Dear Tumblrs, I’m a desperate job-seeker, I got dozens of failures during the past four months, I am thinking writing these fail cases down, to share, to encourage, or to have fun with you. What do you think?
Speaking of Path, hopefully you’ve visited their new website by now. If not, click the link above. It’s amazing.
It’s the kind of thing you used to need Flash for. And it was one of the few decent arguments for why it perhaps should stick around. With it, you could make a website that felt alive — more like art and less utilitarian. Path’s Danny Trinh replicated that using only HTML5.
It’s a tad bit blurry and it doesn’t work on the iPad, but we’ll those slide.
Watching the reaction to Path 2 that past few hours has been fascinating. It’s a testament to the idea that design matters. And I don’t just mean how the app looks. To quote Steve Jobs, “It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
The Path team has nailed so many little things with their app that the first impression users are coming away with is sheer delight. That alone won’t get them to their full potential, but it’s a hell of a start.
Little things matter. Not compromising matters. Attention to detail matters.
I bet there are at least a half dozen things in this app that become standard design practice in most iOS apps. And they’re things Facebook and Google won’t be able to copy anytime soon with their UIWebView wrappers.
I promise not to keep incessantly hawking CrunchFund investments — I hate it when VCs do that shit too. I just thought these achievements were worthy of their own post.
The Google+ commercial, which aired on TV yesterday. Not bad at all, but I’m not sure that the visuals don’t completely contradict the point trying to be made.
“Sharing …but like real life” — as Circle after Circle is made. In real life, people don’t make friend lists. Sure, people have groups of friends, but they’re much more fluid than any list can allow for. They’re completely dynamic and change all the time. Even if you can get people to make these lists, you won’t get them to update these lists. I’m sorry, but that’s not real life.
Gonna have a job interview in 20 minutes, kinda nervous, for the first time Skype Interview at home. All prepared. Need an offer.
Cross figures for me, Tumblr.
F.
Apple vs Samsung
Pictures from minimally minimal via Daring Fireball
Put another way:
Good (iPhone 3GS) — Better (iPhone 4) — Best (iPhone 4S).
Vs.
You should get this one, it has a nicer screen than this one. But wait, it’s slower. Maybe get this other one. But this one has a keyboard. But I hate keyboards. So get this one, it runs Windows Phone. But maybe I should go Android. Oh, so get this one. Well, but I sort of like the clamshell. Then this is the one you want. But I hate the color. Okay, then this one. Well, I also kind of like this one, but it’s running an older version of Android. So then this is the one you want. The screen is too damn big. Okay, just close your eyes and pick one goddamnit.
Choice sounds great until you have to choose.
