May 2012
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Life Through the Lumix: Part III
Prague, Yucatán, & Chichén Itzá
April 2012
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Mobile UI Pattern Libraries
Monday was the 2nd year anniversary of iheartmobiledesign.com, which still sits stagnant and abandoned in it’s corner of the internet.
My intentions seemed easy: start a collection of screenshots from mobile apps to reference for patterns. As always, it was easier said than done.
Since then, there have been many of these that have sprouted up and they offer a deep library of patterns...
March 2012
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Apologies
I have been lax in posting the past couple of months due to a variety of legitimate reasons and poor excuses.
If I did not feel like my mind was analogous in sharpness, speed, and firmness to a bowl of maple syrup, I would write about a good many things.
Perhaps another time.
January 2012
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Geek Speak for Valentine's Day
Let me get this straight. I’m no fan of Valentine’s Day and I don’t think I ever was. Besides being jealous of the girl in middle school who’s boyfriend gave her a life-size teddy bear once, that was the only emotion I’ve ever had for the “holiday”.
But if you’re going to do it, do it right.
Check out these posters from illustrator Nicole...
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Life Through the Lumix: Part II
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10 New Year’s Resolutions for Designers →
December 2011
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“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Those who look...”
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Don't Worry, Be Happy
I have a blog for food and a blog for fashion. Then I have this, tied to my name, which keeps me conflicted on whether or not this is a professional blog or a personal blog or perhaps a bit of both. A new year is rolling in and I am making a stand. This blog is about my thoughts and my life. After all, your career is chosen because that’s (hopefully) what you’re passionate about, which...
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Life Through the Lumix
West Texas & Brooklyn
November 2011
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Austin is Beautiful.
When I saw the Brooklyn Bridge in my rearview mirror, it sank in that I wouldn’t be seeing that everyday through the window seat on the Q train anymore as I had for the last 5 years. The place we called home, where we established so many wonderful friendships and had gotten comfortable with for 5 years was about to be replaced with a new and very different kind of life.
A few days later,...
September 2011
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Diet Coke Redesigned
I really enjoy beautiful packaging, especially for brands that I’m addicted to. Apparently, these newly designed Diet Coke cans have been selling at Target stores but are limited-edition.
Designed by Turner Duckworth in San Francisco, the design magnifies only part of the logo yet the brand itself is so distinguished, you know exactly what it is at a glance.
And look what you get when...
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Ipsum Generators
Lets face it.. after years of using “lorem ipsum” dummy text, we’re probably all a little tired of it.
Luckily for us and our witty designer colleagues, there’s a little more variety these days. Feeling a little adventurous? Check them out below.
New: Tea Party Ipsum Samuel L Ipsum
Bacon Ipsum Hipster Ipsum
August 2011
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A Gowalla Concept for Windows Phone 7
After designing the Flickr for Windows Phone 7 and Slate app and the first version of the foursquare WP7 app, I was definitely on a little Microsoft kick. I found it highly enjoyable because it was a departure from the typical touch interfaces that are normally loaded with the same navigation, tab and button patterns.
39Argyle enlisted my help earlier this year to design a quick home screen...
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Oh my, Grande!
When we moved to Austin, we thought long and hard about which internet and television provider to sign up with. After signing up for both, Time Warner and Grande Communications, we ended up choosing the local underdog: Grande Communications.
They promised higher internet speeds, more channels and better customer service. That works for us.
Until we saw their television interface.
I...
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A Clean Erase →
ordinarychef:
I painted a whole wall in my office with chalkboard paint last weekend. Barely writing on it, I noticed that when I erased the wall, it wasn’t clean and left a trail of chalk behind. I didn’t want to scrub it off too hard with the fear that it would scratch or erode the surface of the paint.
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Mobility and the Mobile Device
I’ve read many articles debating the use of the term “mobile” and its antiquity. Some, coining their own terms and arguing their own takes, make really valid points. My thought?
Don’t try replacing a term that isn’t broken.
The technology and devices have evolved and as a result of mass production and a growing market, the device landscape has been segmented into...
“Many people don’t praise creative output for its quality, but whether they...”
