The point is that there’s something that feels gratuitously obvious about the philosophical approach Apple takes to the design of the iPad book app and many of its other recent application designs. It’s very easy for skeuomorphism to become a crutch and a way to justify lazy design decisions.
The Congress for the New Urbanism recently created a short-film that explores the history of Claiborne Avenue, its present condition, and re-imagines a different future for the corridor. A possible highway-to-boulevard conversion that will reconnect the Tremé/Lafitte and Tulane/Gravier neighborhoods, bring people and businesses back to the street, increase opportunities for community investment and economic development, and promote healthier living conditions.
Produced with support from the Greater New Orleans Foundation and the Ford Foundation.
It is quite a three pipe problem, and I beg that you won’t speak to me for fifty minutes.
— Sherlock Holmes
I like that. A three pipe problem is a mental tangle that requires about an hour of solitude to unravel. (via viafrank)
My version: “Il est tout à fait un trois verres de vin problèmes, et je vous prie de ne pas me parler jusqu’à demain matin.”
At any randomly selected point, one in 12 airline passengers in the United States is using a tablet computer or e-reader.
“The public doesn’t want or need to hear “representatives” from the so-called right or left. It wants insight into what’s best for America. And yet over and over again — on the radio, on TV, in print, in the blogosphere, and all over Washington — political ideology is substituting for thought.” —Robert Reich