Month: October 2012

  • Scott Forstall Forced Out Of Apple: The End Of Skeuomorphs

    stoweboyd: Rumors have been flying about Senior Vice President of iOS Software Scott Forstall’s hurried departure from Apple. Among other misdeeds he apparently was unwilling to sign the iOS 6 Maps apology letter, leaving it to CEO Tim Cook. From the viewpoint of someone who loves most Apple design, I am not surprised to learn…

  • New Visual Proportions for the iOS User Interface

    New Visual Proportions for the iOS User Interface

  • In mid-September, the worst nightmares of AD, the company behind the ADzero bamboo phone, came true. AD’s production prototypes revealed a fatal flaw: the bamboo cases — the phone’s key distinguishing feature — were splintering. Crafting a bamboo phone: ADzero’s journey from concept to crowd-funding reality | The Verge (via thisistheverge)

  • lareviewofbooks: A really fun, smart piece by Stephen Marche.

  • prostheticknowledge: QUMARION Japanese articulate mannequin designed to create poses for 3D virtual models, a sci-fi looking input device in itself: The news of this came out over a year ago, but it’s company started taking reservations in June this year. Unfortunately for the rest of the world, shipping is limited to Japan only. You can…

  • Teen Controls Video Game With His Mind | TechFreep Science

    Teen Controls Video Game With His Mind | TechFreep Science

  • Anti-Monopoly

    Anti-Monopoly

  • “THE HISTORY OF THE LANDLORD’S & MONOPOLY BOARD GAMES.”

    “THE HISTORY OF THE LANDLORD’S & MONOPOLY BOARD GAMES.”

  • camiiniee: chinorulz: Bakan! El Gato culiao solo queria salir :c

  • dinosaurparty: Monopoly Is Theft | Harper’s Magazine By Christopher Ketcham, harpers.org The play­ers at Table 25 fought first over the choice of pawns. Doug Herold, a forty-four-year-old real estate apprais­er, set­tled on the car. The play­er across from him, a shark-eyed IT recruiter named Billy, opted for the ship and took a pull… Really nice…