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About that iPad/iCanvas/iTablet…
A little over 24 hours to go until Apple releases their next device which is going to end world hunger. Not really, but the press build up seems to indicate that what is coming is worthy of such epic proportions.
Most likely it will be a game changer but while many people are thinking that it [...]
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Vertical Market Solutions in FileMaker, Issue 0
There’s not a lot of info, I realize, on the web or collectively disseminated about building a vertical market solution using FileMaker Pro as your development and user environment. Many people have built vertical market solutions, but few have actually spoken about it.
Given this is something I feel passionate about and have had numerous [...]
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The new Burj Dubai is the world’s tallest building
It’s absolutely impressive to see this building at 828 meters (160 stories) tall. It recently opened on Jan 6, 2010 with an equally impressive opening ceremony (see the videos at the bottom)
The building also managed to break a number of records:
Tallest building in the world
Tallest free-standing structure in the world
Highest number of stories in the [...]
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Concentrate on your words and nothing else: Ommwriter Beta v2
Ommwriter on Vimeo.
If you find yourself writing, and writing a lot, and you can’t help but be distracted by the ribbons, toolbars, paper clips, menus, and other attention parasites, then this app may be the bees knees for you. As an added bonus, it seems to be free. It’s for Mac only. So go ahead, [...]
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Some more on WPRemix3
After using WPRemix3 for around two months, I found myself getting tired of working with some issues that it had in my installation. The Support admin at WPRemix.com was fair and quick to point out that my installation of Wordpress had probably been corrupted at some point and was making WPR act inconsistently.
So, to [...]
Designing for politeness
“If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.” — Alan Cooper, The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
I recently found an article on Viget Advance that nicely reviews what separates frustrating software from good software. It summarily reviews designing “polite software”. In [...]
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New favorite design resource
I recently stumbled upon a great resource that is an archive of fantastic Keynote and Powerpoint presentations, devoted to making your own presentations look that much better. Check out www.NoteAndPoint.com
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On “Designing Obama”
I had the opportunity to meet and listen to Scott Thomas discuss his role managing the Obama campaign, the experience, the design insights, and the analytics that went in to the whole thing. It’s absolutely impressive. He’s launching a book on the experience named Designing Obama and funding the original printing through KickStarter.
Regardless of your [...]
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The Logitech V450 Nano Blows Away Apple’s Mighty Mouse
Make no mistake, I love design, I love Apple, I love the majority of Apple’s products, and to a degree I love the Mighty Mouse – but I also hate it. I hate it for the simple reason that Apple managed to coalesce so much wonderful design and knowledge about their experience into such a [...]
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A developer review of the new FileMaker 11 – Part 1