Weekend Reading — What could go wrong?

Gotham3 "What could go wrong?" Design Objective The best icon is a text label So let me repeat: don’t use an icon if its meaning isn’t a 100% clear to everyone. When in doubt, skip the icon. Reside to simple copy. A text label is always

Weekend Reading — Designer price list

Via Brilliant_Ads Design Objective Animation Principles for the Web Using animations itself, this article is both a great introduction to effective animation techniques, and just fun to read. QED Thinking of interfaces as sets of jobs As interface designers, it’s important that we not only put buttons and

Weekend Reading — How to backup a country

Design Objective The Web’s Grain Thoughtful and beautiful essay, you will not be disappointed. History of the Urban Dashboard #uiporn Printing Medium stories How Medium designed their print.css. The Apple Watch isn't an iPhone any more than an iPhone is a Mac — it's something

Weekend Reading — Wife Discovers Browser History

vruz Further adventures in multiple inheritance. Design Objective OneShot, a one week design case study Posting text as screenshots on Twitter is a horrible idea — not accessible, can't quote, etc — but you can't fight Twitter on this, might as well use OneShot. The design of this

Weekend Reading — Anonymous sources

HelenKennedy "Best reason to go off the record." Design Objective The Paradox of Empathy Product managers seem to expect a designer to walk up to a product, say something brilliant, and drop the mic. Experienced designers deeply understand a simple fact: design isn’t a deliverable, it’s

Weekend Reading — Round up: Komodia

Design Objective Why Samsung Design Stinks The story that wants to make you feel better about "Designed in the U.S." and conveniently forgets that "shipping" and "profit" are what separates art from design: New designs have to make their way through this structure,

Weekend Reading — And so it begins …

awedgewood "Put a wig on your dog and watch the neighbours freak out." Design Objective It’s Kind of Cheesy Being Green When Apple added iMessage and colored iPhone-to-iPhone messages blue, we got snobby with the greens. A small design decision that bears large affect on the product

Weekend Reading — Not a doctor

API XKCD nails it again Design Objective Breaking It Down You can’t ship what you don’t understand: 1. Before you come up with a solution, figure out your problem. 2. The solution should match your problem’s size. 3. Break it all down. 4. Review often. Keeping GitHub

Weekend Reading — Simple but effective

_youhadonejob "Simple but effective." Design Objective Why you should share your dirty work by Jonas Downey of Basecamp When you look at most designers’ portfolios, you usually see beautiful, polished work … but the final product is only a small percentage of your total effort. It just represents your