The Apple Watch, skeuomorphism and metaphors
I had a Twitter exchange with John Gruber yesterday in response to his point about the Apple Watch and skeuomorphism:
I don’t think iOS or OS X needed to eschew …
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Interaction
LeapMotion
LeapMotion is a USB device now available for pre-order that “creates a 3D interaction space of 8 cubic feet to precisely interact with and control …
Little Digits - Finger Counting with the iPad
Little Digits (iTunes link) is a new iPad app from Chris O’Shea’s company Cowly Owl described as a “fun educational app that teaches children …
Interaction 11 Student Competition
All you interaction design students out there get ready to show us your goods.
This year I’m co-chairing the Interaction 11 Student Competition with Liz …
Archetypes and Metaphors
There is an interesting piece over at Johnny Holland by Rahul Sen titled Archetypes and Their Use in Mobile UX. It’s probably worth reading it and coming …
Photosketch
Photosketch: Internet Image Montage provides a simple way to make image composites by doodling a picture, adding labels and then letting the engine scour the …
The Little Man in the Box
All of us anthropomorphise our machines, perhaps no more so than the car and the computer. Hi, A Real Human Interface from Multitouch Barcelona (an interaction …
Schematic and Public Multitouch Social Interaction
Joel Johnson’s exclusive (on Vimeo?) video and interview with the folks at Schematic about their new touchwall shows them dealing with some interesting …
Interaction Forum '09
I’m going to be giving a talk over at Interaction Forum ‘09 at the Design School in Hildesheim next week (Tuesday 26th). If anyone is in that neck …
New magneticNorth web site
Great to see magneticNorth’s new website live. Brendan gave me a sneak peek of it yesterday and I love it.
The navigation is very playful and intuitive. …