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EverydayUX morsels (April 22nd – April 26th)

by Alex Rainert on April 26, 2009 · 0 comments

What San Francisco/Silicon Valley can learn from the Twittering company: Zappos « Scobleizer: Technology, innovation, and geek enthusiasm
Awesome look into what makes Zappo's special. I wish more companies cared enough to even begin to start thinking like this.
9 Ways I Use Evernote – The 2.0 Life
If you've ever been unsure how you could use Evernote, this is a great list.
Takashi Murakami and Louis Vuitton make QR codes fun again
Awesome. Now if only people would start using them
tiara.org » Blog Archive » Foursquare, Locative Media, and Prescriptive Social Software – Part One
Nice piece from Alice on Mobile Social Software.
Enjoymentland » Locavore’s first month in the App Store
Interesting account of a friend's first month in the App Store.

EverydayUX morsels (April 17th – April 22nd)

by Alex Rainert on April 22, 2009 · 0 comments

highDEAS – the best ideas (while you’re high)
Crowdsourced stoner ideas. Clever.
50 great examples of infographics – FrancescoMugnai.com
Wow. Beautiful resource for inspiration here.
Branded iPhone Apps and the Misleading Allure of Buzz
Great list to ensure you're genuinely creating something of value and not just ticking off a "Mobile" box on some list.
aM laboratory – simple, slick sequencer app
Cannot… Stop… Playing…
Brooklyn Museum: Brooklyn Museum API: the iPhone app
Awesome story showcasing the fruits of opening up your content via an API.

EverydayUX morsels (April 14th – April 16th)

by Alex Rainert on April 16, 2009 · 0 comments

The best social media marketing. | From The Head Of Zeus Jones
Great resource in case you forgot the canonical examples of successful social media initiatives.
scottberkun.com » How to call bullshit on a guru
I love this post.
Hyper Island Grooms the Next Generation of Digital Media | Fast Company
My friend Dan was telling me about Hyper Island recently. Sounds super cool.
A Collection of Gestural Interfaces, Spring 2009 edition
Great collection.
PhoneGap Seeks to Bridge the Gap Between Mobile App Platforms
With the multitude of platforms out there, the smartest bet for developers may be on the browser after all.
Facebook: Vote for the Terms of Use You Want
Crowsourcing your Terms of Use = very interesting. Great way to leverage a community that really cares about the service. Curious to see where this goes.
Oh Snap Attack (ohsnapattack) on Twitter
Reason #21345 I love the internet. A Twitter account that dynamically re-tweets any tweets containing the words "Oh Snap". (via @dens)

EverydayUX morsels (March 17th – March 22nd)

by Alex Rainert on March 22, 2009 · 0 comments

Android Versus iPhone 3.0: The Showdown
Great breakdown of how the two stack up against each other. iPhone comes out looking better than I expected on some of these.
Mobile OS shootout: iPhone OS 3.0 enters the fray
Good side-by-side feature.
Transactions iPhone
This feels like it's a big deal.
Palm Pre vs iPhone 3.0: A Feature-by-Feature Comparison | Editor’s Desk | Fast Company
Good feature-for-feature comparison of iPhone 3.0 and the only phone that feels like it could give it a run for it's money in terms of UX and smooth hardware/software integration. Also, for anyone who's been involved in the mobile space for the last 5-7 years, even seeing the words "100 apps installed" speaks to a time that felt like it would never come. Good times.
iPhone 3.0 OS Guide: Everything You Need to Know
Some are very exciting and some are about time.

EverydayUX morsels (March 13th – March 17th)

by Alex Rainert on March 17, 2009 · 0 comments

Nerd Merit Badges
Love it.
More Proof That The iPhone Is A Killer Living Room Remote
Really slick looking gestural interface for Boxee on the iPhone.
PR 2.0: I Like You: The Emerging Culture of Micro Acts of Appreciation with Macro Impact
I've always been a firm believer in the benefits of simple (e.g. Star vs. No Star) rating systems.
Facebook Friends the iPhone, Apps Will Now Connect
This is really exciting. Particularly if you want to build an app and get it off the ground quickly.
Symbian Foundation’s release schedule is a five-version juggling act
They sure do know the calue of keeping it simple, don't they?

