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#renio interesting! Facebook did A/B testing to determine that users blamed FB on left, iOS on right, for slowness. pic.twitter.com/zEVbTime1Q
— deeje (@deeje) January 31, 2014

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This is the UI that comes with your new $200,000 Ferrari. ht @leighshare pic.twitter.com/UQe3SpGc3t
— Geoff Teehan (@gt) December 6, 2013

Video: "YouTube is a Completely Functional Site Programmed by Competent People" - http://youtu.be/9u6Bfnq3aZk


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Video: Natalia Berdys: The web experience in the autistic spectrum, JSConf EU 2013 - http://youtu.be/7nnAYB1mb9E



Summary: Accessibility for the cognitively-impaired is general usability
(30m38s; skip to 12m30s)

Vine: Hitting a search button. #Surface2 - https://vine.co/v/hpQq06wedPw



(Paul Haddad)

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OK, that's one 'tell us what you think' box too many. I snapped. pic.twitter.com/GTDmByQQWY
— Holly Brockwell (@hollybrocks) September 24, 2013

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Interesting animated gif showing how reduction of design elements can be effective. http://t.co/jcbcuBASPT
— Drawar (@drawar) September 16, 2013

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Say what you will about the visual styling, but iOS 6’s picker was far easier to use. http://t.co/9gzINNGWqM
— Marc Edwards (@marcedwards) September 1, 2013

Design: These wax-coated paper cups are everywhere, but what do they mean? - http://goo.gl/lWBo2Z

Summary: unclear.
(900 words; related ubiquitous object)

The user experience on FT.com - pic.twitter.com/FHMRmM9yNv
(contains swearing)

Article: in defence of iOS 7 - http://goo.gl/cd35j
Summary: "it lacks nuance, but it has courage"



(Frank Chimero, 900 words; more)

Video: on designing for digital, "Erik Spiekermann: Life is in Beta" - http://ht.ly/kjyjw


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Video: on removing the traffic lights in the village of Poynton; and how that worked out - http://youtu.be/gVW-YAQCSVs


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Do you wish you could plug your Lego into your Krinkles? Tired of not being able to connect Duplo and K'Nex? Sounds like you need the Free Universal Construction Kit: "a set of adapters for complete interoperability between 10 popular construction toys" - http://goo.gl/vcd0m 

(via CR Blog)

User interface field notes: http://t.co/noTMLJuD

One of the all-time great acts of social web stewardship is @chrismessina's 9-year screenshots of web & app UIs: 2.dashes.com/W47369
— Anil Dash (@anildash) January 14, 2013

(via @AnilDash)

On having nice things: If you could buy the perfect set of cutlery ($55 per knife and fork), would you want to? For and against.

(700 words, 1300 words)

Video: "Stories about design and failure" - http://youtu.be/jQl74ARR9RY
Summary: fail early and often



(23m07s - skip the Q&A; Braden Kowitz, see also "Evolution of Gmail chat")

Some slides on how to design stuff to work across multiple screens:

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Article on the user interface of Windows 8:
"The Roman god Janus; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; even Batman's arch-foe Two-Face — human culture is fascinated by duality. We can now add Windows 8 to this list." - http://goo.gl/15sKc

(2700 words; Jakob Nielsen; via Technologizer)

Article: "The best interface is no interface" - http://goo.gl/1NloJ
Summary: fewer user interfaces, smarter products
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