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iPad: Email is for Old People, So Are Desktops

posted by DL Byron on February 04, 2010

Anyone with a dog in the iPad hunt has posted something more thoughtful than “it sucks” or “want” by now. After selectively scanning the various provocative posts, I chose Mule Design’s blog to leave a comment. It begins with, “email is for old people” and follows Mike Monteiro’s point that, “the iPad isn’t the future of computing; it’s a replacement for computing.”

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Image by Mule Design.

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The Iliad

posted by DL Byron on January 30, 2010

Lots going on in this photo, besides the Funky Cool Lion of the 60s. Had I taken that professor career path, would want to live in a building called the Iliad. Hope when that building gets torn down, someone saves the Lion.

Uploaded by Hugger Industries | more from the dreeping set on Flickr.

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Dreeping: Fountain at Night

posted by DL Byron on January 26, 2010

The fountain at the Marion Oliver McCaw Hall House at the Seattle Center.

Uploaded by Hugger Industries | more from the dreeping set on Flickr.

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UI Stencils: iPhone

posted by DL Byron on January 25, 2010

While user experience isn’t our thing at TDI, liked these iPhone UI stencils and sticky notes. They’re made by Design Commission. They hosted the Refresh Seattle talk last week.

Uploaded by Hugger Industries | more from the dreeping set on Flickr.

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Design the Ordinary like this Fixie

posted by DL Byron on January 20, 2010

Talking about bikes and web design at Refresh Seattle tomorrow night with Kevin Tamura from Blue Flavor:

Design the Ordinary like this Fixie explains how fixies are a good study in form and function for web designers. Fixies were built by cyclists from ordinary parts to serve a specific function and they’ve become part of pop culture. We’ll discuss topics like

What if consumers, like bike messengers making fixies, built a purpose-built website to do one thing? What would that look like?

Globe Bikes: Roll

Kevin and I are also presenting this talk at Microsoft Mix10.

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