I mocked up my living room in SketchUp to see how some furniture would look.
“(Do not reply to this message)” — How did this become so common for web apps? It’s so rude!
I just ran into my neighbor who informed me that our building has a fully accessible roof deck. I’ve lived here for just over a year and had no idea.
I’m equal parts ashamed and delighted.
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jstn:
Robot and Frank is the feature film debut of Jake Schreier, my friend and longtime Francis and the Lights co-conspirator (you may know him as the director of the incredible video for The Top). It stars Frank Langella as an old man with a slipping memory whose kids (James Marsden and Liv Tyler) give him a caretaker robot that he initially loathes but gradually forms an uneasy alliance with. It just premiered at Sundance this week (see some clips here) and will likely be coming soon to a theater near you.
It also features a number of near-future devices with fictional user interfaces imagined and designed by myself, which was one of the funnest projects I’ve ever worked on. I have a new appreciation for the needs of a real, functioning interface versus the kind you see in the movies. I don’t want to spoil anything, but if you wind up seeing it keep an eye on Frank’s TV and everyone’s cell phones and tablets.
So, clearly I’m biased, but I saw a rough cut of the movie a couple months back and truly loved it. I couldn’t be more proud of Jake, who’s been working slavishly on this for a long time (he talks about the genesis of the project in this interview) as well as Francis, who wrote the film’s beautiful score.
If I never get to work on something cooler I’ll die happy.
This looks really great.
The Right Tool for the Job: Native or Mobile Web? -
I’ll be joining Buzz Andersen, Majd Taby, Tom Dale and Lia Napolitano for a panel on the role web content plays in native mobile apps at this year’s SXSW Interactive.
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border-radius.com is the 2nd result for “border radius” on Google.
DAT ASS TOO PHAT
I always love seeing Sophinie’s sign show up in people’s photos of the office.
(Source: Business Insider)
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Fun fact: the current iteration of start.io is 5 years old.