A sideways appraisal
Miscellaneous rambling on writing, online presence, Twitter etiquette, etc.
All posts tagged: English
An important lesson learnt from the Newton
The Newton MessagePad's main and best feature, handwriting recognition, was not something you could grasp and enjoy instantly. With the iPhone, Apple didn't make the same mistake twice. The iPhone is all about instant gratification.
How to hold the camera
Thanks to the Internet, finding manuals and documentation for 30 or 40-year-old cameras is not that difficult, unless the camera is some rare or obscure model. The design of most of those vintage manuals is priceless.
Shareware and the iPhone App Store
Peter Cohen at Macworld asks the same question I've been asking myself since I saw the iPhone March 6 event.
Not an ordinary monograph
"This book is not an ordinary monograph about a designer: it is about the contribution made by a particular designer to the quality of the public domain."