Out of all the songs that Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys have produced, it’s odd that it is this one particular song that has always struck such a chord with me. Why? Find out the story.
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So, The Beach Boys. 2012. Reunion. Problematic, cynical and shrink wrapped with a patchy album. Many have compared the new album to Today or Summer Days… But what about that Mike Love?
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Apple prides itself on the elegance and simplicity of its designs and user interfaces. Most of its products from the last 15 years have defined both the industries they compete in and the chapters on iconic design in weighty coffee … Continue reading
A couple of other folks have chosen their favourite songs by an artist during a particular set of years. Thought I’d hop on and give it a go. No surprise that I’m doing the Beach Boys.
Continue readingHmmm. A couple of weird things about that “rock” collection of Beatles songs “Tomorrow Never Knows”…
Continue readingSo smartphones are getting BIGGER. Four and a bit inches is the new de facto standard for top end smartphones and you can just see them getting bigger and bigger. What started as a clandestine operation to make the units big enough … Continue reading
For more years than I care to remember, the tools and processes for design have remained pretty much the same – but the future is almost here, right now!
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Google Play now sits firmly atop the web crown jewels of Google’s search page. It’s fifth in line to the throne, and has been thrust ahead of some of the long-time Google big guns (such as GMail, YouTube, Docs and Calendar).
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All this talk of the iPad3 and a new AppleTV got me thinking about the ongoing “Apple making a TV” rumours, and the late Steve Jobs stating that they had “cracked it” when talking about the TV market (quoted in … Continue reading
Design (both in-print and online) is usually about working up an idea until someone signs it off, and you would expect to find that it ONLY goes live when it’s being checked, proofed and approved by anyone with an interest in the thing. The technology sector is a bit different…
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