Mobile Search Device From (the past, depicting) The Future

A 2008 article from www.gearfuse.com depicts a prototype search device developed by Google.

“The future of Internet searching has a strong future, especially as long as companies like the world-dominating Google keep making the most of mobility and advanced search algorithms. The Internet Search: Mobile Version incorporates a touchscreen, built-in camera, WiFi, Google Map and Search, and image recognition to produce a search platform like nothing we’ve never seen.”

“If you’re wondering what a word means of what building you are standing near, just whip out the mobile searcher and touch the translucent display as you would any touchscreen. The device then conducts a search of the area you clicked on using its image recognition and camera to find search matches for your criteria.”

What?? no app store

Thanks to Siobhan O’Flynn for the find.

New “house” font for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), called Roboto

Type design enters into usability conversations…

full article on boingboing.net

M.I.T. Game-Changer: Free Online Education For All

With more & more courses being offered free online, it seems that tuition is becoming a cost associated with gaining access to a network.

“For Wall Street Occupiers or other decriers of the “social injustice” of college tuition, here’s a curveball bound to scramble your worldview: a totally free college education regardless of your academic performance or background.  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) will announce on Monday that they intend to launch an online learning initiative called M.I.T.x,which will offer the online teaching of M.I.T. courses free of charge to anyone in the world.”

See full article on Forbes.com

Top Ten Reasons NOT To Build Responsive or Adaptive Websites

Here’s a humorous look at why some people aren’t building Responsive or Adaptive Websites.

http://seesparkbox.com

Via Dan Linton

Ira Glass on Storytelling

Ira Glass is the host and producer of the radio and television show This American Life.

Animation: David Shiyang Liu

DaisyDisk UI Demo

“DaisyDisk scans your disks and presents their content as interactive maps where you can easily spot unusually large files and remove them to get more free space. The map gives you an overview of your data, so you always know what your hard disks are filled with.”

The video above displays this applications impressive and intuitive functional info-graphics.

DaisyDisk is priced at $19.95 and can be purchased via their site.

enjoy!

[ via SwissMiss ]

DesignThinkers 2011 presented by RGD Ontario

RGD Ontario’s Annual DesignThinkers Conference will happen this year on November 2nd & 3rd in Toronto.

This years line up of speakers includes:

Ivan Chermayeff, Tom Geismar, and Sagi Haviv
Chermayeff & Geismar

Tom Geismar is a founding partner of Chermayeff & Geismar and widely considered a pioneer of American graphic design. During the past four decades he has designed more than a hundred corporate identity programs.

Brian Collins and Leland Maschmeyer
COLLINS

Brian Collins is Chief Creative Officer of COLLINS, a design company dedicated to inventing brand experiences and communications that shape companies and people for the better.

Stanley Hainsworth
Tether

Stanley Hainsworth is Chairman, Chief Creative Officer of Tether, a group of friends who are passionate about one thing: telling stories that matter.

Chip Kidd

Chip Kidd is a graphic designer and writer whose book jacket designs have helped spawn a revolution in the art of American book packaging.

Complete List of Speakers

A Blast From The Past: Shuttle Through The Decades

Over 500 humans have been in outer space, of which, over 75% road a Shuttle.

A Blast From The Past: Shuttle Through The Decades – NPR takes a look back at the most momentous footage in the history of NASA’s Space Shuttle program. Second only to this extraordinary homage narrated by William Shatner.

Linkedin’s Quick Search Box

On content heavy websites, the most frequently used design element is the search box.

Widely considered to be best in class, LinkedIn’s Search Box has always managed to push the limits of their Quick Search functionality just enough to not blur the line between their Advanced Search option.

Linkedin’s Quick Search Box has included filters for:

* People
* Updates
* Jobs
* Companies
* Answers
* Inbox
* Groups

Recently, I just noticed the following functionality:

* Turn on/off suggestions (aka Auto Complete)

Late in 2010, LinkedIn also introduced a visual grouping of their auto results that includes the categories of the basic filters along with the introduction of:

* Skills (pulling from the users profiles)

As well as:
* Features (being LinkedIn’s site features)
* Polls (if no Poll exists, it prompts you to create one)

LinkedIn’s Learning Center needs to be updated, but here’s a link to the Search functionality section.

Goodbye QR Codes, Hello Near Field Communication?Engage365

http://engage365.org/2011/05/goodbye-qr-codes-hello-near-field-communication/