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Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction

paul.carvill — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:47:21 +0000

a MINDBLOWING article on understanding systems through abstraction, visualization, interaction and iterative development. It’s one of the most visually and interactively clever web pages I’ve seen in a long time, and makes the concepts and algorithms necessary to understand the examples given as clear as possible: Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction.

Designer Founders | Kickstart it!

paul.carvill — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 10:02:06 +0000

“Our goal is to demystify the path for designers to build tech startups with meaningful impact and for entrepreneurs to embody design thinking in their work.” Designer Founders | Kickstart it!.

Mobile UI performance considerations

paul.carvill — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:42:50 +0000

Performance Calendar » Mobile UI performance considerations.

A Design Primer for Engineers

paul.carvill — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:30:07 +0000

“We don’t see an explosion as a bad thing because we’re intimately aware of how the sausage is made.” Rands In Repose: A Design Primer for Engineers.

Google Maps: Designing the Modern Atlas – Core77

paul.carvill — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:46:29 +0000

“It is often the case in interaction design that the best solutions simply get out of the way, allowing the user to achieve their goal and get on with their life. With Google Maps, this is certainly the desired outcome.”

Google Maps: Designing the Modern Atlas – Core77.

Financial Times acquires London-based developer of its HTML5 web app

paul.carvill — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:31:03 +0000

Financial Times acquires London-based developer of its HTML5 web app.

STIKNORD

paul.carvill — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:48:23 +0000

The idea behind this blog was to produce a digital mood board, a collection of texts and imagery dedicated to the aesthetics of the the Nordic countries and Scandinavia in particular.

via STIKNORD.

Branding 10,000 Lakes

paul.carvill — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:44:09 +0000

Artist Nicole Meyer is creating a logo for every one of Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes. One logo every day. Should take 27 years. Branding 10,000 Lakes.

Regex Tester – RegexPal

paul.carvill — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:54:55 +0000

regexpal 0.1.4 — a JavaScript regular expression teste

via Regex Tester – RegexPal.

Instagr/am/bient: 25 Sonic Postcards

paul.carvill — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:24:56 +0000

25 ambient musicians created original sonic postcards in response to one another’s evocative Instagram photos.

via Instagr/am/bient: 25 Sonic Postcards.