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SXSW 2010: Highlights and Trends
I’m fresh off the plane from South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive 2010 and still reeling from some of the amazing people I connected with and talks I checked out in Austin, so I thought I’d share...
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Between the dozens of panels, talks and conversations that happen every day during South by Southwest (SXSW) and the ensuing parties and networking opportunities each night, there was quite a bit to...
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Rethinking Online Grocery Experiences
Living in a big urban centre can have its ups and downs. While you may live within a few hundred metres of a full-stocked grocery store, depending on your neighbourhood, you can easily find yourself...
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How I’m Using the iPad
Now that we’ve had a few weeks to put the iPad through its paces, it’s moved from being a novel new gadget to something that I use every day. The number one question I get when people find out I have...
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Design Disasters: AMC’s Simulated Butter Dispenser
We come across a lot of bad design in our everyday lives, both online and offline. For most people, it tends to go unnoticed as they browse the Web, shop for groceries, drive their cars or dispense...
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Interaction Design is the new Art Direction?
Earlier this month at the RGD DesignThinkers conference here in Toronto, I checked out a talk by Khoi Vinh, former Design Director of the New York Times. Having spent many years directing design of...
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Little Things Matter
When it comes to building a web experience, most of the effort is typically put towards the tactical objectives that aim to satisfy business and user requirements: Users should be able to easily...
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The Race to the Bottom for Native Apps
Now that Apple’s iOS platform has had a few years to mature, it has become a major source of revenue for the company, having recently announced that they’ve paid out $2 Billion to developers. But is...
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The Science of Nightclubs
This past Friday, we had the pleasure of welcoming nightclub sociologist Yale Fox to the studio. Those of you in Toronto may know Yale as a DJ, but he’s since uprooted to New York City and been named...
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Designing Apps using Open Data
Government open data presents a number of opportunities for citizens, designers and elected officials. Using the TTC transit system here in Toronto, I would stand amongst other commuters on a cold...
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