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There is a fine line between using things like color as a tool to shape a product, versus using them as an option to sell a product. I know which side Jobs was on.

Albert Hofmann (legendary chemist who synthesized LSD) and Shigeru Miyamoto (godfather of Nintendo who created Mario), both cite walking around and playing in the woods freely and …

I naturally see the visual language as an output and the interaction language as an input, both interfacing with the holistic design space that I am trying to explore across the de…

I consider visual design to be a part of interaction design, and taking one without the other is a failure to understand design (to the limited extent it can be understood at all).…

Software is made of a set of symbols unique to its particular function, and user interaction at its most primitive is no more than the relationship of those symbols to the ones pre…

Make and use technology just for yourself, then you can always keep up.

I am getting a familiar sensation. An unsettling feeling that Home Automation™ is not actually about making the home and its consumer electronics more integrated, easier to use, an…

Scheme.

Planetes: a hard science manga with space debris as a core story element. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetes

What would we do? Well, we might aspire to be more like our newfound superiors. We might attempt to become cyborgs.

Haven't read the book yet (as I just heard of it from the post), but sounds interesting. I am also currently working on a piece of fiction with some similar themes, and was wonderi…

The author and the technology/finance circle jerk he feeds off are most definitely conspiring to put the reader in their bubble. The only thing bubble based software is eating is a…

The article only mentioned kidney disease, low potassium dietary restrictions, that the factory vegetable industry is going to grow, and that kids like factory lettuce better. No o…

I can vaguely imagine a more advanced numeral system based on geometric visualizations in 2 or 3 dimensions (rather than the existing 1-dimensional digit string), that is also more…

One of the concepts I have been thinking about for an education system is based on this triad: - Symbol (mathematical languages / abstract interfaces) - Human (natural languages / …

"Look at little Johnny concentrate on his iPad. You know those great new user interfaces... easy enough for a baby! He has been so well behaved lately, maybe we can buy him some Ca…

Going along with your plausible speculation, and assuming XPC is used to communicate with the WebGL view (using UIRemoteView maybe), hopefully that means opening up the XPCKit fram…

The command line is a textual interface, and both code and data can be represented as text at a low level. It would seem that this is a good thing for efficiency and usability, as …

After years of living on the command line, OS X specifically, and learning its quirks and tricks, I am actually ready to move on. Right now I am more interested in creating simple …

Cameras seem like a good idea, but training won't change anything. Good engagement with citizens? The power is the draw to the position, not the responsibility that comes with it. …