Since Steve Jobs died on 5 October this year there has been an outpouring of tributes from President Obama’s amazing statement — to users of iPhones, MacBooks and iPods cards, post-it notes and bitten apples left as makeshift shrines outside Apple stores. I have personally felt a deep sadness, the passing of a man who [...]
Everywhere I look I see newspapers bringing out tablet apps which reflect the daily printed product. This is true in every country and every type of news organisation. the visions that many had of being able to grab hold of the news have not quite yet come to pass. Looking at the terrain, this is [...]
I’ve read articles lately about how readerships of ipad magazines has dropped off to a low level. This does not surprise me, because although there have been some impressive examples to “ooh and ahh” at, not much has made me want to come back the following months, weeks or days. Many of the apps I [...]
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 [...]
In preparing to design for the iPad I wanted to get a bit beyond the images I’d seen of emulated page turns, or pages being flicked and scrolled (as in the NYT demo) or the all singing all dancing Wired extravaganzas. Well it won’t be long now when we can all test our imagined experience [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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”. [...]
The iPhone was finally released into the wilds of London today. I went into the Regent Street store with Bobbie (also from the Guardian) to listen to Steve Jobs speak to a fairly small audience. His media handlers seemed a little tense, but to be fair, there was quite a crush of journalists wanting access [...]