Some great UI recommendations from @willdayble of @squareweave. (via @drewlawrence) Enjoy!
The User is Drunk!
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Blackphone = mobile privacy
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A while ago, a friend of mine asked me to help him to create a phone that “lied”. At first I wasn’t exactly sure what he meant. Â After we discussed it, I understood that he not only wanted his privacy protected while on a mobile device, he wanted to send the carriers et al, false information. If you were in the #303 the phone would say you were in Montana or Saigon (Needless to...
Get Chute!
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I recently had the good fortune to talk to Ed O’brien, part of the business development team at Chute. Chute is an amazing little company that utilizes user generated content (UGC) to promote brands. Their platform allows businesses to 1) discover, 2) engage and 3) secure permission to use the content and, 4) empower their fans by using their content. This is great business model for numerous...
Apple’s CarPlay + Volvo
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Check it out!
EverythingMe (video)
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I wrote about something similar back in 2012. Looks like they’re getting there. Enjoy!
Benedict Evans on the issue of mobile discovery (video)
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Great presentation by @benedictevans – with a weak Q&A session – on mobile’s current state.
Behold! The contextual magazine rack
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(Many of you who read this blog may be too young to be able to relate to this but read on. It’s not complicated and you may actually like the idea.) For those of you have been to this thing called a “bookstore” or an airport recently you will understand the joy that is felt, standing in front of the magazine rack and letting the visual sensory overload, wash over you. Hundreds...
5 ways Jonathan Ive changed our world
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Just got done reading this interview of Jonathan Ive and they included this video. Enjoy!
Google’s smartwatch is here!
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Looks a lot like the same tech used in Google Glass. #makesSense Enjoy!
Don’t leave your Livr at home (video)
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I have a standard joke about leaving your liver at home in a jar on the nightstand if you intend on getting faced – as we used to say. Imagine my surprise when @jaylynstoesz, one of my students, forwarded me this app. Once you get beyond the novelty of this app, it’s actually pretty interesting for several reasons. Shared experience – Connecting you with other people are...