There's something so satisfying about jotting down a note on paper. Even if it's digital.
With the Paper app for iPad you can draw, sketch, outline, write, color and create - anything that you could put to paper. Paper was designed for "touch and creating on the go." It's like a digital journal, but with a much better eraser. Best of all, with an Internet connection, you can share pages on Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, email - whatever.
Check out what is happening with colors on the web in 2013!
Pizza Compass: "No frills, just pizza."
Some might say that Pizza Compass is the most important app ever made. I might not totally agree with that statement, but it's definitely up there. The most important thing is that it helps you get the pizza to your mouth, as quickly as possible."
Portobello is an Italian supermarket that prices everything in points, not Euros. Unemployment reached a 20-year high, and the City of Modena was looking for a way to provide food and work for residents in need.
The Portobello supermarket provides a place for the unemployed to work directly for goods and foods they need. Employed residents can also help out by volunteering or donating money or groceries.
User Experience (UX) for mobile devices is a whole different game. They're not computers that sit on desks or laps. People use mobile devices "when they’re standing, walking, riding a bus, or doing just about anything."
From observation, Steven Hoober discovered that most users spend most of their time scrolling -- "a user was interacting with a mobile phone without inputting any data via key or screen."
Sound familiar? How do you use your mobile device?
You know, because (web) color is great too!
Google's done it again. But unlike Google Buzz, this is an improvement to Gmail. Gmail's new inbox will feature new ways to organize your inbox. New tabs will categorize emails into groups like social sites, promotions and offers, confirmations and bills, "the emails you really want."
According to the Google Blog, "The new inbox is rolling out gradually. The desktop, Android and iOS versions will become available within the next few weeks. If you'd like to try out the new inbox on Desktop sooner, keep an eye on the gear menu and select Configure inbox when it appears in the Settings options."
Onward to zero inbox!
Spin.js creates dynamic spinners that can be used as a replacement for GIFs.
No images, no external CSS, and works in all major browsers. Also, Internet Explorer 6. Spin.js is highly configurable, resolution-independent, and doesn't require jQuery (though it is supported).
Brew.by is a craft beer-friendly guide. It's for anyone (in Colorado for now) who’s looking for a new brewery, who wants to celebrate their favorite watering hole or rate some tasty brews.
So check in, check out new breweries, tell the world which breweries you’ve been to and which ones you've loved. And did we mention it's brought to you by Q Digital Studio?
The Emotionary is a user-generated dictionary of "words that don't exist for feelings that do."
The words are mostly portmanteaus - a combination of two or more words or syllables to make one new one - making for some interesting and very descriptive nonwords. Know that feeling that if you could do it all over again, you'd actually change some things? It's "regretrospect." Ever feel guilty for wanting to just stay in alone on Friday night and watch Netflix? Guiltroversion.
So go ahead, share your feelings. Especially the ones that you don't have words for.