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The BBC is embracing the post-PC world with a reworked homepage at beta.bbc.co.uk. Here's what it looks like on my TouchPad. The black arrows on either side slide the screen through three other views. It's a little bit reminiscent of how the BBC's iPlayer displays programmes on my Bluray player, which isn't entirely unsurprising. Some of the other features, such
Smashing Magazine is celebrating its fifth birthday and as a wee treat, has prepared a "Best of Smashing Magazine" ebook and is giving it away free. The articles are all about web design, Photoshop, typography and user interfaces (or the user experience as it seems to be called now). It's no lightweight either - there are 409 pages of beautifully prepared
The impact of typography is in front of us every day as we read books, newspapers, posters and computer screens. It's all around us and through word processors many of us work with type on a regular basis, yet a knowledge of even basic typography is rare. Smashing Magazine has published an article called, "Mind Your En And Em Dashes:
We seem to be moving into the age of the apps. Are apps just a passing fad, or is something more substantial afoot? We have come to think of the Internet itself as being synonymous with the World Wide Web. However, that’s a wrong perception that may have many of us caught in a perception trap making it difficult for
For some time now, when it came to desktop and laptop computer hardware, innovation has seemed to be somewhat stagnate. After all, what more can be done with word processing software? How can spreadsheets possibly be improved? How can the browsing experience be made better? Can email be made more effective or efficient? Form impacts function, but function often defines
Smashing Magazine is a website aimed squarely at graphic and web-site designers but there's some great resources there for all geeks. First up, is a series of absolutely gorgeous desktop backgrounds for each month of the year. October's were released at the beginning of the month (unsurprisingly) and they've taken them a step further with the inclusion of a calendar
This week's unofficial style and design award goes to Native Union and their beautiful Moshi Moshi range of handsets for mobile phones, USB VoIP and Bluetooth. There's four in the range, the first three created by designer David Turpin and the last by Michael Young. They're a stylish mix of retro and modern and I think they're reasonably priced for a well-designed