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Reflections on Vancouver, 1907

Stewart Bailey — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:55:27 +0000

I shared a video link (embedded below) on Twitter recently that I found to be a remarkable historical record of people interacting with a streetscape in 1907. The footage was recorded from the front of a streetcar as it made its way along a route that took it from Vancouver’s downtown to what was then [...]

Leave the Wolf

Stewart Bailey — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:53:23 +0000

The xkcd comic above caught my attention when it was originally published a while back, and it came back to mind as I mulled over the usual year-end thoughts about New Year resolutions. There’s a kernel of truth in that thing. So often we are carrying around things that we don’t need, either physically or [...]

The Magazine

Stewart Bailey — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 19:02:56 +0000

Once in a while, something comes along that in retrospect seems so obvious as to be almost inevitable. Marco Arment‘s new venture The Magazine is one of those things. The Magazine is a new publication that resides only in the Newstand app on iOS devices. For many users, Newstand has been one of those annoying [...]

Whither Feedburner?

Stewart Bailey — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:17:33 +0000

Is Feedburner going away? It depends on who you ask, but there sure seem to be changes afoot at the highly popular free RSS service. What is clear is that the API that serves up stats is being deprecated as of Oct. 20, 2012, and the blog and twitter streams have been shuttered. Some claim [...]

Personal Projects – Finding your Niche

Stewart Bailey — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:14:24 +0000

I wrote about personal projects a while back, to my great surprise it has become one of the most popular things I’ve ever written. I shouldn’t be surprised really, so many creative people have ideas about how to make a better this, or a cooler that — everybody has an idea they’re thinking about. Coming [...]

The Jargon Problem

Stewart Bailey — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:36:28 +0000

I’ve always been fascinated with language and the ways it can be used. Clear, evocative prose expressed in an authentic voice is such a pleasure to read. It can be so difficult to get an idea across in an engaging way, that I truly admire anyone who can pull it off. Of course, language can [...]

RIM’s Marketing Mess

Stewart Bailey — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:18:47 +0000

If I had a chance to give beleaguered RIM one piece of advice, it would be this: Stop! Stop the scattergun of conflicting messages you’re sending, step away from the mic, cancel all the ads and the ill-conceived publicity stunts and think for a minute. Figure out what it is you’re trying to do. Because [...]

Better Maps for Wayfinding

Stewart Bailey — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:15:26 +0000

Maps are one of the bedrock tools in the wayfinding kit. They’re important for orienting users to the space they’re in, and an important first step in being able to appreciate and understand a place. Without the ability to create some sort of mental model of a place, no matter how rudimentary, it becomes harder [...]

It’s All About The Batteries

Stewart Bailey — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:53:20 +0000

It’s a frequently unappreciated fact that the form factors of our mobile devices are largely driven by the batteries that power them. Not the shape so much, but certainly the bulk and the weight. If you don’t believe it, check out the teardown sequences on ifixit.com. The iPad is essentially a battery with a screen [...]

Lessons from Legible London

Stewart Bailey — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:32:01 +0000

The Legible London report is a comprehensive and highly readable study of pedestrian wayfinding in what is arguably one of the most complex major cities in the world. The report by AIG (now Applied) was commissioned in anticipation of the influx of visitors expected for the 2012 Olympics, and serves as a kind of master [...]