Design Interact has a fascinating story up that talks about the two-year process of designing the Xbox 360’s user interface. The process included Microsoft designing their own Flash-like animation tool, working with design firm AKOA and narrowing ten ideas down to one. The end result is a sucked in interface that resembles the console’s own sleek design and features the ability to quickly cycle through games, photos and other entertainment capabilities.
(Via Kotaku.)
After 21 years of denial, the Mighty Mouse roars.
I can just hear Steve Jobs to his product dev team – “Bring me a two-button mouse – with no buttons! Forget about that VideoPod you’ve been working on!”
Thomas Hawk makes note of this blog dedicated to night photography on Flickr. Check out the Nighthawks – Night Photography blog. Below is an a photo I shot at a country fair in Hinesville, GA in the early 90s. I loved the way a longish exposure at post-sunset dusk could bring out these wonderful purple-to-pink colors in the sky.
