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Cameron Moll / Designer, Speaker, Author
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Link: http://cameronmoll.tumblr.com/
Description: A compendium of design, HTML5/CSS3, DSLR video, Apple, mobile, and other miscellaneous banter.
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Seth Godin: Leading Up
Published: Thursday May 16th 4PM
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Description: From Seth Godin’s Creative Mornings talk last week, expounding on a principle he calls “leading up”:One of the things that I hear the most after I give a talk or someone reads one of my books is, ’s great, but my boss won’t let me. I’d love to do something like that, but my boss won’t let me.’Well of course she won’t Because what you’re saying to her is, ‘I want do something really cool and really neat, and if it works I’ll ... read more »
We Ve Been Conditioned For Web Apps To Suck.
Published: Tuesday May 14th 4PM
Link: http://cameronmoll.tumblr.com/post/50440835070
Description: Rob Foster, on web apps vs. native apps:There is no single explanation for why web apps generally suck . The reason browser apps lose this fight is because of a raft of small things. It s death by a thousand cuts.After sharing some of those ’ in detail, Rob lets loose with his opinion:When an organization is making the decision not to spend developer money on building native, what they re saying to me is that they value development costs over customer experience. I believe to do it right, ... read more »
Nine Patterns Among Virtuoso Ux Teams
Published: Friday May 3rd 10AM
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Description: The above slide deck is from my keynote presentation at Future Insights Live 2013 in Las Vegas, given earlier this week. Access it here if it’s not showing. Update: A written version of this talk is now available.Creating and managing teams that iterate, build, and ship quality projects is one of the most challenging things to master in our industry. And to ship quickly and consistently Even more challenging.This presentation presents nine patterns that I’ve found common among great ... read more »
A Week With Google Glass
Published: Friday May 3rd 9AM
Link: http://cameronmoll.tumblr.com/post/49511445904
Description: Luke Wroblewski:Almost a week ago I picked up my Glass explorer edition on Google s campus in Mountain View. Since then I ve it put into real-world use in a variety of places. I wore the device in three different airports, busy city streets, several restaurants, a secure federal building, and even a casino floor in Las Vegas. My goal was to try out Glass in as many different situations as possible to see how I would or could use the device.A couple nights ago, I sat across the table from Luke at... read more »
We Ve Been Hoodwinked Into A Trap Of Technological Dependency.
Published: Wednesday April 24th 4PM
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Description: Frank Chimero:One of the problems with the prevalence of solutions is it overvalues invention and undervalues behavior. We look for a gizmo, when changing how we act can have the desired effect. It seems like we ve been hoodwinked into a trap of technological dependency.But, technology is only as good or bad as what we use it to do, and I don t think anyone who works in tech gets into the field with malice as their intent. In fact, usually the opposite, which is why I like this business. Hell, I... read more »
In Defense Of The Floppy Disk
Published: Tuesday April 9th 3PM
Link: http://cameronmoll.tumblr.com/post/47556645332
Description: Connor Tomas O’Brien:Those who believe that the floppy cannot represent saving a document because nobody uses real floppy disks anymore miss an important point: while symbols initially piggyback on the meaning we assigned to a material object in order to stand in for something more abstract, once a symbol is used often enough, the symbol itself is enough to carry meaning, and the material object is no longer important.I attempted to respond to the original discussion on Branch, but I gave ... read more »
Constraint Engenders Creativity
Published: Wednesday March 27th 1PM
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Description: Seasoned designers know that constraint engenders creativity, rather than inhibit it. Following is one example. There are countless more.In my research for an upcoming presentation, I stumbled on an account describing the evolution of the iconic Coca-Cola glass bottle. In the early part of the 20th century, the Coca-Cola Company was confronting an influx of copycat beverages.In defense of the brand, the company issued a call for design entries with one unique requirement: That the bottle, and th... read more »
Today Is World Water Day.
Published: Friday March 22nd 9AM
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Description: Water World Day is a United Nations-sanctioned day for “focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.”It shouldn’t come as a surprise that I’m asking you to help me celebrate today, March 22, by donating to charity: water. There are other ways to celebrate, but in terms of trackable, meaningful contributions, I can’t think of a better way to deliver freshwater to those in need than through c... read more »
Hired, A Podcast About Jobs, Hiring, And Company Culture.
