Four Keys To Apple’s Success
The latest example of common sense = success. All great points to remember.
apple  business 
november 2011
The 50 Best Steve Jobs Tributes From All Over The Web
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
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
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
"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
Cranking
Go read Merlin now.
productivity  work 
may 2011
Ed Catmull: Keep Your Crises Small
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)
Shockingly good tips for anyone with a creative bone in their body.
creativity  art  inspiration 
april 2011
The Rockstar Myth
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)
"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 - ...
A really interesting piece on how AirBnB has used video to promote themselves cheaply and effectively.
video 
march 2011
Great Ads VS. Laundry Lists
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
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 
february 2011
Mule Design Studio’s Blog: How To Pick the Right Clients
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
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
Most of these apply when designing any kind of software.
UX  GUI  apple 
january 2011
f8 Conference | The Graphic Works of Bernard Barry
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
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
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
Great overview of Apple's design process and philosophy.
design  apple 
january 2011

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