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Monthly Archives: October 2011

In Portrait or Landscape

  • October 21, 2011
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Yesterday, Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky responded to chatter about how Windows 8, in its grand debut, was demoed almost exclusively in landscape mode. In the post, he affirms Windows 8’s agnosticism.

    • Data
    • Gadgets
    • User Interface

User Research Gone Astray

  • October 16, 2011
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The Building Windows 8 blog offers some fascinating insight into Microsoft’s research and design processes. Take the recent post on improving Windows Explorer.

    • User Interface

Ghost Legs: Randomizing the Asian Way

  • October 12, 2011
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I had a bunch of relatives from Korea visit over the summer, and naturally an arm wrestling tournament broke out. What I found most interesting though was how they set up the initial match-ups. They … Read more

    • Code
    • Demo
    • Games
    • Web

Fuzzy Circles in Google Plus

  • October 10, 2011
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The hallmark of Google Plus so far has been Circles. In contrast to Facebook where you’re either a friend or you’re not (until you put people into lists), Circles has you categorize people as friends, … Read more

    • User Interface

Making Menus Escapable

  • October 7, 2011
  • 7 comments

A post on my impressions of Ubuntu 11 led to lots of thoughtful discussion here and over at Hacker News. The part that seemed to generate the most interest was my take on why certain … Read more

    • User Interface
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My name is Thomas Park, and I started Codepip to make tools that help people learn to code. I previously researched human-computer interaction and computing education at Drexel University in Philadelphia. More about me…

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