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Adobe released CS5 today—go get it!

http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/

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Friday, April 30th, 2010 News, Passions No Comments

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:

http://www.saltfilms.com.sg/

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Sunday, April 25th, 2010 Passions, Raves No Comments

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.

http://www.webtypography.net/

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Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 Passions, Raves No Comments

Flash Beauty

An excellent Flash website: beautifully designed, really well executed. Both informative and inspiringly creative.

Roadmap to Harmony

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Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 Passions, Raves No Comments

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

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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 Business, News, Passions No Comments

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/

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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 News, Passions No Comments

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/

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Thursday, March 4th, 2010 Business, Passions No Comments

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

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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 Passions No Comments

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/

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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 Passions No Comments

The Decade In Design

Ten years of Apple, starchitects, and design for change:

The Decade In Design

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Monday, January 4th, 2010 Passions No Comments