Weblog - The Almost Daily Design Blog http://130public.net/blog Weblog is an inspirational design resource, updated several times a week. A collection of stimuli to entice creativity. Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:03:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Just Joking http://130public.net/blog/fun/just-joking.html http://130public.net/blog/fun/just-joking.html#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:03:12 +0000 admin http://130public.net/blog/?p=950

]]> http://130public.net/blog/fun/just-joking.html/feed 0 Happy Birthday GIF http://130public.net/blog/design/happy-birthday-gif.html http://130public.net/blog/design/happy-birthday-gif.html#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:45:16 +0000 admin http://130public.net/blog/?p=943 The GIF, celebrates its 25th birthday. Watch the PBS Off Book feature celebrating the file format.

The segment about Cinemagraphs is fantastic.






Example GIFs from Cinemagraphs.com

]]> http://130public.net/blog/design/happy-birthday-gif.html/feed 0 But I love instapaper http://130public.net/blog/design/but-i-love-instapaper.html http://130public.net/blog/design/but-i-love-instapaper.html#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:59:46 +0000 admin http://130public.net/blog/?p=941

Designed by the fantastic people at Teehan + Lax

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One of the biggest problems with touch interfaces is simulating physics well enough to fool the brain’s perception systems. When a physical action you make with your finger does not lead to the response your brain has learned to expect in the physical world, something feels very wrong. It doesn’t feel genuine. Thankfully, Windows Phone does a much better job at this than Android; Microsoft is clearly thinking about this stuff.

]]> http://130public.net/blog/industrial/solving-the-touchscreen-delay-problem.html/feed 0 An Internet Thing http://130public.net/blog/design/an-internet-thing.html http://130public.net/blog/design/an-internet-thing.html#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:44:29 +0000 admin http://130public.net/blog/?p=933 Internet of Things are uniquely identifiable objects (things) and their virtual representations in an Internet-like structure. And here is an awesome example from the fella’s over at Breakfast. It brings a physical interaction to the like or dislike of music from Last.fm or Pandora.

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]]> http://130public.net/blog/design/touch-vision-interface.html/feed 0 Evolve and Prosper http://130public.net/blog/design/evolve-and-prosper.html http://130public.net/blog/design/evolve-and-prosper.html#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:51:51 +0000 admin http://130public.net/blog/?p=937

Two methods to initiate the design process:

  • Either as a “progressive enhancement”, with mobile layout first and desktop layout at last.
  • Or as a “graceful degradation”, with the full desktop website as a basis to design the other layouts.

Read the article

]]> http://130public.net/blog/design/evolve-and-prosper.html/feed 0 Peering into the Snowglobe http://130public.net/blog/film/peering-into-the-snowglobe.html http://130public.net/blog/film/peering-into-the-snowglobe.html#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:37:10 +0000 admin http://130public.net/blog/?p=921
How is it that the Tilt-shift technique never ceases to make me like I’m watching a tiny little world in a snowglobe.

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]]> http://130public.net/blog/fun/scuba-steve.html/feed 0 The Original Like Button http://130public.net/blog/art/the-original-like-button.html http://130public.net/blog/art/the-original-like-button.html#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:22:07 +0000 admin http://130public.net/blog/?p=912

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