EverydayUX morsels (March 4th – March 7th)

by Alex Rainert on March 7, 2009 · 0 comments

Mwc’09: Coolest Cellphone Interface Ever Is Also Absolutely Useless
Ha.
visualcomplexity.com | A visual exploration on mapping complex networks
Great repository of visualizations of complex networks.
WDCS – Life size blue whale – the largest animal in the world
Awesome.
MLB At Bat 2009 to include game audio | Software | iPhone Central | Macworld
App to include audio from all the games, inlcuding your local team. Yippee!
Screenshots Of Facebook’s New Real-Time Homepage
The stream/feed keeps on evolving. Psyched to see what this looks like.
Best Mobile App from DEMO 09: Asurion’s Social Address Book – ReadWriteWeb
If last year was the year of the Lifestream/Newsfeed, etc., I'm starting to think that this year might be the year of the Smart Address Book.

EverydayUX morsels (March 1st – March 4th)

by Alex Rainert on March 4, 2009 · 0 comments

Sony: The Problem With Sony, In a Picture
Ha.
Logic+Emotion: Skittles Goes Modernista! With A Distributed Experience
Nice look at Skittles redesign as an evolution of what Modernista did a while back.
arc90 lab : experiments : Readability
Clever customizable bookmarklet that allows you to strip out all the noise around the content you're trying to read.
Palm Pre Still Not Ready for Launch, Says Sprint CEO – Palm and Sprint plan to launch it when there will be enough units available – Softpedia
Sounds like we might have to wait a bit longer for the Pre.
Tofu-Chili Taco With Kimchi – The New Los Angeles Fusion – NYTimes.com
Food cart + Korean food + tacos + location updates via Twitter? What more could I ask for? That it was in New York rather than LA.

EverydayUX morsels (February 16th – February 17th)

by Alex Rainert on February 17, 2009 · 0 comments

Android G2 Hands On: Close to Perfection
I'm sure they can fix the keyboard problem. Hardware looks nice.
Tagging The Real World: Sekai Camera For The iPhone Is Alive And Very Cool
Someday, when this becomes a reality, it should be awesome.
18 Tools I use as a Designer & Blogger | Fuel Your Creativity
Great list here.
Tattoo Doubles as a Blood Glucose Level Monitor: Rebellious Yet Cautious
So so so so clever.
Poladroid project | the easiest and funniest Polaroid Image Maker
Sounds neat.

EverydayUX morsels (February 12th – February 13th)

by Alex Rainert on February 13, 2009 · 1 comment

This Is New York
Great Peggy Noonan piece on the new atmosphere in New York City.
Coder’s Half-Million-Dollar Baby Proves iPhone Gold Rush Is Still On | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
Stories like this show what Apple got so right that many others got so wrong.
Giz Explains: Why There Isn’t a Perfect Ebook Reader
Nice explanation of the present (and future) landscape of e-book readers.
Color + Design Blog / As Seen By The Color Blind by COLOURlovers
Your favorites sites as seen by the color blind.
Seedmagazine.com | Saved by Science
Behind the scenes at the American Museum of Natural History. Awesome.

EverydayUX morsels (February 3rd – February 8th)

by Alex Rainert on February 8, 2009 · 0 comments

Elgan: Here comes the e-book revolution
Good post on why eBooks are looking poised to take off. Excited to see how the Kindle 2 launch goes.
10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know
Great list of options that I think a lot of people would be happy to know existed.
AppleInsider | Apple planning connected television, Apple TV with DVR – report
A DVR that syncs with our household's iPods and iPhones is VERY exciting.
Android: Our Android T-Mobile G2 Wishlist
Good list of improvements. Interesting that "ditch the qwerty keyboard" is one of them.
Map of Popular Super Bowl Words Used on Twitter – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com
Super super cool NYTimes Twitter visualization from the Super Bowl.

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