Google Redesigns Icons – and its Not Great
Gmail’s new logo is a mess. This amateur designer fixed it In October, Google released a new suite of icons for its popular apps …
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United States Space Force
I … just… can’t….
Voice Command for Your Kitchen Faucet
We have the greatest minds of a generation working on all sorts of ways to make us better shoppers and consumers, while also using …
Verily and Response to COVID-19
Can you think of how you might take a simple yes/no decision chart and turn it into more complicated web experience? I’m sure you …
Building Your Color Palette
Refactoring UI has a very thoughtful guide to keep you from Doing It Wrong when it comes to creating your color palette, adapted from …
The Ever-Helpful Siri
I was wondering if “someone” was minding where I was walking this morning. So I thought I’d ask. Someone sounds confused.
Emojis are not a ‘universal language’…
Interesting piece on how courts are being asked to interpret stupid little drawings, I mean emoji. I know several people who use emoji in …
3 dialogs that have been harassing me daily for months now
I get it. Upgrades are good. Upgrades are necessary. But I’m an adult. Can’t I choose the time and place to upgrade? Could I …
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Fed up with Lorem Ipsum?
A story today in Co.Design, a sub set of Fast Company, had us scratching our collective heads. Boom has created a text generator that …
One-Name Email and Tech Nerds Fail Themsleves Again
Recently in the Wall Street Journal, they highlighted the phenomenom of one-name email and the bragging rights associated with them. How can it be …
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What Good Are Instructions if Nobody Remembers to Follow Them?
Photos from the recent Southwest engine failure event show passengers wearing their oxygen masks incorrectly. I guess half-way is worth at least some points. …
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Today Tomorrow
I was just trying to find out what time the opening ceremony started, but I was confronted with trying to figure out what day …
Lack of Culture
This is the “Our Culture” page for a new company we stumbled upon yesterday. Someone in marketing was tasked with communicating how great it …
Google CEO Addresses Hamburger Emoji Debate
From CNN Business… Google’s version of the emoji on Android shows the cheese beneath the burger and above the bun. While the cheese placement …
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Myth: Never Use Black
I hadn’t realized this was a trend, until recently. Apparently, a lot of people new to the world of design have fallen for this …
Desire Paths Reveal Where We Really Want to Go
A year ago, or so, I was walking through the Panhandle and noticed that someone had created a “creative” twist in the path on …
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Toblerone Changes the Shape of Chocolate Bars
The cost of ingredients has gone up (what hasn’t), so Toblerone was faced with the decision to either raise the price of their bars, …
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