Hyperlocal iPhone App

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Design

A few weeks ago I read about the Mobile Connections thing happening at Supernova 2008. Although I read about it after the deadline, I decided to put together a concept anyway. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to submit it in time, but, as part of my No Photoshop File Left Behind™ Program, I’m going to go [...]

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Most Valuable Players

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Design

In an online community that depends on its users to create and share content, who are the most valuable ones? Is it the 10% who are completely addicted and constantly creating new content? Or is it the other 90% who consume the content and generate revenue? Or is just a chicken and egg problem that [...]

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Designer’s Heaven/Nightmare

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Design

I just watched the video about Photophlow and I am seriously blown away by that interface. It’s beautiful, and active and interesting and exciting. And kinda scary.
This is a pretty cool side-effect of open APIs - anyone can come along and design a way better interface for your product. It presents a great opportunity for [...]

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User Generated Art

Design

I found myself on the MTV website a couple times in the past few weeks (doing research) (NOT watching episodes of The Hills! No…definetly not that.*) Anyway, I couldn’t help but notice the seemingly random, beautifully designed backgrounds, which all seamlessly incorporated the MTV logo into the upper left hand corner, each in its own [...]

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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Design, Social Media

The Good: CNN.com
I absolutely love the CNN.com redesign. It’s aesthetically and functionally beautiful, and it’s not hard to articulate why. I think the first key to its sublimeness comes from a hot new trend in web design: white modules on a light gray background. The super subtle contrast gives the page definition without overpowering the [...]

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