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Oct 23, 2012
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We totally overhauled our company pages to tell a better story of what we do and why we’re doing it. It’s a funny thing, because it was a classic “cobbler’s children” situation where the whole team was so focused on the product that we didn’t give the company pages their proper due even though that’s where anyone who wants to come work here or just wants to learn more about who we are goes. We’ve remedied that now and I’m super happy with it. (via Our Business || About || Percolate)
We totally overhauled our company pages to tell a better story of what we do and why we’re doing it. It’s a funny thing, because it was a classic “cobbler’s children” situation where the whole team was so focused on the product that we didn’t give the company pages their proper due even though that’s where anyone who wants to come work here or just wants to learn more about who we are goes. We’ve remedied that now and I’m super happy with it.

(via Our Business || About || Percolate)

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Sep 25, 2012
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The search screenshot from the new Myspace video is pretty intriguing. (via Justin Timberlake Teases Sexy New MySpace)
The search screenshot from the new Myspace video is pretty intriguing.

(via Justin Timberlake Teases Sexy New MySpace)

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Sep 24, 2012
@ 8:34 am
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Google’s feedback system for G+ seems like a cool approach to the problem of getting quality comments from users. (via Google Feedback)
Google’s feedback system for G+ seems like a cool approach to the problem of getting quality comments from users.

(via Google Feedback)

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Sep 19, 2012
@ 11:00 am
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I really like the little feedback box at the bottom of Branch.

I really like the little feedback box at the bottom of Branch.

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Sep 14, 2012
@ 8:44 am
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For a year now, Apple has been chugging along on intertia and their war chest full of past profits, but will that be enough to last? Yesterday’s iPhone 5 announcement was a sign of the weakening resolve in the post-Jobs iPhone team. The iPhone 5 ships with 21 home screen icons.
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— It’s a sad day: The icon ceiling has been broken.

The iPhone “Icon Ceiling” has been broken: is this the beginning of the end? — justin hileman dot info

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Feb 27, 2012
@ 10:11 am
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Google Maps: Designing the Modern Atlas - Core77 »

This whole Core77 article about <a href=”http://core77.com/blog/case_study/google_maps_designing_the_modern_atlas_21486.asp”>the design of Google Maps is pretty excellent</a>. It’s a great breakdown of the insane challenges of building a map of the world. Beyond everything else, though, I found this especially shocking: “In recent months we have introduced a few more regional changes to our color palette adding 3D building shadows to indicate local time-of-day.” 3D building shadows … Who knew?

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Feb 25, 2012
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Turns out Saul Bass made a children&#8217;s book and it&#8217;s just been reprinted. Looks amazing. Just bought a copy. (via Henri&#8217;s Walk to Paris: Saul Bass&#8217;s Only Children&#8217;s Book, 1962, Resurfaced 50 Years Later | Brain Pickings)

Turns out Saul Bass made a children’s book and it’s just been reprinted. Looks amazing. Just bought a copy.

(via Henri’s Walk to Paris: Saul Bass’s Only Children’s Book, 1962, Resurfaced 50 Years Later | Brain Pickings)

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Jan 29, 2012
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Where NYC Tweets from. (via Map of 10,000 Tweets Shows New York City at Work)

Where NYC Tweets from.

(via Map of 10,000 Tweets Shows New York City at Work)

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Jan 27, 2012
@ 7:26 am
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A Hewlett Packard spokesperson confirmed (on December 15) that “in 2008, HP asked marketing agency Moving Brands to propose new ideas for various elements of HP’s brand identity, including fonts, graphics, and logos.” But now, “HP is one of the world’s most valuable brands and has no plans to adopt the new logo proposed by Moving Brands.  HP did implement some of the other design elements shown in the case study.
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That crazy HP logo from a few months ago isn’t actually replacing the old logo.

Identityworks: Reviews - 2011 - HP

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Jan 9, 2012
@ 3:53 pm
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I really like the look of these new AIAIAI headphones. cc/ @cjn (via Capital - The New Headphones From AIAIAI - AIAIAI)

I really like the look of these new AIAIAI headphones. cc/ @cjn

(via Capital - The New Headphones From AIAIAI - AIAIAI)