The team at Made by Many is building a neat little visualization tool for SXSW to give their readers a simple + visually compelling way to keep up with the team’s activities while they’re in Austin.
Not only is the mini-product idea itself clever but they’re also exposing their ongoing iterative design process to their readers [...]
To be totally transparent, I signed up for Hunch during their beta and subsequently went back a bunch of times to explore and answer questions but felt that I never really grokked the full meaning of what they were doing.
Fast forward a few months, Chris Dixon posts a link to a Hunch Census Widget [...]
As far as design and product development goes, how can this list not get you totally fired up. Pow!
Nooka speaks of a world of the tomorrow that is happening right now. It seems gloriously unattainable but is here in the palm of our hands. It is optimism, it is progress, and it is our future.
Universal [...]
“What Google lacks is not infrastructure, engineers, money, time or even great ideas. It’s the ability to delight users. What Google is missing, in other words, is strategic design.”
Great piece from Kontra showing how the flaws with Buzz began way before the botched launch last week.
Am I going to ditch my iPhone for a Puma phone? No. I am, however, really impressed by how Puma has chosen to enter a space that’s already way over-saturated. In an industry full of me-too-ing, they clearly recognized that the only chance they have to make any mark is to come to market with [...]
I really like the approach to health education GE is taking with Morsel. Naturally, the value ultimately rests in the quality of the content but as far as the way it’s presented – daily, bite-sized tips to living a healthier life that you can check off as “done” – makes it easily digestible, particularly for [...]
via squareup.com
The Square demo video is everything a demo video should be: clear, concise, informative, funny, good-looking and memorable. Come to think of it, that’s what we should all strive to be.
Update: My friend Dan astutely pointed out something I meant to mention – they managed to make Apple’s UUID process not a total [...]
Today I’m doing something I’ve wanted to do for years. I’m starting my own studio and I’m calling it Tinker.
As those who know me might expect, Tinker is going to focus on strategy, experience design and product development in the mobile, social and emerging tech space. If my initial projects are any indication, I’ll be [...]
This is one of the best examples of a company publicly showcasing their product roadmap. My other favorite is Dropbox’s Votebox section (login required) – bonus points for letting their users vote on what they want to see and have the amount of votes they have reflect their engagement with the service.
Both of these reflect [...]
I love design. I'm particularly partial to the intersection of mobility & social behavior. Years ago I co-founded dodgeball. I currently run a little shop in Brooklyn, NY called Tinker Studio.