February 2012
13 posts
De:Bug Magazin - iPad Edition
Viel Blut, Schweiß und Tränen hat es gekostet … mit der Ausgabe 160 ist die De:Bug, das “Magazin für elektronische Lebensaspekte”, auch erstmals auf dem iPad zu sehen.
Dahinter steht das von TBWA\Berlin entwickelte Tablet Publishing System “booqlet”, auf Basis von HTML5 & Wordpress. Booqlet ermöglicht eine automatisierte Generierung der Tablet-Ausgabe auf Basis...
Anthm – Democratic DJing →
erikscholz:
Guests on your next party can select, vote up and down what’s played. And it’s powered by the music streaming service Rdio.
Quick thought on: Gamification and Punishment
We recently worked on a concept for an app that rewards users for using it. The idea of gamifaction is widely used nowadays to drive user engagement. We ended up in a heated discussion: Should the user should be punished for neglecting the app by decreasing his chances to get rewarded?
The problem with punishment is that it could easily lead to frustration. Not only about an app but also about a...
WatchNice concept: Cash Out - iPad App
FTW? Thoughts translated into spoken words. →
WatchSway your hips!
January 2012
18 posts
Watchskyrocketman:
The world’s first GPS Micro Optics Display for Alpine goggles. It is unobstrusive like the dashboard in your car and comes with a bunch of features. I hope it is not distracting too much from the actual snow sport experience. Definitely worth a try.
Helpful App: Page Layers →
Page Layers saves your web site as layered Photoshop image. The Mac app is unique in its capability to export pixel-perfect web site screenshots featuring a masked layer for every page element. And it can capture traditional website screenshots, too.
Converting a website to PSD format allows to import existing pages into design tools like Photoshop or Pixelmator. This enables you to rapidly...
Responsive Design Responsively Visualized →
erikscholz:
Just resize your browser window to see the effect. The creators approach. Instead of verbally smartassing about responsive design theories just show it in a little presentation that’s graspable.
(via Fast Company)
Watchcuriositycounts:
The Apollo 11 lunar landing, told through data. For more on how to tell stories with data, see the excellent Visualize This. (via)
December 2011
12 posts
Facebook Bashing - The iPad App Edition
I there´s one thing Facebook is really good at then it´s providing sh*t user interfaces. So I wasn´t really surprised to find loads of stupid issues in their iPad app. And again I wonder why a company of that size and value is unable to develop a user interface that works and an app that doesn´t crash. But let´s take a look:
When you open up the app you can see the main menu on the left hand side...
November 2011
15 posts
BBC's online identity guidelines →
