“Vector based icons created to aid in the design, development, implementation and promotion of multi-touch interfaces. These icons will aid in the creation of wire-frame documents, digital help files and printed documentation. You can also use Gesturecons inside of your applications in order to demonstrate to users how to complete actions or prompt them to interact with an application when they approach it.”
“An umbrella is only as strong as the tension able to be applied to the fabric stretched across the ribs. Taut fabric across the frame equals a strong umbrella, but as soon as the fabric tears away from a spike, or comes away from the ribs and comes loose, the whole strength of the umbrella is compromised.” It seems almost ridiculous this hasn’t been thought of before.
“An umbrella is only as strong as the tension able to be applied to the fabric stretched across the ribs. Taut fabric across the frame equals a strong umbrella, but as soon as the fabric tears away from a spike, or comes away from the ribs and comes loose, the whole strength of the umbrella is compromised.” It seems almost ridiculous this hasn’t been thought of before.
A very cool data visualization of every bus vehicle arrival at every stop in the Portland area transit system over from 4AM to 12-midnight on a weekday.
£25.00 is a little too rich for my blood but I love the shirt.
“36 lectures by people such as Bill Moggridge, Bill Buxton, Elizabeth Churchill, Paul Dourish and Donald Norman.” All up on iTunes U.
Fantastic visualization of the landing site of Apollo 11. I particularly like the soccer field underlay that immediately gives you a sense of scale.
Yum. I hear they’re good for you too.
Thankfully.
New York Times on Portland’s thriving restaurant scene.
“Patterning itself after the home of France’s classic Pinot Noir, the Willamette Valley is becoming a wine country destination unto itself.”
A street-art version of a “choose your own adventure” story, the project unfolds on the streets of the Mission District in SF, each stencil connected to the next by arrows and using the surrounding streetscape as illustrations.
Looks to be a great subversion client.
Google’s new tool to help websites improve goal completion rates by running A/B type tests.
Inspired by all the old horse ties all over Portland people are encouraged to tie up their toy ponies.
Awesome idea. Giving voicemail numbers to homeless people so they can use them to find work. “Spend $7 to change a life.”
Nice UI and iPhoto integration. No auto brightness/contrast matching across images, and not currently designed to assemble panorama “matrixes”. Still, may be worth trying out.
Slow down and think centuries!
Free fonts that don’t suck!
Photos of model San Francisco cast in Jell-O.
Khoi Vihn on grids and the Onion redesign.
DUB is an emerging alliance of faculty and students across the University of Washington exploring human computer interaction.
Mark Boulton continues his grid series with an article detailing his document grid setup and design process.
The SURL team specializes in software/website user interface design research, human-computer interaction research, and usability testing and research.
The screens feature real-time calculated animation visualizations using data received each hour. This data consists of a list of checked-out items organized in chronological order.
Tons of Human Computer Interaction papers (pdf)
