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Apple Remotes

A look at the UI for all four of the Apple Remotes produced. Spanning 17 years of technology, the number of buttons has more than doubled.

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Week #424-425

Another double weeknote as we get ourselves back into a rhythm.

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Intuitive Design or something else …

Next time you say “Intuitive” listen to the words exiting your mouth and think. Intuitive is relative to culture, education and past experiences. If you’re entire system relies one some past knowledge, then you’d better have a good system in place to education your readers, but there is a much simpler other option.

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Tapped out

The office sink is so poorly designed, it triggered this article about everything that’s wrong with it, and how it can be improved.

Remember, if the you’re doing it wrong, it’s not always your fault. It was the job of the designer to build a product that was both easy to understand and easy to use. When that fails we tend to blame ourselves for being stupid. We should be appalled at the bad design that we accept on a daily basis. Not any longer!

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Does your flier care about the customer?

I found a flier promoting the local film festival’s app. I was stunned at how poorly thought through the experience was, from copy-editing to putting machines before customers, it needed to be dissected and understood so it doesn’t happen in your future projects.

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