Signposts for the Week ending November 3, 2006
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Lots of talk this week in Read/Write Web about operating systems and applications on the web. John Milan writes about how the landscape is changing for Adobe, Google, and Microsoft in an essay entitled Elephants and Evolution. Then an article on Parakey, supposedly a WebOS for Mom and Pop. And then, the week’s capper on Amazon’s visionary WebOS strategy, based off a BusinessWeek article on Jeff Bezos’ Risky Bet.
WeBreakStuff begs to differ, however.
Then again, Matt Webb finds a way around it all: Deploy To Desktop.
Gizmodo reviews Zune.
Do non-mechnical buttons reduce the user experience? Maybe.
NextD looks across the pond to talk to London designers Gil Wildman and
Chris Downs about service design.
File Under So That Explains It. Wondering why all these web 2.0 companies are spelled so weirdly? All the vowels are taken.
Our colleagues at frog design have launched a new design journal: frogDesign Mind.
US Residents: Remember to vote next Tuesday. To inspire you, check out this Presidential Speeches Tag Cloud, 1776-2006.
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