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Adobe released CS5 today—go get it!
http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/
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Loading ...Flash Is Not Dead, Oh No
In these times of angst about the value and future of Flash, it’s great to see brilliant use of its capabilities:
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web
Robert Bringhurst’s The Elements of Typographic Style is a classic in the field of typography and a must-have for designers’ libraries. Richard Rutter has applied Bringhurst’s principles to web typography, offering HTML and CSS solutions for better type.
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Flash Beauty
An excellent Flash website: beautifully designed, really well executed. Both informative and inspiringly creative.
(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Five Unsolved Problems Social Media Could Fix
From Harvard Business Review:
designers and developers…represent the gatekeepers of what is rapidly becoming the world’s most influential medium
Will you be one of the designers who solves these problems?
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/03/five_unsolved_problems_social.html
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...Pondering the Future of Flash in an iPad World?
A List Apart has an excellent article by Dan Mall about the necessity (or lack thereof) of a battle between Flash and standards-based development. Want to learn a lot about the current state of the web and check out some mind-blowing interactive experiences at the same time? Read on.
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashstandards/
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Marketing Your iPhone App
Here is a very condensed version of my notes from the “Marketing iPhone Apps” seminar at the iPhone Forum back in November:
There are about 150 blogs that announce/review things like iPhone apps (e.g., TechCrunch)
Moopf: scrapes reviews, rankings from international iTunes stores
You should produce marketing assets for your app before launch; some of the assets can be included in your page in the App Store
Have a US-based iTunes account if possible
You must have a website that explains the app: have screenshots and video
Provide a feature in your app to “tell a friend”—unlockable content if you tell 5 friends
Put an ad for your app inside other people’s apps
Underserved markets: children, women, Latinos (my idea: create an app for female Latino children)
Track everything you can with analytics
UPDATE: Smashing Magazine has just published an article on marketing your iPhone app:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/03/03/how-to-market-your-mobile-app/
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Great Products Are Triumphs of Taste
Signals vs. Noise has a thoughtful article on how designers grow:
http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2129-great-products-are-triumphs-of-taste
(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5) Loading ...Whither Flash?
Everybody’s favourite standardista, Zeldman, posts a thoughtful assessment of the future of Flash in a world of iPads, iPhones, and standards-based design:
http://www.zeldman.com/2010/02/01/flash-ipad-standards/
To finish up (maybe), read Zeldman’s follow-up to the post as well:
http://www.zeldman.com/2010/02/03/ahem/
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...The Decade In Design
Ten years of Apple, starchitects, and design for change:
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