Hockenberry on iPhone Splash Screens
8 hours, 58 minutes ago
The real problem is minimizing startup times. But when you can’t launch instantly, you have to decide what to show while waiting. I actually don’t mind iPhone splash screens — what I dislike are default screens that feel like a locked-up UI. The screen shouldn’t look like it’s responsive when it isn’t. ★ [read]
Apple Retail Store ‘Field Trip’ Program
1 day, 6 hours ago
I think it’s downright sickening that any school would consider a trip to a retail store as a legitimate field trip. Consumer advertising has no place in education. The fact that the U.S. public education system is in such a sorry state that this is even possible doesn’t mean Apple should encourage it. It’s appalling. ★ [read]
Ply It Forward
1 day, 6 hours ago
This idea is genius. ★ [read]
iPhone Application Graveyard
1 day, 10 hours ago
Peter Hosey is maintaining a directory of apps which were rejected or pulled from the App Store. ★ [read]
Megamovies, TV Shows as Days-Long Movies
1 day, 11 hours ago
Kottke, referencing this astute 1999 review by Vincent Canby of the first season of The Sopranos, on serious TV shows as days-long movies: Episodes of these megamovies, Canby argued presciently, are best watched in bunches, so that the parts more easily make the whole in the viewer’s mind. For many, bingeing on entire seasons on DVD or downloaded via iTunes has become the preferred ... [read]
Video: Content-Aware Scaling in Photoshop CS4
1 day, 12 hours ago
Technically very impressive, but in practice I can’t help but wonder if the feature is going to be abused. (UI sidenote: Why in the world did Adobe put the close buttons for document tabs on the right side of the tabs for the Mac version?) ★ [read]
How to Record a Podcast With People in Multiple Locations
1 day, 12 hours ago
Dan Benjamin describes the “double-ender”: the simple, highly effective technique we use to record The Talk Show. (Speaking of which, the new fall season starts next week.) ★ [read]
‘Not Something That Can Be Debated’
1 day, 12 hours ago
Someone seems a tad defensive. ★ [read]
Mad Men, Mad Props
1 day, 16 hours ago
Mark Simonson on the occasional anachronistic typeface choices in Mad Men. ★ [read]
Opera Hires Jon Hicks
2 days, 11 hours ago
Smart move for Opera. ★ [read]