‘More Features’ Won’t Save a Dying Business Model
I love being in the software industry. So many things are being reshaped right now and I get to participate in my own small way. Here’s a vision piece from some European newspapers describing the newspaper of the future. News+ concept live from Bonnier from Bonnier on Vimeo. The problem is, there’s really nothing new […]
Hover R.I.P. (~1991-2010)
Was it the first tooltip (or screentip as Microsoft called it) that showed up when you hovered over toolbars in Word for Win95? Was it in 1991 with System 7 Baloon Help? Was it before those? In a game maybe? I don’t really know, and please comment if you do so I can update the […]
Sketchnotes from my talk at Web 2.0 Expo
Check out Anita Hart’s awesome sketchnotes from my Web 2.0 Expo talk on aesthetics in software.
Thanks for taking such “expressive” notes Anita!
Best. Loading screen. Evar.
We love making software with incredible attention to detail. I’m not saying we always succeed, but we certainly try. And there’s nothing we love better than using software made by people with the same values. When we needed an e-mail service awhile ago we ended up with some white label piece of crap whose name […]
What’s the point of handing out name badges if nobody can read them?
There is a simple lesson that all conferences should learn from TED. It’s not to charge thousands of dollars. It’s not to bring celebrities to your conference. And it’s not to only have one speaker at a time. Those may or may not be good things to emulate, but they’re not the most important lesson […]