My name is Jake Marsh. Inventor 💡 Founder 👨🏻💻 Creator 👨🎤 Writer ✍🏻 Lifeform 👽
Interface design, interaction, typography, launch pages and how good apps feel. 15 posts.
I’ve been a proud owner of the new iPhone 6 Plus for over month now. I love it. It’s easily my favorite device I’ve ever owned. 1 One of my favorite parts about the 6 Plus is the improved landscape support. Apple has even enabled landscape support for Springboard (the home screen) on the iPhone… Read more of Holding it Wrong: A Landscape Lock Screen →
This makes so much sense. The idea isn’t neccesarily brand-new, (here’s an article from back in 2009), but seeing it illustrated as clearly and beautifully as Evan has done here is eye opening. Read more of Coding in Color →
Yet another example of details that 99.9% of users would never notice but use constantly. The iPad’s split keyboard has phantom buttons. If you’re used to typing Y with your left hand, you can. To enable this keyboard, tap-hold on the “toggle keyboard” button in the lower right to get a menu, or… Read more of Phantom Buttons on the iPad's Split Keyboard →
Oh man, I wish I had found Tim Oliver‘s writeup about this sooner (includes diagrams and sample code). I just wrote all of this code myself, and had to do all of my own research. Serves me right for not properly Googling. Pro Tip: Google everything before you begin coding a solution for a problem… Read more of Creating the iOS 5 UITableView Bevel Effect →
Andrew Munn points out a simple truth about Android vs. iOS graphics rendering: It’s because on iOS all UI rendering occurs in a dedicated UI thread with real-time priority. He also clarifies: Compositing and previously set-up animations—all the stuff that involves the Core Animation rendering… Read more of Android Graphics Truth Facts →
A fantastic little OS X app here for configuring CSS gradients. The interface of Gradient is really fantastic and pretty close to perfect of this simple task. This image was hosted on CloudApp, which shut down. It’s gone. You simply choose your color, and generate the CSS. It has all sorts of… Read more of Gradient.app →
Skeuomorphism is a fantastic technique and I couldn’t be happier with how it is used in the design of some applications. When used both properly and effectively, I believe it can lead to some of the best user interfaces the world has seen. The “official” definition: A skeuomorph or skeuomorphism… Read more of On Skeuomorphism →
Great slides make for great presentations. But more than that, great slides really help people understand the information you’re trying to present to them. Zach Holman outlines the finer points of this in a post on slide design targeted towards developers. My slides are not designed for people who… Read more of Slide Design for Developers →
If you’ll indulge me, I’d like to take a minute to talk about this little bastard: In recent months, the conversation amongst many of my designer friends has often drifted to something like this: What the hell is with all the crazy textures and patterns in Apple’s user interfaces lately? I… Read more of Linens 'n Things →
I always find it fun to try to spot all the tiny design differences in Apple’s user interfaces whenever a new update comes out. A blog called Design Archive has put together some comparison shots of iOS 4 and iOS 5 highlighting some of the more fun differences. Normally I would quote the site I’m… Read more of Subtle Design Changes in iOS 5 →
Yes. This is so helpful it’s not even funny. This little baby comes to us thanks to Wade Cosgrove. A custom color picker designed specifically for developers. Makes getting colors out of Photoshop/Acorn mock-ups quick and easy. Currently supports NSColor, UIColor, CGColorRef, CSS and HTML styles… Read more of Developer Color Picker →
Delight is in the details. Subtle hints, humor, metaphor, animation, and beautiful visuals are some of the tools we use give our app character. Fantastic article on the things Apple Design Awards apps do to become so great. Read more of 7 Keys to Unlock an Apple Design Award →
From former members of the iPod and iOS design teams, interface design by Mike Matas No more programming, no more constantly changing the temperature. The NestTM Learning ThermostatTM programs itself in a week to keep you comfortable and save energy. Neat idea, price is a little steep at $249 but… Read more of Nest - The Learning Thermostat →
Calendar, Notes and Contacts are all explainable — they reference real world things (even if they shouldn’t). My Mum likes that her calendar looks more like a Filofax than Outlook 2003. Fair enough. A Filofax is a thing. I get it. And the Compass app is based on a compass. Another thing. But I’m… Read more of The Metaphors Breaking The Future →
Ever been so excited for a new app that you just can’t wait till you get to download it? I’m going to tell you how to make people feel that way about your app. The Reveal What do I mean by “the art of the reveal”? It’s the way you announce your new product. It’s the way you release that product… Read more of The Art Of The Reveal →