MATERIAL INNOVATION GOES INSIDE THE SURPRISINGLY CLEVER WORLD OF PACKAGE DESIGN
A BANANA PEEL, if you think about it, is a stellar piece of packaging. It’s thick enough to protect the mushy fruit inside, it encases its content perfectly, and removes easily. Plus, it’s biodegradable....
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MATERIAL INNOVATION GOES INSIDE THE SURPRISINGLY CLEVER WORLD OF PACKAGE DESIGNA BANANA PEEL, if you think about it, is a stellar piece of packaging. It’s thick enough to protect the mushy fruit inside, it encases its content perfectly, and removes easily. Plus, it’s biodegradable....DesignDecember 13, 2015, 1:56:45MATERIAL INNOVATION GOES INSIDE THE SURPRISINGLY CLEVER WORLD OF PACKAGE DESIGNsource: http://www.wired.com/2015/12/new-book-material-innovation-goes-inside-the-surprisingly-clever-world-of-package-design/ | December 13, 2015, 1:56:45
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Android 6.0.1 will bring more than 200 new emoji to Nexus phones and tablets
Google today is unleashing Android 6.0.1, bringing along with it more than 200 new emoji to Nexus users. The all-important taco is among them, are are unicorn and cheese. So we've got that going for us, which is nice. Not all emoji are created equal, of course, and Google says it's already working with other manufacturers to share these new Unicode 8 character...
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Android 6.0.1 will bring more than 200 new emoji to Nexus phones and tabletsGoogle today is unleashing Android 6.0.1, bringing along with it more than 200 new emoji to Nexus users. The all-important taco is among them, are are unicorn and cheese. So we've got that going for us, which is nice. Not all emoji are created equal, of course, and Google says it's already working with other manufacturers to share these new Unicode 8 character...DesignDecember 13, 2015, 1:28:32Android 6.0.1 will bring more than 200 new emoji to Nexus phones and tabletssource: http://www.androidcentral.com/google-pushing-out-android-601-nexus-devices-bringing-more-200-new-emoji-it | December 13, 2015, 1:28:32
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Qualcomm charged with antitrust violations by European Commission
The regulators at the European Commission have filed antitrust charges against mobile chip maker Qualcomm, claiming it paid a lot of money to an unnamed smartphone and tablet company to use their chips exclusively in their products....
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Qualcomm charged with antitrust violations by European CommissionThe regulators at the European Commission have filed antitrust charges against mobile chip maker Qualcomm, claiming it paid a lot of money to an unnamed smartphone and tablet company to use their chips exclusively in their products....DesignDecember 13, 2015, 1:27:45Qualcomm charged with antitrust violations by European Commissionsource: http://www.androidcentral.com/qualcomm-charged-antitrust-violations-european-commission | December 13, 2015, 1:27:45
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Opera Mini now provides you with more control over downloads
Opera Mini has been updated with some interesting new features for those who enjoy downloading files to their smartphone. The company behind the popular web browser has implemented new functionality to help make it easier for you to manage downloads. From controlling the number of files you download simultaneously to an alert as to when you're downloading large files (over ...
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Opera Mini now provides you with more control over downloadsOpera Mini has been updated with some interesting new features for those who enjoy downloading files to their smartphone. The company behind the popular web browser has implemented new functionality to help make it easier for you to manage downloads. From controlling the number of files you download simultaneously to an alert as to when you're downloading large files (over ...DesignDecember 13, 2015, 1:26:15Opera Mini now provides you with more control over downloadssource: http://www.androidcentral.com/opera-mini-gets-updated-provide-you-more-control-over-downloads | December 13, 2015, 1:26:15
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10 Useful Firefox Developer Tools You Should Know
Firefox being "developer’s browser" has many great tools to help make our work easier. You can find more on its tool collection on the Firefox Developer Tools webpage and can also try their Developer Edition Browser which has more features and tools that are being tested....
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10 Useful Firefox Developer Tools You Should KnowFirefox being "developer’s browser" has many great tools to help make our work easier. You can find more on its tool collection on the Firefox Developer Tools webpage and can also try their Developer Edition Browser which has more features and tools that are being tested....DesignNovember 19, 2015, 4:27:3610 Useful Firefox Developer Tools You Should Knowsource: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/firefox-developers-tools/ | November 19, 2015, 4:27:36
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Interaction Design: Guide to Creating Personas
Let’s do a mental experiment together. Imagine that you want to design a product or a website for a client and you are at the beginning of the process. What is on your mind? Do you try to figure out what the client likes, immerse in your own creative ideas at once, or rather try to imagine the people who will use your design?...
