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The potential of giving Google Drive an Evernote-esque UI overlay of cards and in-window editing could freshen up Skeomorphism’s longest lasting joke - The File Browser.
I’ve been putting some hours in  lately on researching the old habits inherited with paper, from embedding Word docs into emails to the “Desktop” GUI. That means I’ve been taking a bunch of notes and I started to want the Evernote note window as my main file explorer, but the one thing I felt was missing was any other file that aren’t compatible. I’d love to see the Evernote-esque expereince take over the current File Browser. I think the closest to do it would be with Google Drive (Web) and Chromium. - If you own the viewer and the editor (doc, presentation, spreadsheet, graphic), why can’t the file browser allow you to edit?
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The potential of giving Google Drive an Evernote-esque UI overlay of cards and in-window editing could freshen up Skeomorphism’s longest lasting joke - The File Browser.

I’ve been putting some hours in  lately on researching the old habits inherited with paper, from embedding Word docs into emails to the “Desktop” GUI. That means I’ve been taking a bunch of notes and I started to want the Evernote note window as my main file explorer, but the one thing I felt was missing was any other file that aren’t compatible. I’d love to see the Evernote-esque expereince take over the current File Browser. I think the closest to do it would be with Google Drive (Web) and Chromium. - If you own the viewer and the editor (doc, presentation, spreadsheet, graphic), why can’t the file browser allow you to edit?

    • #UI
    • #UX
    • #Google
    • #Drive
    • #Evernote
    • #Design
    • #Tech
    • #Web
    • #Chrome
  • 4 months ago
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Building a prototype interaction to pair a phone as a game controller to a website.
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Building a prototype interaction to pair a phone as a game controller to a website.

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    • #interaction
    • #web
    • #tech
    • #mobile
    • #iphone
  • 5 months ago
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A concept on how a Microsoft Kinect may help us around the house.
With JavaScripts starting to connect the web with a Microsoft Kinect, how long until cameras like these are helping us be better cooks, fix things around the house and even help us build things?

To elaborate - I can’t wait till the time that I can go to JohnDeere.com and by turning on a ‘Camera Assist’ the website can see what I am doing and help me thru the process. Imagine flipping your lawn mower over and letting the camera look over your shoulder to help navigate you through maintenance. Consider going to FoodNetwork.com and activating your camera so that the website can assist you in cooking more complex meals and keep time from of the other events going on in preparation. With a pair of eyes and a little bit of object recognition, we can start getting help with anything around the house in no time.
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A concept on how a Microsoft Kinect may help us around the house.

With JavaScripts starting to connect the web with a Microsoft Kinect, how long until cameras like these are helping us be better cooks, fix things around the house and even help us build things?

To elaborate - I can’t wait till the time that I can go to JohnDeere.com and by turning on a ‘Camera Assist’ the website can see what I am doing and help me thru the process. Imagine flipping your lawn mower over and letting the camera look over your shoulder to help navigate you through maintenance. Consider going to FoodNetwork.com and activating your camera so that the website can assist you in cooking more complex meals and keep time from of the other events going on in preparation. With a pair of eyes and a little bit of object recognition, we can start getting help with anything around the house in no time.

    • #kinect
    • #microsoft
    • #NUI
    • #design
    • #tech
    • #web
    • #javascript
  • 8 months ago
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As the second screen evolves into how we engage with big screen content, could pure HTML5 or JS be used to pair browsers between a TV and a mobile device?

“Today 90% of our media consumption occurs in front of a screen.” - Think w/Google

Of all the digital things that I interact with, they all share one common denominator = the web.  We can all think of plenty of situations for using a mobile device as a second screen to interact with content on a larger, TV screen sized, webpage - like Airplay - but I don’t know one that are supported over every platform.
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As the second screen evolves into how we engage with big screen content, could pure HTML5 or JS be used to pair browsers between a TV and a mobile device?


“Today 90% of our media consumption occurs in front of a screen.” - Think w/Google


Of all the digital things that I interact with, they all share one common denominator = the web.  We can all think of plenty of situations for using a mobile device as a second screen to interact with content on a larger, TV screen sized, webpage - like Airplay - but I don’t know one that are supported over every platform.

    • #internet
    • #mobile
    • #tech
    • #web
    • #Google
  • 8 months ago
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The bright side to losing your app website to the iCloud transition: You have to start over, and you really didn’t like the last version.

FYI - the version shown is the one still in Development and not what is currently in the App Store
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The bright side to losing your app website to the iCloud transition: You have to start over, and you really didn’t like the last version.

FYI - the version shown is the one still in Development and not what is currently in the App Store

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    • #iPhone
    • #app
    • #iOS
    • #Apple
    • #tech
  • 9 months ago
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Google Now is awesome; merge them with the iGoogle team to bring it to the browser and make it amazing.
Playing around with TV interface options, I wanted an app that I’ve nicknamed “Oatmeal” for a while for the iPad, but maybe it is better as a Web App on the TV. 
When layering these iframes to a dashboard it started to look more and more like Google Now… and that’s a good thing - We can use more Environmental/Ambient Intelligence in our devices and ultimately it should permeate into all internet enabled devices. Merging the Google Now group with iGoogle will be an amazing combination to bring this to the web.
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Google Now is awesome; merge them with the iGoogle team to bring it to the browser and make it amazing.

Playing around with TV interface options, I wanted an app that I’ve nicknamed “Oatmeal” for a while for the iPad, but maybe it is better as a Web App on the TV. 

When layering these iframes to a dashboard it started to look more and more like Google Now… and that’s a good thing - We can use more Environmental/Ambient Intelligence in our devices and ultimately it should permeate into all internet enabled devices. Merging the Google Now group with iGoogle will be an amazing combination to bring this to the web.

    • #google
    • #tv
    • #tech
    • #web
    • #internet
  • 9 months ago
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HTML5 adoption of an App URL link standard

I’d love for HTML5 to introduce the ability to add a URL standard that lets you include multiple different link formats, thus giving the ability to link to content in native applications and the ability to fail back to opening in a web site.

ex: If they have the iPhone app open in there, if not than open in the browser <a href=”-iOS: myapp://some/path/here; -android: my.app.scheme://some/path/here; -win8: my.tile://some/path/here -http://some/path/here”>Wishlist</a>

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    • #Android
    • #Web
    • #Tech
    • #Browser
  • 10 months ago
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Today we&#8217;re starting myCopei
Over the course of the next couple of months we will be working to build out this site, to help you search, manage and help provide each other with the critical data required to make informed decisions on your healthcare. If you are as excited about this new offering as we are, we hope that you will join us, and our beta. We protect your anonymity and only require your email to sign up as we move forward
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Today we’re starting myCopei

Over the course of the next couple of months we will be working to build out this site, to help you search, manage and help provide each other with the critical data required to make informed decisions on your healthcare. If you are as excited about this new offering as we are, we hope that you will join us, and our beta. We protect your anonymity and only require your email to sign up as we move forward

    • #beta
    • #health
    • #healthcare
    • #insurance
    • #application
    • #web
    • #website
  • 2 years ago
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Time for a fresh new look

Made some room for creativity on a new homepage by splitting the blog off to is subdomain
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Time for a fresh new look

Made some room for creativity on a new homepage by splitting the blog off to is subdomain

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    • #internet
    • #homepage
    • #design
    • #UI
  • 2 years ago
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