The Right Tools

Suresh Selvaraj on how Mitya came about:

Imagine an author had to write a novel using Photoshop. Or, a programmer had to code in Word. Doesn’t even make sense, right? But this is what Interaction Designers are forced to put up with right now. IxDs have to use After Effects, a static video editing tool, or Quartz Composer, a programming tool, to create their visual interactions! They have to do their job using tools that were originally built for someone else!
After watching the demo video, I think Mitya has the potential to be a great application for creating interactive prototypes for mobile apps.

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Interactive

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How To Get Strong

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How To Get Strong – And How To Stay So, by William Blaikie, 1879

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Image

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I’m Too Old

My sister reminded me this morning today is Jimmy Page’s 70th birthday.
Next time you think about bitching about being too old to do shit, remember this video:

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Humanity

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oops.

I like the New York Times redesign. The text looks great and I’m a big fan of white space. But, they went to all that trouble to redesign their site and left a whole bunch of icons and logos scattered throughout that are still 72dpi, i.e., too low-res for retina and other higher resolution screens. Come on, fellas, there’s no excuse for that. Here’s an image I captured on an iPad with some problem areas highlighted. Maybe you’ll be able to see the issue on your screen, maybe not.
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Web Design

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