Design
Expandable elements are extremely common across desktop and mobile apps. So common in fact that you might be wondering why I’m spending time writing about this. Things that are common are not always well understood. A well-designed expandable element comes down to the placement and rotation of the caret
Design
You’ve been designing web apps for years, and you’re a total pro at it. Well done! Now you have to design your first native app and you’re not quite sure where to start. Don’t worry. The good thing is most of your web design knowledge is
Design
This is a list of resources for design systems. Hopefully, it will be as helpful to you as it is to me. This will be updated as I come across more design system goodies. System Examples These are examples of design systems that I reference frequently. Either for their content,
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I’m looking at purchasing a Tom Bihn Synik 22. These are resources I’m collecting to help me decide if I should purchase. I’ll be updating this resource as I come across more info. Written Reviews & Forum Discussions * Synik 22 / 30 Questions & Answers * Review: Tom Bihn
Sofa
Sofa was suffering from a tight-coupling problem between view controllers. I discovered this while trying to refactor my massive controllers. I stumbled upon the coordinator pattern, which ended up being a great solution. A quick note I’m a beginner when it comes to iOS development, and the coordinator pattern
Sofa
I go over the reasons for making Sofa a free app.
Sofa
I try to get a button working. Yes. A button.
Sofa
I conducted research on the Sofa App Store page. I also discuss the process & tools used to conduct the research.
Sofa
A video showing you the process I went through to design Quick Add in Sofa.
Sofa
There’s a constant debate about whether or not designers should learn to code. While I’m happy to talk about that at length, I think it’s helpful to look at it from a different perspective. What are you trying to accomplish? Are you trying to get a job,
Sofa
When we started working on Sofa, it was very different from what you see today. In fact, it wasn’t even called Sofa. It was called many things: Movie Night, Movie List, and Movie Pal just to name a few. I wanted to share a little bit of the story
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Let me start this off with this simple fact: I’m not a heavy Facebook user. Most of my digital time is spent in Twitter and Reeder. But, there is something about Paper that keeps drawing me in. It’s natural to compare Facebook’s flagship app and Paper, but