We were away for 10 days in Italy so this week is all about catching up. Hoping to get some posts up next week. In the meantime, please enjoy this video:
It’s funny because it’s true…
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May 2009
I’ve always been fascinated by things that we, as a generation of designers, figure out how to improve upon, not because of some advance in technology that wasn’t available to a previous generation, but because of approaching the problem with an eye towards design.
I’d been thinking of collecting these examples for a long time (in a way they’re a different take on my Design in the Wild series) and recently got the inspiration when I was pumping gas into our car. I’m going to start posting those in a new feature called Evolution by Design.
While doing so, I noticed the attached gas tank cap and remembered my mother’s old Honda Civic and how we occasionally would start to drive away from the gas station when we’d hear the cap roll down and fall off the roof of the car. Tethering the cap to the car is a simple solution to the problem.
As an aside, check out the unintended use of the “older” tech by my friend Brian:
Love it.
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- 10 Things to Be Clear About Before You Start a Company – ReadWriteStart
Awesome list of questions to consider when considering going the startup route. - BBC NEWS | Technology | Is the mobile web coming of age?
Nice piece on how the still untapped potential of the mobile web. - Web 2.0: The Power Behind the Hype
Just a great piece by Jared Spool. Particularly good to read if you deal with clients who desperately want to be Web 2.0 (or, god forbid, Web 3.0). - 12 Excellent Examples of “Lazy Registration”
Great list of different ays to ease the registration process. It's a pity they overlooked the great way Ted does things at http://enjoysthin.gs/. - Phillip Toledano – Days with My Father
Beautiful visual storytelling. (via @kipbot)
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- Why text messages are limited to 160 characters | Technology | Los Angeles Times
Neat piece of history behind a constraint that has shaped so much of our mobile behavior today. - Eucalyptus: The Library, to go – on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
Perfectly executed demo for an iPhone app. (via @kontra) - Flickr: Norby’s Photostream
Clever use of the Flickr photostream. - Kickstarter » Projects
Excellent looking, crowdsource approach to getting projects funded. Beautiful execution. Now go get your ideas on! - An interactive map of vanishing employment across the country. – By Chris Wilson – Slate Magazine
Good visualization of recent job losses. Watch Detroit. (via @flytip)
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How awesome is this map of New York City? It makes me want to jump in and ride it.
Here & There is a project by S&W exploring speculative projections of dense cities. These maps of Manhattan look uptown from 3rd and 7th, and downtown from 3rd and 35th. They’re intended to be seen at those same places, putting the viewer simultaneously above the city and in it where she stands, both looking down and looking forward.
Buy one here.
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