Published: Thursday March 14th 1PM
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Description: Hired is a new podcast about jobs, hiring, and the culture within companies across the web. You’ll hear my voice each episode, along that of my co-host, Adam Spooner.Episode #2 features Josh Brewer, principal designer at Twitter. We discuss how a team of 40+ designers interact, what they look for in new candidates, and kale chips and unlimited bacon. Nom. For me, it’s a bit different being on the other end of the mic asking questions rather than responding to them, having done a numb... read more »
Typographica: Our Favorite Typefaces Of 2012
Published: Thursday March 14th 10AM
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Description: I’m honored to be included in Stephen Coles’ annual compendium of new typefaces for the year. Not as a type designer, but as type user. My selection was Hoefler & Frere-Jones’ Idlewild, a beautiful wide display font family.Other notable inclusions are the layered diversity of Quintet, the roman typeface Eskapade with its “fully realized Fraktur companion”, the dually print- and screen-friendly Turnip, and more than 50 other typefaces.See also Favorite Typefaces ... read more »
Speaking: Orlando, Las Vegas, Tampa
Published: Thursday March 7th 2PM
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Description: April 8 10: Breaking Development Conference, Orlando bdconf 1,195Pitfalls & Triumphs of the Cross-Screen ExperienceTogether we’ll examine what’s required to present a consistent, delightful experience to users regardless of where the experience begins, continues, and ends. April 29 May 2: Future Insights Live, Las Vegas Future_Insights 995 early bird special ends March 15 Crafting Virtuoso UX TeamsI’ll share several patterns that are common among great user experience... read more »
Eva-lotta Lamm S Sketchnotes 2012
Published: Monday March 4th 1PM
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Description: I wish I could sketch like Eva-Lotta Lamm. I really do. Her sketches are pretty incredible.Her new book, Sketchnotes 2012, is now available in print and PDF. “Visual notes of countless talks by inspiring speakers” from around the globe, as Eva-Lotta describes it. You can find the book on Amazon, too.And somewhere amongst its pages you’ll find her notes from my talk in D sseldorf last Fall.Coffee table book Pfft, no. This is a tome of inspiration. And in my case, envy. read more »
All We Did Was Make Something Beautiful.
Published: Friday March 1st 1PM
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Description: A behind-the-scenes creation of the “Born & Raised” artwork for John Mayer’s album, from the hands of traditional sign-writer David A. Smith.John Mayer’s own words 01:55 , describing the artwork:In this world we live in where everybody is trying to figure out the next strategy for PR, all we did was make something beautiful.Who knew John Mayer had such a penchant for great design The font David created for the album, Mayer Font, is also available for purchase./via Qui... read more »
Play By Your Own Rules.
Published: Monday February 25th 12PM
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Description: Josh Williams, recounting the history of founding Gowalla and the inevitable tussle with Foursquare:A week before launch I came across some interview with Dennis Crowley where he described a new project that he and Naveen Selvadurai had been working on. It was called foursquare.A week later Gowalla and foursquare would launch on the same day.Eventually, an unassuming entrant would join the story:While we were busy playing tug-of-war over check-ins, someone else found a path to the goal with less... read more »
Is Sketching Dead
Published: Thursday February 14th 10AM
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Description: No, of course it isn’t.But that’s not as attractive as “Is popular software dead ” and doesn’t garner the same debate and retweeting . Nonetheless, the question is the all the same: “Is your method for visualizing ideas dead ’m one of those chumps who uses popular software as a means of expressing what’s in my mind, exploring options that haven’t yet crossed my mind, and articulating ideas to others. That sounds a heckuvalot like sketching, d... read more »
Yours Vs. Mine, A Ui Conundrum
Published: Tuesday February 12th 1PM
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Description: Dustin Curtis, adding his voice to a dilemma that I’ve had to wrestle with almost since day one of my career:A question that inevitably comes up very early in the process of designing a new app is this: should the interface refer to the user as your or my when talking about the user s stuff, as in my profile or your settings For a long time, this question ate at my soul. Which is right Dustin sides with the ” camp, as have I for quite some time:After thinking about this stuff for a v... read more »
Alive, But Not Fun To Spend Time With.
Published: Monday February 11th 11AM
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Description: Ian Lamont:Using a minimum viable product is like visiting someone in an intensive care unit. They re alive, but not fun to spend time with. As a result, I see more and more companies who focus on MVP produce products that fail to achieve their goals.Instead, Ian suggests shifting development focus to creating a “Minimum Delightful Product”:When a product is delightful it just makes sense. It works the way you d expect and the experience is highly satisfying. Delightful products are ... read more »
A Diabetic S Journal
Published: Friday February 8th 1PM
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Description: It’s strangely coincidental that earlier today Mark Boulton wrote about his daughter’s school being slated for closure, including a personal note from his daughter’s hand. For earlier this week I had planned to pen something similar, only a stone’s throw away from the tone of his.One of my sons is a Type 1 diabetic. He was diagnosed during a cross-country trip three years ago. Unlike Type 2 which can be managed through better health, currently there is no cure for Type 1.... read more »
Using Objective Data To Justify Responsive Websites
Published: Thursday February 7th 1PM
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Description: Electric Pulp:We took a popular ecommerce store O Neill Clothing that we d recently redesigned and monitored conversions, transactions and revenue for three weeks. Then we quietly deployed the responsive conditions to the already live site and monitored for another three weeks….iPhone transactions more than doubled. Android transactions more than tripled. All from relatively quick optimization.In the article, they lay out some pretty impressive increases in conversions, transactions, and r... read more »
"design Is A Business Activity."
Published: Tuesday February 5th 10AM
Link: http://cameronmoll.tumblr.com/post/42356256511
Description: Erika Hall, guest author in A List Apart’s “What We Learned in 2012”:Changing the design of an interactive system changes the organization behind it…. Organizations are just groups of people with goals, rules, and customs. Designers are just people with certain skills. But because of insecurity on both sides, differences trigger defense mechanisms. We resort to jargon. All the hoo-ha around design thinking is just a distraction. Design is a business activity. It goes well... read more »