Talk about constant, subtle refinement! Google modifies the Gmail homepage. http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/gmail-homepage-makeover.html

This just in from Catalyst mobile design expert Chris Calabrese:
Got my new iPad stand last night…..sooooo awesome.
This gorgeous iPad stand was hand crafted without the aid of electric tools in the Provence of Baldwin, Long Island. Scraps of wood found in a cellar were assembled with six nails and then roughly sanded to give this [...]

Friday fun: Amusing Bank Slogans

This article by Don Norman and Jakob Nielsen makes a lot of valid points about the many ways in which gestural interfaces on the iPhone and iPad (and other touchscreen devices) completely disregard a host of established usability principles. Jeffrey Zeldman made similar points in his recent “iPad as the new Flash” post. Nielsen and [...]

Particularly: “Social networks are effective at increasing participation—by lessening the level of motivation that participation requires…”
It’s a provocative piece that de-hypes the concept of social network activism.
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