Apple is usually sensible especially when it comes to their website design and usability. But I noticed something on Apple’s site that sort of insulted my intelligence. This happened when I was browsing their site for a new Macbook Pro. Once you drill down to the product detail you will see an image of the Macbook Pro on the right hand side. Below it are three links that let’s you view the three different sizes that MacBook Pro comes in; 13″, 15″, and 17″.
Giving users something they can use
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The iPhone Cover-Up
The new iPhone 4, like generations before it, is a beautifully styled object. It appears cunningly simple at first but the amount of attention given to detail and design of each piece that make up the exterior is truly admirable. The texture, the curve, the sheen and the bevel of each button and pieces are styled and carved to make this one of the most strikingly elegant industrial design in recent years.
Posted in Advertising, Design, Random Blog Posts Tagged apple, apple iphone, iphone, iphone 4, iphone design, iphone4, new iphone Leave a comment
DIY Macro Photography
If you’re into photography, you’ll most likely want to experiment with macro photography sooner or later. It’s fun and exciting. However, proper macro lenses can get pretty expensive. Most novices and non-professional photo enthusiasts are not likely to shell out big cash for specialty lenses. Instead, most of them resort to DIY macro tricks.
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PIXLR – it’s like Photoshop built into your browser.
Checkout this cool free online image editing tool. It’s called pixlr.
Comparative Advertising
I recently came across the ad below. It’s an example of a classic comparative advertising where one brand attacks another. This particular ad caught my attention because the players seemed to have switched position from just a few years ago. This time, Nissan attacks Hyundai. Why is this interesting?
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Understanding your clients
Hardest thing about being a designer is not the designing itself, it’s understanding clients. We all have dealt with indecisive clients who don’t seem to know what they want and change their mind all the time. There are times when approvals or design sign-offs seem to have no effect at all. Most designers don’t have a clue why certain clients act this way and conclude that clients are insane. Designers become frustrated and switch from creative to “just-get-the-shit-done” mode. This happens all the time whether they realize it or not. And most clients end up with work done in the latter mode. This isn’t cool nor healthy for either parties. And since we can’t and shouldn’t expect clients to change their way of thinking, we should look at the matter in a slightly different angle. I’ve discovered that by looking at how we (designers) do things, we may be able to understand why they (clients) behave the way they do. Read More
You won’t find me on Facebook
Why don’t I own a Facebook account?
Because I don’t want my life, relationships, likes or dislikes, interests, buying habits, thoughts or goals in life to be monetized by a corporation. Especially by a corporation run by a kid who doesn’t value personal privacy except his own.
I don’t want to agree to a Terms of Service that is totally one sided.
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Let the Dark Side help you find the way
Customers of TomTom navigation can now download the voice of Darth Vader. This is not a joke, it’s real.
Making the language clear
The initial sign in page of YouTube tells me that I can sign in to YouTube using my Google or YouTube account. Clear enough. But you can’t sign in even if you have a valid Google account but not the other. It will ask you if you already have a YouTube account (well, no…, I thought I could sign-in with my Google account… ), if not it asks you to create one.
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