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Text Input on Mobile is Hard But…
When it comes to text input on mobile devices the conventional design wisdom is: "avoid it. it's hard.…
Inkling for iPad: eTextbook Reading Done Right
An exciting new iPad app called Inkling has recently come to the App Store. Inkling is a beautiful textbook reader with a built-in bookstore.…
INSIGHT: Suggested formula for figuring out how long…
Suggested formula for figuring out how long online videos should be: 1 minute of a web video = 1 hour of a feature film. Just an attention span fact of life.…
Shakespeare’s word inventions
The Words episode of Radiolab (iTunes link) features an interesting segment on how Shakespeare behaved like a language chemist, combining words like elements.…
WIRED on iPad: Just like a Paper Tiger…
First, the paper magazine was crammed into the little iPad frame. To compensate for the lack of interactive logic, this pretty package was provided with a fruity navigation.…
Cosmic 140—Art for Geeks
Here it is, our next Web Trend Map. No Metro lines, no URLS.…
Designing for iPad: Reality Check
Over the last two months we have been working on several iPad projects. Two news apps, a social network thing and a word processor—without having the actual device to test.…
iA’s 2006 Facebook Designs, Redesigned
From December 2006 to February 2007 we were in touch with the product manager of facebook. The prospective: Redesigning facebook. Eventually.…
Meet C140, Our Next Trend Map
It's one year since our last Web Trend Map. A lot has happened, but there are not enough changes in the landscape of domains in the last 12 months.…
API for News? Reuters, NYT & iA Inc.
Last week at Media2010, Marc Frons (Chief Technology Officer, Digital Operations, New York Times), Nic Fulton (Chief Scientist, Thomson Reuters) and me were asked to answer…
The TPUTH, Part II
Projects that will probably make some money one day are more probably running out of money very soon.…
The TPUTH, Part I
TPUTH brings four major iA strings together: 1. designing news, 2. monitoring web trends, 3. monetizing content, and 4. being straight forward.…
iPad Stencil for Omnigraffle
This is the first version of an OmniGraffle template for folks designing iPad apps.…
The iPad and the Publishing Industry
The iPad will save the publishing industry as much as the iPod has saved the music industry.…
Juicy Stories Sell Ideas
By Whitney Quesenbery and Kevin Brooks
Published: September 6, 2010
“Stories are a great way to introduce a concept in an imaginative way or sell an idea to your team or…
Three Reasons Why Persuasive Design Isn’t Enough to Influence Change
By Colleen Jones
Published: September 6, 2010
“Persuasive design is designing to change people’s behavior, or actions.…
Recruiting Participants for Unmoderated, Remote User Research
By Jim RossPublished: September 6, 2010
“Very different methods of recruiting are necessary to find the large number of representative participants unmoderated studies…
Usability for Mobile Devices
By Demetrius Madrigal and Bryan McClain
Published: September 6, 2010
“Accompanying this new era of innovation is a new set of usability concerns for software that runs on…
Data Monday: Netflix on Networked Devices
Last year I wrote about the impeding proliferation of networked consumer devices platforms and the ability for Web applications to reach customers on gaming consoles, smart…