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Mobile
On mobile-first design as an extension of the real world.
Redesign 2014
A new blog design to celebrate ten years of mattgemmell.com
Focusing on reading
Towards a cleaner, more reading-oriented blog.
Content as Medium
Whether digital or print, publications are most appealing when they respect the content and reader, not the medium.
Constraints
Every product is constrained. Choose to optimise your compromises, whether you're designing or just buying.
iOS 7
Thoughts on the new user interface style and aesthetics of iOS 7.
Designing blogs for readers
Thoughts on designing a blog to suit the reader: what to include, and what to omit.
Tail wagging
The ongoing debate about skeuomorphism in software interfaces misses the point.
A new site design
A brief discussion of the new site design for this blog.
My Photoshop setup
Details of my Photoshop workspace, both physical and virtual.
iPhoto iPad tooltips PSD
A Photoshop PSD recreation of the tooltips from iPhoto on iOS.
Augmented Paper
A discussion of an increasingly-prevalent UX aesthetic that appeals to me on touch-screen devices.
Using PDF images in iOS apps
How to export Photoshop artwork as PDFs, compress the PDFs, and use them in iOS apps.
Etched effects in Photoshop
How to create an etched effect for UI designs in Photoshop.
How Developers Can Help Designers
Tips on how app and web developers can help graphic/UI designers.
How Designers Can Help Developers
Tips on how designers can help app and web developers, including practising good Photoshop hygiene.
Subtle UI texture in Photoshop
How to add texture to UI designs using noise on gradient layers in Photoshop.
Google Currents
A brief overview of Google Currents for iOS, a curated content-reading app.
Low Expectations
On the low expectations of the PC industry press regarding hardware quality.
Copycats
A discussion of why copying another product is actually more difficult than innovating.
On/Off Switches
User experience issues with On/Off switch implementations.
Favorites 2 UI design
A progressive set of UI/UX mockups of my iPhone speed-dial app, Favorites.