The Doctor and the Impossible Astronaut Poster Design
Amy Pond and Rory the Roman/Pandorica Poster DesignA couple of new poster designs. I’m going to make a few more depending on if people like these ones. The design was heavily influenced by Olly Moss’ star wars posters. It’s a lovely style and I created them originally for display in my bedroom.
(via thetardis)
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Elezea // B-sides: Security, Convenience, and UX
There’s a good post on the Agile Bits blog about the trade-offs between security and convenience, and it’s a piece that web designers will definitely relate to. He talks about feature creep and how to keep usability top of mind:
Security systems (well, the good ones anyway) are designed by…
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An iOS Developer Takes on Android
Recently, we released the Android version of Meridian, our platform for building location-based apps.
We didn’t use one of these “Cross Platform!” tools like Titanium. We wrote it, from scratch, in Java, like you do in Android.
We decided it was important to keep the native stuff native, and to respect each platform’s conventions as much as possible. Some conventions are easy to follow, like putting our tabs on the top. Other conventions go deep into the Android Way, like handling
Intents, closing oldActivities, implementing Search Providers, and being strict about references to help the garbage collector.Now, our platform leverages HTML5 (buzzword, sorry) in many places for branding and content display, so we got a fair amount of UI for free. But there was much platform code written in Objective-C that needed translation into Java, such as map navigation, directions, and location switching.
So, we rolled up our sleeves, downloaded the Android SDK, and got to work.
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How to read a wireframe (via Fuzzy Math)
First of three articles in the Fuzzy Math design series on wireframe basics. These articles talk about wireframe fundamentals: how to read, evaluate, and design wireframes effectively.
Source: blog.fuzzymath.com
Well, if this is it, old boy, I hope you don’t mind if I go out speaking the King’s.
*Adds to list of Ways I’d Like To Go Out*
(via maybachs)
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Ferd Poblete creates a lovely series of hipster DC heroes. Smashing.
Infographic depicting the market share of various smart phone operating systems on the African continent.
*makes mental note to look at a global version of these statistics*
Source: afrographique
It’s not a matter of either-or, however. Do both. Build a mobile web app for everyone but consider flagship native apps to reward your best customers. Choose the platform that fits the personality and demographics of your best companies, and build an app that sings for them.
‘Mobile Web vs. Native App: Give it a Rest’
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…sometimes, even 1 + 1 is too much to handle, and you need to clear your head. This is where art comes into play, in the broadest meaning of the word: Paintings, illustrations, architecture, human beings, even nature is art. They won’t help you decide whether you should draw a 1 or 1.5 pixel highlight, but allow you to take a step back and just decide on what’s more suitable or pick one and move on
Ster Kinekor’s web site remains the ultimate poster child for the need for visual hierarchy in design. I have no idea what’s going on here. It always takes me a while to figure out how to actually get to a movie and buy a ticket. Also, Flash FTL.
THIS
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