There are a few million words on the systems and productivity benefits (or not) of email, so I won’t try to add to the mountain of both good and bad thinking.
In reality, I reckon most people are handed the keys to an Outlook Exchange Mailbox and left to it… What could possibly go wrong?
The “dark times” are almost gone. The overly complex and deliberately obtuse “flash” websites are making way for the ‘Post-PC’ web and connected device infrastructure. But there are still a few noble craftsmen left out there, designing CD-ROMS …in 2012.
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Every designer will tell you that the job is basically about changing your ideas to suit the technology available, the ergonomics of the end user and the general “usability” of the final product… but look how it can warp a process if not done carefully!
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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).
Continue readingIt was only a few years ago that anything provided by that mythical world of ‘enterprise’ was a hundred times better than the cheap ‘n’ horrible thing you could afford at home. From laptops to PDAs and phones, enterprise level stuff was … Continue reading
Is it just me, or does the general coverage of something like the forthcoming iPad3 (HD, 2S or whatever) event miss something vital? Every recent Apple unveiling always covers 2 or 3 key things. A new hardware launch, some OS … Continue reading
Isn’t the tech media really, really stupid? I mean… They are attempting to follow one of the most straightforward (if secretive) companies in the world – Apple. And yet they just continue to get it wrong again and again and … Continue reading
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
I like this idea about the differences between the generations and their relationship with privacy, design and technology… Generation X and the Baby-boomers (basically the over 30’s) see privacy in a different way to the under 30’s. The life of the younger generation almost depends on being seen, tracked and just generally noticed online…
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As designers, we probably spend an awful lot of time trying to explain what is and isn’t possible in this or that given timeframe. It’s an occupational hazard – and a by-product of the speed and response times enabled by this brave new-ish digital age. BUT there’s one huge wave of misconception that throws grit in the gears of the freelance and small studio design ecosystems…
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…or how to get a headache in advertising. One thing is bugging me when watching a large percentage of TV. It’s something that’s come from America and is something that we now pretty much accept without thinking. It’s this… Sponsorship, image rights and advertising deals are leading to the near constant BLURRING of logos and products on TV …and it makes my head hurt!
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