There was not much talk about type leading or grids at WWDC 2010 though the role of design was invoked many times. Neither of these things should be surprising at an event focused on developers of apps for iPad and iPhone, who are largely more focused on the realization of a vision and the writing [...]
I have been interviewed by Josh Benton from Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University. He wanted me to talk about the iPad from a newspaper / iphone app designer perspective.
I found Josh’s question about the NYT demo particulary tough. It is great to see what they are doing – and exciting to see something [...]
A thought provoking post on the uses of the ipad at Monday Note. News on the iPad makes a lot of sense, but is part of a rethinking of how newspapers collect, generate and distribute stories. I think it makes sense to think of newspapers as curaters of information and also increasingly as app makers, [...]
During the last few weeks I have a had a few conversation about Apple’s expected tablet, some of which have involved the other person saying “Yes, but what is it for?” I think it is aimed at various audiences, and here are some very subjective musings on why that might be: Most evenings, after meals [...]
Finally the Guardian iPhone app is out there – I’m distracted by Tweetdeck and buzzing with excitement. Congratulations to Jon Moore, Andy Brockie, Akemi Takagi and all the others from The Guardian and 2Ergo who I worked with on this. And cheers to Emily Bell, Tim Brooks , Alan Rusbridger and others at GNM for [...]
All was full speed ahead inside the Apple studios when I went to visit on 12 June. Their top designers took the time to meet with me, and for every minute I was there it was clear that all parts of the machine were geared up to the launch of the iPhone3G, Mobile me and [...]
I think it’s worth posting some ongoing musings on the web app design process as compared to the print design process.
Designing for the web has quite a different set of requirements. I like that you have to constantly think about the structure – where the user goes, how they get there, what they find when they are there and how they get back.
When video first made an appearance on the ipod I could see how some might want to watch videos on them, but not me.So when Steve jobs launched the video nano a few weeks ago, saying “It’s amazing, we have packed in as many pixels as on a larger ipod, but into a smaller screen”. [...]