemplateFactory:

“With XcodeTemplateFactory you can keep you “template” as a normal Xcode project that’s easy to update. When you want to release the template just process your project through XcodeTemplateFactory and out will pop a project that’s setup to be used as an Xcode template project.” Subscribe to my RSS feed!

Iphone Wallpaper

In Uncategorized on 27 January 2008 with no comments

Speaking of type, I Love Typography has created some beautiful IPhone/Ipod Touch wallpaper:

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Helvetica Movie Contest

In Typography on 27 January 2008 with 19 comments

I’m giving away a free copy of Helvetica, The Movie.

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Munster vs Sacconaghi On Mising IPhones

In Apple on 27 January 2008 with no comments

Eric Savitz compares interpretations on the so-called missing IPhones:

“He likewise uses 350,000 as the number sold in Europe. But he assumes that 25% of U.S. phones sold have been unlocked. That would be 838,000 phones. That leaves 2.5125 million phones eligible for activation. Back out the 2 million we know are activated, and you get [...]

MacHeads the Movie

In Apple, Around The Web on 27 January 2008 with no comments

“I’ve never knowingly slept with a Windows user. Ever.”

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