Jeremy Gilbert | Media Product Designer, Medill Jo

How Metrics Can Make You A Better Designer

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:04:01 -0500

How Metrics Can Make You A Better Designer:

Metrics can be a touchy subject in design. When I say things like, “Designers should embrace A/B testing” or “Metrics can improve design,” I often hear…

If You Can Think, Design & Code, You Win

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:32:58 -0500

If You Can Think, Design & Code, You Win:

Earlier today I tweeted a link to Andy Rutledge’s latest entry, “Web Design is Product Design” which, in the first line, offended at least 50 of my followers on Twitter:

A designer who does not…

Wanted: Toy Container Ships That Are Impossibly Cool

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:48:20 -0500

Wanted: Toy Container Ships That Are Impossibly Cool:

The search for a wooden toy that engages the attention of a kid past the age of 3 often ends with plunking down $150 for a Wii. (Hey, at least it’s fun for the whole family.) That money might be…

Roku's New Set-Top Box Now Available With Angry Birds

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 03:36:34 -0500

Roku's New Set-Top Box Now Available With Angry Birds:

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If Steve Job’s even knew Roku existed he’d be opining that casual games will never work on the TV, even as he readies his AppleTV casual gaming update. The casual revolution TV…

How You Can Get Involved With Longshot Magazine

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:19:17 -0500

How You Can Get Involved With Longshot Magazine:

The dynamic trio and their team of volunteer editors, sketch artists, photographers, writers, reporters and poets are at it again — the 48-hour, user-generated Longshot Magazine will be…

Google Takeout Lets You Liberate Your Data From Google

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:23:12 -0500

Google Takeout Lets You Liberate Your Data From Google:

The Data Liberation Front – a team of engineers at Google tasked with making it easier for users to move their data in and out of Google products – has…

Some Acorn Scripts for iOS Designers

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:25:27 -0500

Some Acorn Scripts for iOS Designers:

I’ve got 3 JSTalk scripts for Acorn that any iOS developer or designer will find handy. What they will do is take the current Acorn image and save it as an optimized PNG (running it through…

Curation Nation — Fall of the Machines

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 23:34:13 -0500

Curation Nation — Fall of the Machines:

In the curation nation, author Steve Rosenbaum says, computerization is on its way out, and people are marching in.

How Color Already Blew It

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 04:25:11 -0500

How Color Already Blew It:

Human attention is a scarce commodity in this flashy, New Thing Comes Out Every Day™ world we live in. Startups that dominate the blog headlines one day may be all but forgotten a mere 24 hours…

My 5 wishes for journalism research

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:04:52 -0500

My 5 wishes for journalism research:

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As usual, Matt Thompson really understands the issues of the academy and the journalism industry. The idea of connecting professional journalists and researchers makes too much…

HOW TO: Create a Blockbuster Mobile App

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:18:42 -0500

HOW TO: Create a Blockbuster Mobile App:

In an ever expanding and increasingly competitive mobile app marketplace, it’s becoming harder for developers to create apps that stand out for being more…

Teaching Kids Design Thinking, So They Can Solve The World's Biggest Problems

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:07:03 -0500

Teaching Kids Design Thinking, So They Can Solve The World's Biggest Problems:

You cannot solve a problem with the same mind that created it. — Albert Einstein Assessment The test scores are out again. And once again, American kids aren’t doing so well. You can choose any of…

8 Essential Web Typography Resources

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 04:23:11 -0600

8 Essential Web Typography Resources:

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How MTV Is Marrying Digital Design & Social Good

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 11:20:44 -0600

How MTV Is Marrying Digital Design & Social Good:

The building for frog design in New York’s Greenwich Village sits in an innocuous patch of offices just by the Holland Tunnel. Inside and seven floors…

BankSimple Wants to Shake Up Banking, With Cutting Edge UI Design

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:05:35 -0600

BankSimple Wants to Shake Up Banking, With Cutting Edge UI Design:

Can you hear me, Chase Bank? I hate you. Every time I have to use your arcane, fee-addled products (I’ve got three checking accounts going just to try to maneuver through the thicket of hidden…

Can Old Brands Really Rope in Youngsters?

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 08:27:32 -0600

Can Old Brands Really Rope in Youngsters?:

The last few decades have seen many brands fade away, only to have a number of them make a comeback in recent years. Many people used to believe that brands follow a predictable life cycle,…

What's New About The Daily? The Oldest Media Idea There Is

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 09:11:34 -0600

What's New About The Daily? The Oldest Media Idea There Is:

What’s new about The Daily? For $1 a week, or $40 a year, iPad users are being promised 100 pages of natively-packaged editorial content every day. This price point lays down a marker for both USA…

Superbowl Infographic: Is Your 'Hood Rooting for the Packers or Steelers?

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 22:47:52 -0600

Superbowl Infographic: Is Your 'Hood Rooting for the Packers or Steelers?:

So I don’t know if you noticed, but the 2010 NFL season seems to be building to some sort of climax this weekend. Apparently, a team called the “Packers” and one called the “Steelers” are playing…

Why the Web Is Useless in Developing Countries – And How to Fix It

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 12:01:37 -0600

Why the Web Is Useless in Developing Countries – And How to Fix It:

Like many who study the struggles of developing countries, Steve Bratt has done the math on the potential of mobile phones. The United Nation’s …

The iPadification of the Web

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 07:39:13 -0600

The iPadification of the Web:

“There is no question that these new, “iPadified” sites look far better than their Web analogs. If anything, they look more like the mobile versions of websites. And since mobile sites are by…