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Interaction Design: Guide to Creating PersonasLet’s do a mental experiment together. Imagine that you want to design a product or a website for a client and you are at the beginning of the process. What is on your mind? Do you try to figure out what the client likes, immerse in your own creative ideas at once, or rather try to imagine the people who will use your design?...DesignNovember 19, 2015, 4:27:8Interaction Design: Guide to Creating Personassource: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/creating-personas/ | November 19, 2015, 4:27:8
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Scalable quantum computer design
Theoretical physicists have proposed a scalable quantum computer architecture. The new model overcomes fundamental limitations of programmability in current approaches that aim at solving real-world general optimization problems by exploiting quantum mechanics....
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Scalable quantum computer designTheoretical physicists have proposed a scalable quantum computer architecture. The new model overcomes fundamental limitations of programmability in current approaches that aim at solving real-world general optimization problems by exploiting quantum mechanics....DesignNovember 9, 2015, 23:2:21Scalable quantum computer designsource: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151023174909.htm | November 9, 2015, 23:2:21
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The man who created the original Batmobile has died
George Barris, the man who designed the original Batmobile and other iconic cars for some of the biggest names in Hollywood, died last week at the age of 89. A family spokesman tells The Los Angeles Times that the cause was cancer....
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The man who created the original Batmobile has diedGeorge Barris, the man who designed the original Batmobile and other iconic cars for some of the biggest names in Hollywood, died last week at the age of 89. A family spokesman tells The Los Angeles Times that the cause was cancer....DesignNovember 8, 2015, 22:31:10The man who created the original Batmobile has diedsource: http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/6/9680110/george-barris-death-batmobile-car-designer | November 8, 2015, 22:31:10
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Software cannot be bolted onto physical products to survive IoT: Autodesk
Autodesk manufacturing industry strategist, Diego Tamburini, believes product designers must partner their creations with software in mind, in order to compete in a world of the Internet of Things...
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Software cannot be bolted onto physical products to survive IoT: AutodeskAutodesk manufacturing industry strategist, Diego Tamburini, believes product designers must partner their creations with software in mind, in order to compete in a world of the Internet of Things...DesignNovember 7, 2015, 1:8:4Software cannot be bolted onto physical products to survive IoT: Autodesksource: http://www.zdnet.com/article/software-cannot-be-bolted-onto-physical-products-to-survive-iot-autodesk/ | November 7, 2015, 1:8:4
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Are the Mobile Ad-Blocking Wars Already Over?
Have the ad blockers of 2015 already secured their first victory? Last month, the newest version of Apple’s operating system, iOS 9, began allowing users to install ad blockers, software that would block advertisements from appearing in any web view on a phone....
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Are the Mobile Ad-Blocking Wars Already Over?Have the ad blockers of 2015 already secured their first victory? Last month, the newest version of Apple’s operating system, iOS 9, began allowing users to install ad blockers, software that would block advertisements from appearing in any web view on a phone....DesignNovember 1, 2015, 23:3:29Are the Mobile Ad-Blocking Wars Already Over?source: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/10/are-the-ad-blocking-wars-already-over/412327/ | November 1, 2015, 23:3:29
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Productivity Tips and Web Apps for Design Teams
Whether you are looking for a top-quality tool to support your web design activities, one that will address your project management and collaboration needs, or one that serves both purposes, you need look no further. We have listed in this post seven of the best web apps available on the market. Several of these specifically address project management and collaboration support. All...
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Productivity Tips and Web Apps for Design TeamsWhether you are looking for a top-quality tool to support your web design activities, one that will address your project management and collaboration needs, or one that serves both purposes, you need look no further. We have listed in this post seven of the best web apps available on the market. Several of these specifically address project management and collaboration support. All...DesignNovember 1, 2015, 3:31:26Productivity Tips and Web Apps for Design Teamssource: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/design-team-productivity-tips-web-apps/ | November 1, 2015, 3:31:26
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4 Ways to Create Awesome CSS-Only Accordions
Content accordions make a useful design pattern. You can use them for many different things: for menus, lists, images, article excerpts, text snippets, and even videos. Most accordions out there rely on JavaScript, mainly on jQuery, but since the use of advanced CSS3 techniques became widespread, we can also find nice examples that only use HTML and CSS, that make them accessible i...
