Rick is a Salt Lake City, Utah based interaction designer that is currently focused on creating beautiful and functional user experiences.
Co-owner of two shops in the CafePress network, Detour Designables (http://www.detourdesignables.com) and TV Teez (http://www.cafepress.com/tvteez).
In-house graphic designer for a national publishing company. Responsible for design of high quality advertisements, logos, photo illustration, and custom layouts for new and existing customers. Art direct special projects for the company as well as creating materials for company presentations. Experience training new artists as they become employed with the company.
The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog.I feel like I’ve been preparing for this image all my life.
The internet is over, everyone can go home
It’s just as beautiful as I always imagined.
My life is complete.
For my little typography junkies. :)
I wish I could take credit for this but I can’t. Got this from an arstechnica.com forum posting from way back in June of 2010.
The forum poster’s moniker is The Real Blastdoor. Please join me in thanking him for this, because it is absolutely pure gold. Additionally, each and every word is true.
Haha
Historically, Apple’s responses to competitors has always been strategic – not direct and obvious. Additionally, they’ve always been comfortable killing off popular products for the sake of an easy-to-understand product line. For all these reasons, the iPad mini isn’t about competing directly with the Kindle Fire or Nexus 7 – it’s about quietly killing off the albatross of the iOS family – the iPod touch.
Not sure if I’m yet in complete agreement with my friend Garrick here but I’m leaning into the idea. He makes some compelling arguments.
Hmmm…I wonder if there is any truth to this theory.
The story Apple is telling is not for the self-important technology journalist or the anal specification-driven onlooker, it is a story for the unknowing end-user. Picking up an iPhone 5, even the most familiar of users will be delighted by the experience they are tendered. Perhaps most importantly, however, such a user will not quite know precisely why the experience is so different.
What a great article.
This is an especially good tip. Square corners actually lead your eye out of the content by acting as little arrows. Rounded corners not only soften the look of the page or element, but help to contain anything inside.
The use of a black status bar and rounded corners can increase the usability of your iPhone application by bounding your content and thus separating it from the viewport.
When application content fills the entire screen, the user can become disoriented by an inability to determine the bounds…
The trouble begins with a design philosophy that equates “more options” with “greater freedom.” Designers struggle endlessly with a problem that is almost nonexistent for users: “How do we pack the maximum number of options into the minimum space and price?” In my experience, the instruments and tools that endure (because they are loved by their users) have limited options.
Love this: