Four Keys To Apple’s Success
november 2011
The latest example of common sense = success. All great points to remember.
apple
business
november 2011
Adam Lisagor Is Advertising's Quietest Pitchman
october 2011
A great profile of one of my favourite humans.
adamlisagor
video
advertising
october 2011
The 50 Best Steve Jobs Tributes From All Over The Web
october 2011
There are some really nice tributes in here, as well as some mediocre and terrible ones. Steve touched a lot of people's lives.
Apple
Steve
Jobs
october 2011
In appreciation of Steve: Think different, remixed
august 2011
a fantastic tribute to Steve's career, surprised that no one did something like this before.
apple
technology
stevejobs
august 2011
An iPad success story
august 2011
A great little example of why the iPad is a far more useful, consumer-friendly computer for 'regular' people than devices from the PC-era.
apple
ipad
computing
august 2011
An Accidental, Experimental Masterpiece
june 2011
"We need to remember the value of nothing. It’s like breathing: you can’t inhale all day. We need to learn to make peace with the information we don’t know..."
inspiration
june 2011
Ed Catmull: Keep Your Crises Small
april 2011
A long - but great - talk by Ed Catmull about why successful companies fail.
pixar
technology
business
april 2011
How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me)
april 2011
Shockingly good tips for anyone with a creative bone in their body.
creativity
art
inspiration
april 2011
Success, and Farming vs. Mining
april 2011
Wil Shipley talks about success.
business
entrepreneurship
tech
april 2011
The Rockstar Myth
april 2011
Advice on running and expanding a successful business from Andrew Wilkinson at MetaLab.
business
design
entrepreneurship
april 2011
Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action (TED)
march 2011
"People don't buy what you do - they buy why you do it"
inspiration
apple
video
march 2011
Airbnb's 'scrappy' video approach sees bookings hit one million - ...
march 2011
A really interesting piece on how AirBnB has used video to promote themselves cheaply and effectively.
video
march 2011
Great Ads VS. Laundry Lists
february 2011
As always Ken Segall hits the nail on the head and makes some great points about advertising that many companies could do to learn from.
advertising
apple
february 2011
Pixar & Dreamworks: The Stories Their Brands Tell | Retinart
february 2011
Someone finally managed to put into precise and accurate words exactly the reasons many of us feel Pixar's films to be far superior to those of Dreamworks.
Even better, they did it by looking solely at the respective logos of the studios back catalogues; It turns out they say all you need to know.
pixar
animation
design
branding
Even better, they did it by looking solely at the respective logos of the studios back catalogues; It turns out they say all you need to know.
february 2011
Mule Design Studio’s Blog: How To Pick the Right Clients
february 2011
For some reason a few people found this piece controversial. I think it’s just damn good advice.
business
design
february 2011
In Praise of The Sci-Fi Corridor
january 2011
The history of Sci-Fi corridors - more interesting than it sounds.
film
sci-fi
january 2011
10 Surefire Ways to Screw Up Your iPhone App
january 2011
Most of these apply when designing any kind of software.
UX
GUI
apple
january 2011
f8 Conference | The Graphic Works of Bernard Barry
january 2011
Beautiful showcase of the design of all kinds of promotional materials used at the f8 conference, and the design process that created them.
facebook
design
january 2011
Realisation of Rounded Rectangles
january 2011
Interesting piece about why roundrects are prominent in product & UI design, and how they are literally 'easier on the eye' than squared-0ff rectangles.
design
gui
ux
apple
january 2011
Steve Jobs Playboy Interview
january 2011
Archived interview from 1985. Jobs talks the state of the industry then, and makes some scarily insightful and accurate predictions of where it would go next.
stevejobs
apple
january 2011
Apple's Design Process
january 2011
Great overview of Apple's design process and philosophy.
design
apple
january 2011