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4 Ways to Create Awesome CSS-Only AccordionsContent accordions make a useful design pattern. You can use them for many different things: for menus, lists, images, article excerpts, text snippets, and even videos. Most accordions out there rely on JavaScript, mainly on jQuery, but since the use of advanced CSS3 techniques became widespread, we can also find nice examples that only use HTML and CSS, that make them accessible i...DesignNovember 1, 2015, 3:27:384 Ways to Create Awesome CSS-Only Accordionssource: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/css-only-accordion/ | November 1, 2015, 3:27:38
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30 Web Design Portfolios That Impress Clients
The time of traditional print-based portfolios are gone. These days various technologies allows you to implement the craziest, most creative and outstanding of ideas on your design portfolio, online. From dabbling with bold color schemes and interactive effects, to utilizing unusual fonts or full-screen videos, many designers put a lot of thought and care into creating a portfolio ...
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30 Web Design Portfolios That Impress ClientsThe time of traditional print-based portfolios are gone. These days various technologies allows you to implement the craziest, most creative and outstanding of ideas on your design portfolio, online. From dabbling with bold color schemes and interactive effects, to utilizing unusual fonts or full-screen videos, many designers put a lot of thought and care into creating a portfolio ...DesignNovember 1, 2015, 3:26:4530 Web Design Portfolios That Impress Clientssource: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/beautiful-designer-portfolios/ | November 1, 2015, 3:26:45
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Five ways to get your IT project signed off
"IT people love nothing more than a good project to add excitement to their life and enhance their career," says David Allison, head of business systems at Aggregate Industries. That passion, however, can lead to challenges for the business - and IT leaders can sometimes be willing supporters of project requests, even when the business case is ill-defined and the re...
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Five ways to get your IT project signed off"IT people love nothing more than a good project to add excitement to their life and enhance their career," says David Allison, head of business systems at Aggregate Industries. That passion, however, can lead to challenges for the business - and IT leaders can sometimes be willing supporters of project requests, even when the business case is ill-defined and the re...DesignOctober 25, 2015, 4:4:31Five ways to get your IT project signed offsource: http://www.zdnet.com/article/five-ways-to-help-get-your-it-project-signed-off/ | October 25, 2015, 4:4:31
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Giphy introduces dead simple GIF creation tools
While not nearly as advanced as some other GIF-making tools — like GIF Brewery or even Giphy's standalone Giphy Cam app — the browser-based tool is a simple way to quickly turn video clips into animated GIFs. Simply grab the video file (or video URL) you want to convert and drag and drop it into the uploader. Then chose, the start and end points, add tags or an optional...
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Giphy introduces dead simple GIF creation toolsWhile not nearly as advanced as some other GIF-making tools — like GIF Brewery or even Giphy's standalone Giphy Cam app — the browser-based tool is a simple way to quickly turn video clips into animated GIFs. Simply grab the video file (or video URL) you want to convert and drag and drop it into the uploader. Then chose, the start and end points, add tags or an optional...DesignOctober 21, 2015, 3:45:21Giphy introduces dead simple GIF creation toolssource: http://mashable.com/2015/10/20/giphy-gif-creator/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#YDV85RzZo5qz | October 21, 2015, 3:45:21
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How to Improve Your Writing Quality with Data Storytelling
Since the earliest days of humanity people have told stories to each other in different forms. Storytelling has serious traditions in every culture. Myths, legends, tales, poems, folk songs all show the endeavour humans have always had to connect to each other, to people from other cultures and to the next generations....
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How to Improve Your Writing Quality with Data StorytellingSince the earliest days of humanity people have told stories to each other in different forms. Storytelling has serious traditions in every culture. Myths, legends, tales, poems, folk songs all show the endeavour humans have always had to connect to each other, to people from other cultures and to the next generations....DesignOctober 15, 2015, 23:9:47How to Improve Your Writing Quality with Data Storytellingsource: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/improve-writing-quality/ | October 15, 2015, 23:9:47
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