Category: Recommendations

The App Store “Gatekeeper” – Arbiter or Observer?

Before we explore this idea further, I’d like to point out that Apple’s App Store is unique as an entity, but hardly any different from Handango or BPlay. These portals which supported many mobile devices and PDAs aggregated downloadable software offerings for users to load onto their (sometimes, at the time) connected devices. With this [...]

Access Control and Social Networking Applications

There’s been some articles over the past few years about this, but I’m surprised that it hasn’t become a more hot-button issue for people. It seems that people simply use different applications for different purposes (using myself as an example, I keep LinkedIn (link) quite distinct from Facebook). But what about exploring the idea of [...]

Moving from Brooklyn to Manhattan

I recently moved from Brooklyn to Manhattan and it was quite an ordeal. The move itself was fairly smooth and the flat rate quote was very comforting. However, packing turned out to be more of an issue. Who knew that there were so many different sized boxes and reasons for them. Not to mention that [...]

The Design of User Interfaces and Scaling to Content

Apple is a fantastic case study for a topic like this and I would start off by comparing the new Shuffle (3G) versus the prior version. Controls The 2G Shuffle The 3G Shuffle Primary Input 5 buttons (press or press-hold variations) 3 buttons (click, hold, or multiple click variations) Feedback Method Visual (LEDs) Visual (LEDs), [...]