Juan Sanchez

No, the iPad isn’t for everyone. But I’m going to go on record as saying that, for non-computer-geeks everywhere, the iPad is going to redefine computing.

via Ethan Nicholas on TechCrunch

These are my links for January 30th through January 31st:

• Sass – Syntactically Awesome Stylesheets –
• #haml –
• CLIENTSHOW –
• Warehouse — Subversion Browser – Warehouse — Subversion Browser
• Tangerine! | Potion Factory – Tangerine! | Potion Factory
• Hyperspaces / The CocoaBots –

via Christopher Locke’s Heartless Machine

Every designer I’ve talked has had an issue trying to present to clients remotely, especially on interactive projects like websites or apps. Clientshow is trying to tackle this with an application that makes it easier to present to clients, schedule reviews and insure everyone’s on the same page when it comes to design.

via CLIENTSHOW.

In a way, it kind of reminded me of ConceptShare, which I’ve used in the past and seemed to work great.

These are my links for January 25th through January 30th:

• Moonshine Project – Moonshine Project
• Home – Pencil Project –
• failin.gs: don’t worry. nobody’s perfect. –
• typewar –
• Bookbook – Bookbook – Twelve South –
• SimpleGeo: Ready-to-Use Location Infrastructure –

via Mag+ on Vimeo.

It appears there are several new gestures being introduced on Apple’s new iPad. Luke Wroblewski pointed out some he saw in the keynote.

Since other companies are sure to duplicate the efforts of Apple, it seems their needs to be a universal gesture language or set of expectations that is consistent from device to device. For example, a simple interaction performed on computer is to copy/paste something. You know, Command + C/Command + V. I know I can do that on a Mac or a PC. So, there’s bound to be expected interactions like that for touch.

We’ve already seen things like the swipe, pinch/zoom, rotate and other interactions for touch begin to become a standard, so things are already going that way. Will Apple be the one to determine this language? Will other companies adhere to the same gestures Apple is introducing?

Will nobody care and just do what they want? That kind of scares me as a UI designer because I always leverage things that people are familiar with before trying to reinvent the wheel for the same interaction from application to application. However, I always run across new delightful interactions that really make the experience unique. The thing is, I usually have to discover those and, in a world without tool tips, that discovery is not always something you can rely upon.

Would it matter if everyone did their own thing? Everything in the physical world is interacted with differently, but there are some base level expectations of how you might interact with an object. Would it be wrong for touch interfaces to do the same thing? I imagine it would be some kind of hybrid.

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One of my favs.

It’s here. Apple’s new creation is the iPad.

People keep asking me about what I think about it and I’m just not sure yet. I can definitely see myself using this device while traveling or just casual computing while watching TV. But, is that enough to warrant getting one? Not sure.

I think a lot of people put some impossible expectations on this thing. If it’s one thing we’ve seen from the iPhone is that Apple likes to iterate on its products. There were delays in later releases of the iPhone because Apple learned so much about how people wanted to use the device (or so they say). That ultimately made the device better.

A camera would be cool, but I’d have to prop up the device or hold it straight in front of me, otherwise people would get a direct shot up my nose. I can see multitasking being beneficial, but I can also appreciate having one dedicated task at a time; if I’m reading I’m reading, or focussed on watching a video, etc.

From what I’ve heard, the iPad is crazy fast. The form factor looks tolerable and I’m really interested in the types of apps that are developed specifically for the iPad.

So, like I said I’m just not sure. It might be one of those things you just have to experience to appreciate. I’ll find out in a couple months.