PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii – games for a generation [http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/nov/12/ps3-xbox-360-wii-games-generation] : > The greatest battle of this generation has been the one in which designers cede control to players. They won’t let go. They will have to let go.
Microsoft’s plan is stronger than you think [https://medium.com/product-design/3905096e5f71]: By me on Medium: > I think this advert is a great summary of why Microsoft, though attracting stick from innumerable directions for almost all its current products, is executing in just about the only effective way
How Jack Dorsey Makes Meetings At Square More Transparent [http://www.fastcompany.com/3021208/fast-feed/how-jack-dorsey-makes-meetings-at-square-transparent] : > “Any meeting of more than two people, someone’s required to take notes and send them to an [email] alias,” said Square’s founder and CEO. And that mentality extends to board meetings
Will Apple really move toward two iPad apps on screen? [http://tightwind.net/2013/11/where-does-the-ipad-go-from-here/]: > Many people have suggested that renaming the iPad the “iPad Air” sets the stage for an iPad Pro, presumably with a larger screen. It’s difficult to disagree with that, but I don’
The product design sprint: a five-day recipe for startups [http://www.designstaff.org/articles/product-design-sprint-2012-10-02.html]: > At Google Ventures, we do product design work with startups all the time. Since we want to move fast and they want to move fast, we’ve optimized a process that gets us
How To Write An Email [http://shkspr.mobi/blog/2013/11/how-to-write-an-email/]: > I spent several hours in school learning how to write a letter. From the correct placement of the address, right down to the “Yours sincerely / faithfully” – every aspect was drummed into me. That never happened with email.
Microsoft
The latest Microsoft ad for Xbox One has over two million views and has been shared all over my social streams from the last couple of days. But to me, there’s a much more interesting ad on UK channels at the moment — fewer robots in this one but take
Facebook’s future is in your past [http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-10/07/facebook-future]: My latest on Wired: > A wave of services like Timehop and SocialSafe are finally unleashing the years of data that you’ve built up in such profiles in a way that perhaps
Stevey’s Google Platforms Rant [https://plus.google.com/112678702228711889851/posts/eVeouesvaVX]: A great piece by a Googler that gets to the heart of G+’s real challenges, among other things.
Drinking With Your Eyes: How Wine Labels Trick Us Into Buying [http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/10/10/231458853/drinking-with-your-eyes-how-wine-labels-trick-us-into-buying] : > In his new book 99 Bottles of Wine, Schuemann spills the industry’s secrets about how wine labels tickle our subconscious and coerce us into grabbing a
The inspiration of revisiting great books [http://www.antonymayfield.com/2013/10/13/the-joy-of-revisiting-great-books-kindle-daily-review/] : > Daily Review is a tool to help you review and remember the most significant ideas from your books. It shows you flashcards with either your highlights and notes or the Popular Highlights from one of
The Incredible Shrinking Antenna [http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2013/10/25/the-incredible-shrinking-antenna/]: > Chief Technology Officer Carles Puente, head scientist for the company, who in 1995 filed the world’s first application for a patent on fractal antennas for mobile telecommunications, said: “If you use more complex shapes related
