November 2006
Information Architects Japan » Blog Archive » The Interface of a Cheeseburger
by sbrothier & 1 otherAll things have an interface. Shaping interfaces is shaping the character of things. The brand is what transports the character of things. When looking at McDonalds, iPod, Nintendo DS it becomes quite obvious that the interface is the brand.
Microsoft Design | People | Tjeerd Hoek, Design Director
by sbrothier (via)"It's important to us that beyond utility, there is an emotional connection."
Anil Dash: Names Behind the New Face of Windows
by sbrothier & 1 other (via)Windows Vista's astoundingly long beta period is winding down (they just sent out the "what did you think of the beta?" surveys to testers), which means a whole wave of analyses of the new user interface is about to be unleashed.
August 2006
Design Inside Yahoo!: George Oates | unraveled
by sbrothierThis is the second interview of Design Inside Yahoo! This time, I interviewed George Oates, the UI designer at Flickr. I talked to George about Flickr’s beginnings at Ludicorp, its place in Yahoo!’s social media strategy and the Flickr design process.
Anand Agarawala's Homepage!
by sbrothier & 1 other (via)Skilled in rapid prototyping interactive graphics and 2D/3D user interfaces. Extensive training in fundamentals of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Usability. Proficient videographer, productions include 3D Animation, Music Videos, Short Film Fiction, Documentary, Interactive Flash, TV segment and opening sequences, Advertisements, Visual Effects and Bluescreening.
January 2006
Jensen Harris: An Office User Interface Blog : Fonts
by sbrothierLast month, I introduced Segoe UI, the new user interface font for Office 12 and Windows Vista.
Of course, you spend most of your time in Office not looking at the user interface, but working with documents. Times New Roman has been Word's default font since Word 6.0 introduced support for TrueType fonts. Although there are numerous other options available, most documents today are produced in Times New Roman, Arial, or more recently the Web-friendly choice Verdana.
August 2005
Mac Mini for Mom
by sbrothierMy Mom’s old EMachines Win98 box wasn’t actually broken, but it was tough to support remotely and the camera-company software that came with her digicam was really lame. So I ordered her a Mac mini and now it’s up and running. This gave me a (rare) chance to watch the OS X experience through a novice’s eyes.
June 2005
My first 48 hours enduring Ubuntu 5.04
by sbrothier & 1 otherInteressant description, analysis, list of the most important design flaws in Ubuntu.
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