dConstruct 2010 was above and beyond expectations, and it was, as always, pleasant putting real-world faces and mannerisms to Twitter streams. Others will do much better play-by-plays than I could hope for (the talks will be podcast, and I’ll be sure to curate my favorites then). For now, a couple of the highlights that stuck with me:
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Other than the recessed headphone jack (possibly the stupidest design decision in the history of ever), there’s only a single thing about the iPhone annoying me on a daily basis, and which, together with the non-glove-compatibility of the interface, has convinced me that yes, the iPhone was most definitely ‘Designed by Apple in (sub-tropic) California’.
The remote control ‘clicker’. It catches on to zippers like a Turkish vendor on a tourist. The shape along with the location along the wire, makes it perfect for incessantly snatching onto anything and everything semi-solid in the neck area, which in my case happens to be the zipper to my jacket.
Had the clicker been entirely smooth, from end to end, this wouldn’t be a problem. And no functionality need be sacrificed. Everyone gets what they want, we all become friends and world peace ensues.
Thank you Steve.
I’m not going to make a big splash here, but I’ve activated ahead of time, the design I’ve been working on, mostly because I grew bored with the previous one faster than I thought I would. As you can see, this one is quite low-key and set entirely in Helvetica Neue, with exception of the header logo of course, which I drew in Photoshop one sunny sunday a couple of weeks back.
I wanted a more ‘serious’, almost book-like feel for the site, to complement my writing — and to be honest, to lend it some seriousness I can’t manage to bring to the table on my own — and hopefully this design manages to do something along those lines.
It is however a work in progress, but as usual I don’t have the time just now to get everything up and running as I want it; yet another case of me being better at dreaming up ideas than coding them up. And as such, it’s got plenty of errors, and some of the recent entries have hardcoded widths for videos and what not (thanks Flash), don’t worry, life goes on.
I hope you like it.
I’ve gotta admit, I wasn’t a particularly big fan of Nolan’s Batman. I’ve rewatched it twice, and both times it failed to impress me further. Damn. And while I don’t ‘hate’ the batmobile, I think Burton’s take on it was stellar, while Nolan’s was merely a bit stupid and impractical.
But that is far surpassed by the new ‘batpod’… Ehm; it looks stupid. Dammit.
I promised I’d get some shots of our new shelves up here, and while they kinda suck, at least it’s one less promise to worry about. We still have some books, and in particular some DVD’s that don’t fit into this new system, but we wanted to refrain from filling our walls with shelves. For now anyway.
The first two are in the living room, the last in the bedroom, to the right of my ‘workstation’. Here’s how it used to look it’s hard to see on that shot, but the old shelves were keeling to the left… a lot. Which isn’t a good thing when you have a 20” cinema display to soften the fall.
Yes, you laugh. Go right ahead. You too can question my sexual orientation, as my coworkers did earlier today when I received the package. But the bottomline is that a scratched iPod makes me cry myself to bed at night. Now where’s my Powerbook Sock?
PS: Notice how the blue and pink align perfectly with the Freya colorscheme? Apple does love me!
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