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Interactions Magazine is now online. Read up.
All the links you can handle regarding Google’s Social Graph API.
Shaun Inman shows the role geometry played in the Mint logo.
Easy podcast recording remotely using a few cheap tools.
Blink Interactive shares their informal design library. Neat stuff.
If Tufte redesigned the iPhone. And, a response.
Some controversial thoughts on debunking the Tipping Point.
Google encourages people to contribute knowledge to Knol
YouTube adds visual search
Curb your energy vampires next year
Looking for a great holiday gift?
Trajan is the movie font
Adam Greenfield socializes his anti-social network
Odd iPod Accessories
Data Visualization of Gangsta Rap
Lastly, something to think about as your prepare for the next year:
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
— Mark Twain
Like many in our field, we’re intrigued by what Google’s up to with Android. Interview with the folks behind Android. Though, some are frustrated because, really, there is no gPhone.
Speaking of phones, PARC is trying to make a truly smart phone.
Multi-touch with the Wii-mote.
Multitouch with $2 worth of dye.
Speaking of multi-touch, in case you missed it when it first came around, a proof-of-concept for copy and paste on the iPhone.
The 50 Greatest Game Innovations, according to BusinessWeek.
Dan Saffer brought to Adaptive Path an exercise for designing the interface for an elevator that accesses 1000 floors. So, naturally, we’re intrigued by this collection of interesting elevators from around the world.
It’s been awhile since we published Signposts. Here are links we’re sending around the office:
Michael Wesch, the KSU anthropology professor most famous for his The Machine is Us/ing Us video, released two new videos: Information R/evolation and A Vision Of Students Today.
Clay Shirky on arrogance and humility as qualities of design.
Folks here are excited about She’s Geeky.
Near to the hearts of the Charmr team: Human factors and medical devices.
O’Reilly on the Long Tail of Facebook Apps. Oops, actually, it’s not really a long tail.
The interactive video for Arcade Fire’s Neon Bible.
The Institute of Design’s Electronic Learning Record project intrigues us.
Smackdown: Design vs Design Thinking. (Stop The Madness!)
The answers to Christina’s question, “What do you consider the greatest challenges in designing for social media/software/networks?” are quite provocative.
Bioengineering: Apply Directly To The Forehead!
Our friends at Punchcut have designed a poster on social networking insights.
Yeah, we wanna fly Virgin America, too.
The power of defaults in interaction design.
Video of Jared Spool’s session on experience design.
Modern approaches to data visualization.
Are you a synthesizer? And no, we don’t mean electronic keyboard.
How does the Zune suck? Let Josh count the ways.
Interesting research on the subconscious. We wonder what it could mean for product and service design.
The Relentless Lisa Strausfeld.
Our friends at Bolt|Peters have designed a nifty new t-shirt based on one of our blog posts!
iPhone copy-and-paste concept video. I love you, too.
Dorling Kindersley’s Travel guide site allows you to build (and buy!) your own guidebook.
How Jennifer Love Hewitt Made the Web More Usable.
More hidden costs made visible — Orbs and Cords that ambiently display your energy usage and some interesting research on whether these approaches are effective.
26 Reasons What You Think Is Right Is Wrong.
Dan joins others expounding on the future of the web.
Khoi (who is speaking at MX) on the design of game experiences.
Morville muses on user experience strategy.
Nokia improves their geo-location services.
Antenna Design does beautiful work.
Black is the new black.
Curious about Firefox 3.
If you read one thing on experience design this week, make it Adam’s essay, On The Ground Running.
Todd’s talk from MX, The Transformative Power of Research, is up on IT Conversations.
Some of us didn’t need to be told of the domestic wonders of Post-It Notes.
Diabetic service dogs detect your blood sugar levels better than fancy monitors. And when’s the last time a medical device licked your face with joy?
CNN.com launches with a new ‘Web 2.0″ design.
Peter’s Core77 piece, The Experience is the Product, is now up in BusinessWeek’s “Innovation” section.
Many Eyes brings data visualization to the masses, with some social network software goodness thrown in.
We’re not sure we’re yet ready to digitize our life, but we’re still intrigued by those who do.
Do not visit Trulia’s Hindsight unless you have some time to spend!
We’re a Mac shop, and we use OmniGraffle. So Michael’s new wireframe stencils should be useful!
Would experience design methods arrive at this queue management solution at Whole Foods? (We think so…)
We, too, laughed at the Surface Computer Parody.
On our mailing lists, were discussing the new book Everything is Miscellaneous, and watching David Weinberger’s presentation at Google.
Scandinavian innovation has crossed our radar.
The New York Times article on the slowdown of e-commerce seemed interesting, until we read Jack Shafer picking it apart.
Like our very own Kate, the principal at Wieden Kennedy is intrigued (obsessed?) with slime mold.
Jared Spool shares thoughts on “Envisionment” and Apple’s Knowledge Navigator.
200 photos from last weeks UXI Amsterdam event.
Apparently the Internet’s structure represents something akin to a giant Tootsie Roll Pop. How many licks does it take to get to the center?
Alexa Andrzejewski discusses her blog post, “Life Online After Death” with the BBC’s Radio Five Live. Listen to the audio recording as Alexa discusses the growing trend in online memorials. Alexa starts at 45 minutes and 30 seconds into the program.
Yay, Adaptive Path’s Blog Turns 1 and has 4000 subscribers to its feed!
Micro-filtering is a neat idea.
Marc Andreesen’s new blog has an awesome post on how to hire the best people.
Michael Shanks on Casino Design (for all you Learning from Las Vegas fans!).
Robert Hoekman and friends tell us why we should ignore users (a SXSW panel podcast).
In honor of the new London Olympics Logo fiasco, Jeff is taking a survey of the Worst International Sports Logos Ever.
Those new iPhones ads are making us hungry for one.
Aza Raskin reminds us to not only iterate on solutions, but also on problems.
Luke W’s interview with the Web Guild has some great insights.
Uday Gajendar explains what the “rich” in Rich Internet Applications should be about.
Erik Spiekermann on How to Run a Design Business.
We’re watching Skype vs. Mobile Phone Carriers with some interest.
What do C-level execs read? One of our clients pointed us to this list of best-of-breed business blogs.
We’re envious we aren’t at Reboot
Hey, CNN has a new site in beta! Awesome design.
Speaking of new betas, the Interaction Design Association has a new beta site too!
“A billion customers in the world,” Dr. Paul Polak told a crowd of inventors recently, “are waiting for a $2 pair of eyeglasses, a $10 solar lantern and a $100 house.”
People want files and folders, says Rich
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