Robb Schiller

Defining Design

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:21:00 -0400

I came across a good post last week from Yaron Schoen about the difference between Art and Design. This week, the Times published an article trying to separate the ideas of Design and Invention.

I really deeply agree with Yaron’s post and feel people far to often confuse the words “Art” with “Design”. Specifically, calling a piece of art, design.

Going to try and work through some of my own thoughts in a published, draft post on my blog.

Transitional Interfaces

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:30:18 -0400

Transitional Interfaces:

Pasquale D’Silva does a great job bridging the gap and sharing his thoughts on UI design as an animator. Lot’s of really great details about using animation to highlight IA/content changes. Something most apps don’t do all that well.

It’s also a really good look into how we can learn from people who work tangentially to our specific discipline.

"The world is so big, so complicated, so replete with marvels and surprises that it takes years for..."

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:50:00 -0400

“The world is so big, so complicated, so replete with marvels and surprises that it takes years for most people to begin to notice that it is, also, irretrievably broken. We call this period of research “childhood.””

- Wes Anderson’s Worlds by Michael Chabon | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books

Tim Berners-Lee -- Axioms of Web architecture

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:16:59 -0400

Tim Berners-Lee -- Axioms of Web architecture:

So many nuggets of gold in this thoughtful article from TBL. I also really like that he keeps a log of both when the article was published and when it was most recently updated.

Draft

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:48:00 -0400

Draft:

The Github of writing?

The Professor, the Bikini Model and the Suitcase full of Trouble

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:39:23 -0400

The Professor, the Bikini Model and the Suitcase full of Trouble :

Been thinking a lot about this article after reading it on Sunday afternoon. It’s an eerily deep glimpse inside a brilliant mind and the problems that can arise from deep narcissism and naïvety. But, I couldn’t help but wonder if this type of thinking is becoming more pervasive as shallow, media-rich thought lives become more normal.

Open Source Design

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:04:00 -0500

After the firestorm that was the LV DMCA notice, I think a few really good conversations have emerged. Keenan Cummings shared some poignant thoughts, mostly which boiled into some questions about a turning point in the design community towards this idea of Open Source Design.

Say what you will about the impossibilities of those words working together, but I think something interesting is happening here.

I think the confusion over the terms; style, design, copyright, and ownership are causing designers to ask some really important questions about the overlap of style and true problem solving.

Offscreen Magazine: Offscreen × Watsi: our first fundraiser!

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:09:09 -0500

Offscreen Magazine: Offscreen × Watsi: our first fundraiser!:

offscreenmag:

With so much love we received from you guys over the last year, it’s time to give something back. I’m happy to announce the first ever Offscreen Fundraiser!

Half of all profits of the month of March will be donated to Watsi to help them fund urgent, low-cost medical treatments for…

littlebigdetails: SoundCloud - When looking at the console log,...

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 14:38:14 -0500

littlebigdetails:

SoundCloud - When looking at the console log, you’ll see output for joining their team.

/via gleuch

Ratchet

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:51:49 -0500

Ratchet:

futuraio:

If you’re not using Ratchet in your iOS development process for quickly prototyping ideas, start now.

risdtedactive: “We invent a computer, it alters our minds and...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:57:02 -0500

risdtedactive:

“We invent a computer, it alters our minds and emotions, and then we - the computer and us - head off in an entirely new direction. To where? That’s the question we recently asked some of the brightest people we know. It’s a question with more relevance than ever: We’re entering a new era, when digital technology must answer first and foremost to the consumer.”

This is the visual essay created by one of RISD’s ActiveMobile groups, consisting of Alec Babala, Kyle DeHovitz, Sam Jau, and Amrit Mazumder.

“By removing technology physically from our lives, technology brings us closer together.”

Look forward for the full presentation at TEDActive.

Listening to Ryan Singer get interviewed by the Intercom team reminded me of Cennydd Boyles first...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:51:05 -0500

Listening to Ryan Singer get interviewed by the Intercom team reminded me of Cennydd Boyles first article in his new ALA Column. Ryan has some pretty interesting views on the use and evolution of UX design. It’s fascinating thinking about Ryans experience and not having to work for clients over the last 10 years.

I think Cennydd is onto the same thing and after working at Twitter for a bit, is realizing the difference between designing a product for a customer, vs designing a product for a customer via a client.

Progressive Reduction

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:33:42 -0500

layervault:

I’m very excited to talk about a technique that we’ve started using at LayerVault. We call it Progressive Reduction.

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I think one of the more novel ideas presented in this article is the data-driven process of reduction they’re calling “Experience Decay”. It’s hard enough to keep consistant with user testing when trying to reduce, creating your own system to measure effectiveness of the design reduction is a must.

Reminds me of Adam Mosseri’s talk at UX Week a few years ago.

Still reeling after an incredible trip driving around San...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 11:49:03 -0500

Still reeling after an incredible trip driving around San Francisco with my beautiful Wife.

Video

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 15:13:56 -0500

"Live in the future, then build what’s missing."

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:55:34 -0500

“Live in the future, then build what’s missing.”

- PG (via brycedotvc)

"People ignore design that ignores people."

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:07:36 -0400

“People ignore design that ignores people.”

- Frank Chimero

(Makes sense…) (via piktograf)

Fixing Problems

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:29:42 -0400

Yesterday I had a problem wanting to experiment more deeply with Jade. Needing to contribute more front-end development to our projects at Futura IO, and wanting to understand the syntax better. So, with a problem at hand, TJ cooked up this little Jade Prototyping engine to experiment locally with templating. It’s pretty incredible.

quickyJade - Rapid Prototyping of Jade Templates

CreativeMornings/Orlando with Nathan Clark

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:38:00 -0400

CreativeMornings/Orlando with Nathan Clark:

Tomorrow morning is CreativeMornings/Orlando with Nathan Clark, founder of Wondermade. There will be coffee, breakfast, an incredible view of downtown orlando from the 20th floor of the plaza south tower, and, toasted marshmallows courtesy of our speaker. You should not miss this.

Cameron Moll / Designer, Speaker, Author: “We’ve all started talking about content again.”

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:12:01 -0400

Cameron Moll / Designer, Speaker, Author: “We’ve all started talking about content again.”:

cameronmoll:

Mark Boulton, on adaptive content management:

For a long while, our content problems were hard problems and nobody wanted to confront them. But as far back as the monks, good designers have always concerned themselves with content however difficult it was. So let’s not think about our pages…