– @mktgdouchebag
March 2011
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Why UX Profressionals Should Care About Service... →
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Fugly Android, indeed →
I was expecting to see the entirety of the OS on there, but alas, only really ugly lock and widget screens. I guess you have to start somewhere.
Be Inthavong handbag patterns →
fakefashionista:
A friend of Anthony and I’s, Be Inthavong (formerly of Be&D), ventured on his own and launched a new collection of handbags called “The Heritage Weave Collection”. Each bag is handmade with fabric weaved of leather and silk, which were intricately woven on custom built looms by artisans…
File organization sucks!
Three words in and I’m sure you can already relate.
File organization sucks. It’s worse than having hangnail, a paper cut and a twisted ankle happen all at once on a rainy Monday morning. I wish it were possible to expunge any sort of file organization from my life, but unfortunately (and rightfully so), I deal with this situation on a day-by-day basis. The countless hours that have...
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Showing Wordpress malware who's boss
I have a love/hate relationship with Wordpress. The security stinks, no matter how many plugins I install and sometimes even the security plugins are the culprit to the malware attacks.
I finally found a site that does a pretty darn good job at scanning for malware and wanted to pass it along in case anyone suffers the constant heartache and failed battles with the little malware monsters....
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Mobile design blogs
A list, a rather short one actually, of mobile design blogs. Does anyone have any other ones they visit regularly?
IntoMobile http://www.intomobile.com/
Small Surfaces http://www.smallsurfaces.com/
Engadget Mobile http://mobile.engadget.com/
I Heart Mobile Design Aggregator http://daily.iheartmobiledesign.com
February 2011
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I'm going to SXSW!
Wait, what?
My first experience at “South by” in 2008 was remarkable. Aside from the fact that I got engaged, I met so many wonderful people with whom I still keep in contact with today. I learned a great deal of things and took, at minimum, 20 pages worth of notes.
My second experience was nice. The transcendent niceness was, though, overshadowed with problems which arose while...
“I don’t know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future.”
– Ralph Abernathy
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Designing for Windows Phone 7
Windows Phone 7, the new frontier. Or not.
After designing for all sorts of devices–iPhones (of course), iPads, Androids, Android tablets, Blackberries and antique flip phones (God forbid)–Windows Phone 7 was like coming up for a breath of fresh air. It was a bit daunting at first–designing for something that no one really has designed for–but I can’t let that dissuade me.
People ask...
January 2011
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6 Degrees
The weather outside is cold and hostile.
Some would say this is a natural occurence. They would call it normal and expected, nothing more than a climate change caused by the harmless and cyclical tilting-away of the earth from the sun, a change that no more portends the destruction of human civilization than a box of kleenex portends the destruction of human civilization. My pessimism tells me...
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Cheers to a new decade.
Wow. A decade since the terrifying (but-not-so-terrifying-in-retrospect) Y2K.
Much wisdom has bestowed itself on me in the last ten years. Hell, the last year. Or even the last month. My mind has turned centrifugal. It accelerates and accelerates, and all the parts are flung out towards the periphery. The thoughts and ideas that have been permeating in my head the last month have turned...
November 2010
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That's just great.
I thought I had it all figured out. My Tumblr design, that is.
Just when I started feeling like I was going somewhere with the design of this, I take a right turn down “I’m-not-pleased-with-the-design-of-my-blog-anymore” street.
How cliché.
I guess this calls for a Cmd + Alt + Z and then a redo.
October 2010
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Mobile Design? Sure, Why Not.
I remember that cold winter day of January 9, 2007 when everything I thought I knew about mobile was rendered obsolete. I can’t believe I thought my Nokia 6170 was defying mobile advancements with it’s flashy aluminum casing, 8-bit ringtone and “hefty” price tag.
It feels like it’s been a decade since my transition from flip phone to smartphone. I can’t...
“Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful.”
– The Laws of Simplicity
I think I am.
I’m bad at managing blogs. I start a million of them and they all somehow fade into nonexistence. It’s a painful realization. I’m sure glad they aren’t children or pets.
But again, with much anticipation, I’m excited about finding a home for all of my thoughts, ideas and illlustrations. We’ll see how far this takes me.