June 2013
26 posts
iOS 7: Love it? Hate it? Either way, designers are talking about it — Tech News and Analysis →
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There is a new sense of delight that comes with using the new iOS7.
It begins with the “flat” design (we do like to use that new term, don’t we?). The whole UI breaths now and feels lighter. The new font makes everything look more elegant. that is a deeper sense of style and this adds up to change, in a very deep way, the relationship that I have with this device.
Apple also added the kinetic feel to the whole system. it’s in the small details like the way messages react when scrolling, or when a new message is sent. It’s in the simple animations like those in the store. it is most profoundly felt when tapping apps.The zoom effect adds a sense of location that transforms the iphone (and soon the iPad) to a place I spend time at, and not just a device I use.
Reblog if you would continue watching Doctor Who if Twelve turns out to be a woman.
Would you? I hope they do.
With Eyes wide open
When you decide to risk everything you have, and make something you believe in happen, there is a moment of clarity that comes sooner or later. In that moment, everything you fear and dread crashes down on you. It is a moment that is hard to come out from. It is a moment that compels you to think, hard, on the things that you do. Why do I call it a moment of clarity? Because at that moment, when fear strikes, you understand what it is that you might lose, who are the people that you will hurt if you fail. If you can look at the people you love, and at the harsh world that surrounds you, and still say “This is worth doing”, you are probably on a much better path than many other people.
Tonight, at this very minute, I’m going through a moment of clarity and fear is sitting next to me sipping wine. It’s smiling and asking me if this is really the thing that I want to do with my life. Tears run down my cheek as I look through the doorway and into the room where my wife is sleeping, tired after weeks and weeks of sleepless nights as she takes care of the girls so I can work. I look over to the other door, behind it my girls are sleeping and I feel the responsibility I have for them, for their future. I think about my parents who are backing me up so I can do this thing. They help me because I told them this is what I want to do, this is what I believe in. That is how they helped me throughout my life. I think about my partner who took great risks when he committed to this. I think about the people who are in this adventure with us. The tears turn into shakes as I can’t contain them any longer and I type this but I can hardly see as the screen is blurred by the tears.
I’m breathing deep now, and in my mind I see my 6 years old smiling. I want her to keep smiling. I open my eyes and I look at fear. he smiles a different smile. My voice cracks at first, but I clear my throat. Yes. He puts his glass down and tells me exactly what will happen if I fail. and Now I smile because I past through the moment of clarity, with eyes wide open and I say YES. Yes, this is worth doing.
There are tears running down my cheek, but they are no longer tears of fear.
iOS 7
Lets call it like it is: Apple, like they did in the past, copied many features from 3rd party apps and other OS.
The results however are a redesign and a rethinking of those features so they work well together, along side many, many features and technologies.
I’m pleased with what we saw and I can’t wait to get my developer copy.
May 2013
55 posts
“Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine”
Rudolf Spielmann”
—Rudolf Spielmann (via chessnations)
Fun biology fact the color of a boy’s lips is also the color of the head of his penis
I read this and literally the next picture I saw was of John Green and I just screamed “DAMMIT”
Does that mean Misha has a pink penis head?
I just checked my husband and it’s true
Just to help you guys with the visual….
This I’d just… Yea… Great. Thanks.
From Slum Girl to World Chess Prodigy →
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Amy Fallon, ipsnews.net
Phiona Mutesi began playing chess because she wanted the free meal the programme offered. She is now a world prodigy and was named a Woman Candidate Master, the bottom-ranking title given by the World Chess Federation. Credit: Amy Fallon/IPSPhiona…
What a touching and great story: Phiona Mutesi began playing chess because she wanted the free meal the programme offered. She is now a world prodigy and was named a Woman Candidate Master, the bottom-ranking title given by the World Chess Federation.
