20th century advertising has taught us to associate quality artwork and polish with quality products. Given two apps that do the same thing, a potential customer will pick the one that looks and feels better. This means every great app needs great art. Since most developers aren’t artists or designers by trade, I’ve assembled a [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Palm Dev Days Recovery
I’m writing this from a hotel room in SunnyVale, recovering from the tremendous event we put on for our dedicated developers at Palm’s first ever webOS developer event last Friday and Saturday. The turnout was great. Over 100 developers paid their own money to drive, fly, and chopper in to Palm HQ. I taught an [...]
Philippe Starck, Vintage Ads, and More
A round up of interesting stuff I’ve been collecting lately. An interview with Philippe Starck, vintage ads, UI design tips, and electronic comics.
iPad Hands On Thoughts
I haven’t posted about the iPad (or tablets in general) since before the iPad announcement. I thought this prudent given that we all knew what was announced but I hadn’t actually tried using one in person. Last week I played with a couple at my friends company and my initial thoughts were confirmed: the iPad [...]
webOS, the OS built from the web
There’s been a ton of talk lately about several mobile operating systems and their problems, such as language restrictions, fragmentation, and anti-competitive practices. It’s never a good idea to talk bad about your competition, so I’ll take this opportunity to simply say a few things about the webOS (the OS that powers Palm’s Pre and [...]
Palm Developer Day and OSCON
A big part of my new job at Palm is education, in the form of tutorials, blogs, and of course speaking at conferences. Two new speaking engagements have recently come up. Palm Developer Day and OSCON. Read on for details.
April Resolution: Post Smaller and Faster
When I started this blog I had hoped to post once or twice a week. If you’re one of my few remaining readers you know that this hasn’t happened. My new position at Palm has kept me so busy that I haven’t had time to work on the big long educational posts like Typography 101. [...]