May 26, 2008

Apple’s Website = Web 2.0 Perfection

According to this article here:

Apple’s design has always used a great balanced combination of tone (darks), rich effects and colour to draw the eye.

It may be the most perfectly designed web site there is, in my opinion.

July 31, 2007

sudo: port: command not found

Include the following lines in .bash_login (if you are using the bash shell)

export PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin
export MANPATH=$MANPATH:/opt/local/share/man
export INFOPATH=$INFOPATH:/opt/local/share/info

Then try:

sudo port -d selfupdate

If that works, you can install other packages by running:

sudo port install <package_name>

July 2, 2007

Attention to Detail…

In reference to Apple, Time.com wrote the following truth:

Unlike most competitors, Apple also places an inordinate emphasis on interface design. It sweats the cosmetic details that don’t seem very important until you really sweat them. “I actually have a photographer’s loupe that I use to look to make sure every pixel is right,” says Scott Forstall, Apple’s vice-president of Platform Experience (whatever that is). “We will argue over literally a single pixel.” As a result, when you swipe your finger across the screen to unlock the iPhone, you’re not just accessing a system of nested menus, you’re entering a tiny universe, where data exist as bouncy, gemlike, animated objects that behave according to consistent rules of virtual physics. Because there’s no intermediary input device—like a mouse or a keyboard—there’s a powerful illusion that you’re physically handling data with your fingers. You can pinch an image with two fingers and make it smaller.  

…What does that mean for Graphic Design, and a Web Application??? Attention to detail matters!

March 6, 2007

Go Beyond Vista. It’s time to get a Mac.