April 2012
“Define what the product will do before you design how the product will do it.”
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Alan Cooper
“No matter how cool your interface is, it would be better if there were less of it.”
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“6. Read obituaries. They are just like biographies, only shorter. They remind us that interesting, successful people rarely lead orderly, linear lives.”
—What They Don’t Tell You at Graduation - WSJ.com
The World’s Longest Invoice →
worldslongestinvoice.com
If you have ever been stiffed on a freelance job of any kind, add to this list of others who were unpaid by dead beat clients.
UX Immersion: Great Time to Be Designer →
lukew.com
He’s talking about designers in tech fields. Still, this needs more focus.
Twitter / @jmacdonald: Comparing Google Drive to MS SkyDrive and Dropbox →
twitter.com
Designers and creatives should stay away from Google Drive!
BTW: MS is supposed to be coming out with an OS X client for SkyDrive this spring. Some universities use it and it is a free way to access some storage if yours does. Via web on Mac at the moment.
Firms Push Visual Note Taking to Spark Creativity, Sharpen Focus →
online.wsj.com
“Even with advanced gadgets such as smartphones and tablets, “the hand is the easiest way to get something down,” says Everett Katigbak, a communication designer at Facebook. Most of the walls at the company’s offices around the country have been coated with dry-erase or chalkboard paint or a treatment for glass to allow employees to sketch ideas whenever they arise. The company’s offices are filled with jottings, from mathematical equations to doodles of cats and dollar signs.”
Meet the Guy Who Designed North Korea’s Website for $15 →
motherboard.vice.com
You just never know who will use a design that is like clip art.
“Think about the traits that creative people possess. Creative people don’t follow the crowds; they seek out the blank spots on the map. Creative people wander through faraway and forgotten traditions and then integrate marginal perspectives back to the mainstream. Instead of being fastest around the tracks everybody knows, creative people move adaptively through wildernesses nobody knows.”
—The Creative Monopoly - NYTimes.com
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