Since my house is all-in on Apple’s HomeKit for controlling lights and cameras and devices, I got the latest and greatest new AppleTV so I could add support for Thread, a new home automation communication protocol. Upgrading to a newer AppleTVs is getting easier, but still has major hiccups. Like Jason Snell found at Six …
Category Archives: design
Lyft iOS redesign
I’m legitimately impressed with the recent Lyft app redesign on my iPhone. Somehow they collapsed the entire process of calling a car into just a couple screens, without making those screens feel overcrowded or overwhelming. On the contrary, the type is big and the copy is friendly and information is easy to gather at a …
The future of airline sites
This video demo of a mocked-up airline website of the future is stunning. A lot of people are focusing on this as a way of airlines to play travel agent, since there are city guides and hotel information, but the essence of what makes this demo great is the simple ease of use of planning …
Satellite Eyes = awesome
The app Satellite Eyes is a great little addition to any traveler's mac laptop. It automatically figures out your location then fetches map tiles of where you are located at that moment, and makes them your desktop background. It offers several options of mapping, either full satellite photos, terrain maps, simplified black and white line …
Quick thoughts on Pinboard
I've been a Delicious.com user since late 2003, back when it launched. I was happy when it was sold to Yahoo as it meant (what I thought would be) a secure future. Recently, Yahoo revealed that they would like to shutter/sell the site and a rush for alternatives pushed a lot of people towards Pinboard. …
Movie Poster Font stream
I love this flickr stream for the Belgian wing of The Font Shop mostly for the font identification in all the movie posters. Scan through a few pages of the archives and maybe you'll learn like I did that if you want a movie to seem serious, you gotta go with Trajan.
Tony Pereira’s amazing handmade bike
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=6874803&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=c9ff23&fullscreen=1 Tony Pereira’s Magical Locking Bicycle from j. dunn on Vimeo. That’s the most clever lock design I’ve seen on a bike. Full photos of his bike build are here on flickr. His bike business site is here.
The mobile design cargo cult
The iPhone has done very well, outselling expectations and overall giving every user a good experience. I have to say it's the most exciting and useful gadget I've bought in many years, to the point where I don't know what I'd do without it, given that it offers stuff like knowlege of traffic ahead of …
iStockphoto ends up on a license plate!
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #666; } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 10px; margin-top: 0px;color:#999; } My new license plate, originally uploaded by mathowie. I love my new Share the Road license plate that is now offered here in Oregon. It's only $10 as a one-time fee and half goes …
Layer Tennis this week
I went to the dentist last week and while I was still high off the fumes, I mistakenly said “yes” to doing commentary for this Friday’s upcoming Layer Tennis match. I’ve spent the better part of today reading up on old matches and following Rafe’s excellent guide to judging. This week they’re doing video with …
A Whole Lotta Nothing 