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Trying to Design the Perfect Remote Control for TV
Over the past year I’ve spent a ton of time working & thinking about an option to experience TV on the iPad. There’s a lot of great things that can …
Looking at FlickStackr for the iPad & New York Times on Chrome
I’ve started studying apps like FlickStackr for the iPad & newyorktimes.com/chrome among among others. This is a really exciting time to be a designer because it seems like every couple …
Blackboard vs Whiteboard
Anyone that does a lot of design work will find themselves in front of a whiteboard from time to time. I even have a mini Muji version with me by …
Opportunity through Constraint, Looking at iA Writer’s Keyboard
I kind of tried avoiding the iPad app iA Writer right after the release as I read tons of blog posts about it. At the time I wasn’t sure if …
Nice Way to Build the Options Mode
While I was exploring the River of News iPad app I noticed a pretty cool feature that think most people overlook. The River of News app is a rss feed …
Why the Page 1 2 and View All Pagination?
A small thing that always bothers me when I read articles online is the option at the bottom of the first page to go to page two or view all. …
Exploring Gesture Deficiency
Yesterday while working on a multi touch iPad UI issue with Chris Fahey, the phrase “gesture deficient” came up. We were looking at some of the iPhone swipe actions to …
Looking at the Redesign of the @Nooka Website
I’ve been really lucky in 2010 so far. It has also been incredibly busy. While transitioning from Daylife and before starting at Behavior I had the opportunity to work with …
Checking in with QR Code to See a Film
Over the weekend I saw The Secret in Their Eyes (highly recommend it) at Angelika. Typically like most people that don’t want to be dissapointed by standing in line I …
Why Apple Probably Shouldn’t go into Search, Job Listings on Craigslist and Looking at Chatter to Find Work
Thinking about the headline Apple Won’t Build a (Web) Search Engine my first reaction was of course they won’t, there are better ways to find “stuff” online compared to search. …
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DesignNotes is published in NYC by Michael Surtees. Michael tries to explore people's daily experiences and observations with design. Recently he shifted from being the Principal and Creative Director of Gesture Theory to designing products at Dataminr. He can be reached at michael at michaelsurtees.com 
