Category Archives for tech
The HP-35
The story of Bill Hewlett’s iconic computer in a pocket: In perhaps the most famous design brief in electronics history Bill Hewlett challenged his engineers to shrink the 9100A into something he could fit in his pocket. Eventually Dave Cochran, … Continue reading
A MacBook Air review with a twist
The Verge reviews a MacBook Air as an ultrabook running Windows 7: What every other PC maker has failed at, Apple nails: the touchpad on the Air works better with Windows 7 than any other Windows laptop on the market. … Continue reading
Garbage
Fever Dream of a Guilt-Ridden Gadget Reporter: There is a hole in my heart dug deep by advertising and envy and a desire to see a thing that is new and different and beautiful. A place within me that is … Continue reading
Why is Android laggy?
An interesting technical analysis by Andrew Munn on Why is Android laggy, while iOS, Windows Phone 7, QNX, and WebOS are fluid? Android UI will never be completely smooth because of the design constraints I discussed at the beginning: – UI … Continue reading
That $200 price tag
David Pogue reviewing the Kindle Fire: Most problematic, though, the Fire does not have anything like the polish or speed of an iPad. You feel that $200 price tag with every swipe of your finger. Animations are sluggish and jerky … Continue reading
Point and shoot
Gadi Amit, founder of the design firm which worked on the revolutionary design of the Lytro camera: There’s a moment that happens during the best projects, when 10 people in a room realize that there’s something so pure about a … Continue reading
Not a feeble-minded copycat
David Pogue on Microsoft’s latest update to their mobile operating system: “Windows Phone 7.5 is gorgeous, classy, satisfying, fast and coherent. The design is intelligent, clean and uncluttered.” “Most impressively, Windows Phone is not a feeble-minded copycat. Microsoft came up … Continue reading
Siri Vs. Google Voice Actions
Greg Sterling comparing Siri to Google Voice Actions: What Siri offers that is not equally true for Google Voice Actions … is broad and deep integration into the phone and a more conversational style of interaction. This is subtle but … Continue reading
Think Different
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.” Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011 “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool … Continue reading
Small, grey iPads
Lukas Mathis on the design of the new Kindle Touch: If you were to design a piece of hardware that was only used for one single task, to read books, how would you design it? If you look at the … Continue reading