At the All Things D conference earlier this year, Apple CEO Steve Jobs articulated what I felt was a substantial brand-driven statement:  “All we want to do is make better products.”  This statement might seem quite obvious and insanely simple, but I see it as a clear,...

In the late 1990’s, RSS feeds were born.  The abbreviation had promise:  It was easy to say (“arr ess ess” just sounds interesting phonetically) and it stood for “Really Simple Syndication.”    How much more promise could a new technology be when its very name had “rea...

In a recent post on Engadget, Michael Gartenberg advanced a theory that the new “Metro” user interface (UI) design ethos was a refreshing alternative to the trend of trying to make digital experiences look and feel more organic.   He claimed that many of the organic an...

When I initially received this story from a colleague and friend, I agreed with his initial assessment that this bridge design is a really elegant way to solve a unique problem.   But this article goes further than the traditional wow-factor of a great-looking design t...