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Burying the URL
Most people shouldn't need to see or think about URLs.
iOS 7
Thoughts on the new user interface style and aesthetics of iOS 7.
Tail wagging
The ongoing debate about skeuomorphism in software interfaces misses the point.
MGTileMenu
An open source iOS GUI component providing pop-up tile-based menus.
Familiar is not a design
Thoughts on a recent misguided concept for layered window management on iPad.
Augmented Paper
A discussion of an increasingly-prevalent UX aesthetic that appeals to me on touch-screen devices.
iPad as a Mac Retina Display
Using a 3rd generation iPad as a Mac HiDPI Retina Display, via Air Display
iPad 3 Retina Display Lock Screen
A template for an iPad 3 Lock Screen image, showing your contact information.
PlayStation Vita
A brief review of Sony's new PlayStation Vita portable gaming system, with screenshots.
Using PDF images in iOS apps
How to export Photoshop artwork as PDFs, compress the PDFs, and use them in iOS apps.
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.
iPhone User Interface Cookbook giveaway
I'm giving away 3 copies of the iPhone User Interface Cookbook, via Packt Publishing.
Copycats
A discussion of why copying another product is actually more difficult than innovating.
Adobe Communication
A rewritten version of Adobe's announcement about the end of mobile Flash Player.
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.
Pie Menus on iOS
Pie (circular, radial) menus implemented on iOS, for the iPad. A touch screen user experience concept implemented, with screenshot and video.
Favorite Mailboxes in Lion Mail
Using keyboard shortcuts and the Favorites Bar in Mail on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion to quickly and easily open mailboxes and move messages.
Using Spaces on OS X Lion
How to restore most of Mac OS X Snow Leopard's Spaces functionality on 10.7 Lion, including keyboard shortcuts, multiple Spaces and pinned apps.
Find Patterns in text on Lion
Using the new regular expressions based Find Patterns in TextEdit on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.
Quick Look previews in Spotlight menu
Using Quick Look previews in the Spotlight menu in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.
Apps vs the Web
The difference between native mobile apps and web apps, and the additional user experience cost of not being native.
Save sheet shortcuts in Lion
Renaming flags in Mail on Lion
How to rename the color flags in Mail on Mac OS X Lion.
Mac OS X Lion review
Making Annoying iOS Apps
Critical Customisation Cost of Software
An essay on the desire to keep a system as close to its factory specification as possible, and which apps demand too much compromise.
NSConference 2011
Four Years
Use my code without attribution
Speaking engagements in 2011
Favorites with FaceTime
Finger Tools
A multi-touch user experience and user interface concept for tools attached to each finger of the hand, for painting and other canvas apps.
MGSplitViewController Updated
MGSplitViewController for iPad
Open source iPad split view replacement for iOS, including portrait and landscape configurations, draggable splitters, and much more.
Favorites for iOS 4
Touch Notation
A notation system using symbols to describe multi-touch gestures like tap, swipe and rotate. Includes Photoshop and Illustrator shapes and a glossary.
World According To Gemmell Workshop Videos
Shareable Experiences
iPad Multi-Touch
Open source code, screenshots and videos showing how many simultaneous touch events the iPad supports - it goes up to eleven.
Future directions
Making Mistakes Impossible
Engineer Thinking
The tendency of engineers to include configurable functionality in apps, when a non-configurable option suiting the majority of users would be better.
iPad Application Design
The theory, design concepts and metaphors behind iPad user interface and user experience. How to look and behave like a proper iOS application.
Speaking engagements page
NSConference 2010 US Workshop
Ask me anything
How to compete with iPad
Podcast for Application Developers
Real Usability
Dock Survey Results
Dock Survey
Favorites UI design
A discussion of the user interface and user experience design decisions in Favorites, my speed dial app for the iPhone.