No.inc Blog - Part 3

Jun 7th, 2009

I got a Palm Pre…

…and I put a picture of my dog on it. I never had an iPhone, but it seems like its at least just as good. Its a really snappy interface and the card metaphore is really nice. I feel like they were inspired by the alt-tab in Vista where you see the screens of the apps [...]

Jun 5th, 2009

CrunchPad

I’ve really been thinking about getting a Kindle lately because of the compact form factor, but its limited in its black and whiteness and its almost purley “book” metaphor. Although i like just reading, I kinda of want a device that can do more . Crunchpad seems promising. Battery life, interface wireless pricing are all things [...]

Jun 4th, 2009

Prototype – Xbox Game

So this new game Prototype looks sick. I remember seeing a preview of it last year during E3. The website is one of the first examples I’ve see that uses Facebook-Connect to create a dark moody intro and they do it well. If you have a face book account check it out. The wait is [...]

Jun 3rd, 2009

Biotronic Taunts

Biotronic has quickly become a popular facebook game with their addictive Bejeweled like play style. I had an idea to implement a graphic “taunts” in aproject im working on but they beat me to it. LOL. Its still a great way to socialize the game on a friends wall by talking a little smack.

Jun 2nd, 2009

Xbox 360 And Facebook

Xbox 360 And Facebook. This is going to be a pretty amazing combination. Considering the way facebook games spread virally through your network from wall posts and shared scoreboards this opens up the social aspect of consol games beyond the systems proprietary network. A troubling thing for me about social networks is the sheer amount of them popping [...]

May 22nd, 2009

ZOMG! Facebook Application Presentation

Trying to think about “What Got Us to the Dance” and what will get us to more dances. Key Points: Over 50,000 applications have been added to the Facebook application directory since it first launched two years ago Business Models, Advertising or Sponsorship, Microtransactions: virtual currency and/or virtual goods, Subscriptions or Premium modes Big Players, Playfish, Zynga, SGN

Apr 20th, 2009

UI and Icon Design Past and Present

I found two great articles showing user interface design and icon design in a type of historical context. I find it kinda of amazing that user interface design has come so far in such a short amount of time. And that our understanding of symbols and certain navigation structures has evolved into its own unique [...]