Checking my calendar on Windows Phone, I noticed that, when looking at the month view, all my appointments looked suspiciously like Latin filler text…. So what, Microsoft, you think we wouldn’t notice? I love you guys, and I love Windows Phone, … Continue reading
Our relationships with property and commodities change as new technologies and business models enable us to own and use things in different ways. Here are some examples of businesses offering commodities as a service, or cloud ownership. Background The industrial … Continue reading
NOTE: Special thanks to Wouter Sluis-Thiescheffer for inspiring this post! Orientation is one inevitable question when designing and/or developing for mobile (or any other display that can be rotated). While some go for a one-orientation solution, “That’s the way the information wants to be, … Continue reading
I’ve recently had the privilege of writing an article for UX Magazine, called “New Design Practices for Touch-Free Interactions.” It’s a piece discussing how touch-free gestures and natural-language interfaces are moving into the computing mainstream. To best work with these … Continue reading
You know the type: that mega hottie you can’t keep your hands and eyes off of but has issues that you drive you up the wall; the one you love, because you can’t help it. That’s the Lumia 800. Nokia … Continue reading