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• Commented on Farewell to an Icon: Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
  As a designer, entenpuener and Apple fan Steve was a huge inspiration. He will be missed. This 15 minute video sums it up: http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die.html#.To1mH9542U9.facebook If you do anything today it should be watching this....
• Commented on These Guys Kick APPS: Q&A (Part 2)
  Michel and Jochem: Best advice is to ship it ASAP! - The truth Joe: The best approaches are often the simplest ones. Consider that design serves two fundamental roles here: branding and functionality. - The truth Thanks for this post...
• Commented on The Story of O Rocks the House!
  Also looking forward to the full recap!...
• Commented on SPD 45: The Design Annual For iPad
  Done and done. Great inspirational resource! Well played Mr. Klenert and Balance Software....
• Commented on "Above & Beyond" The Traditional iPad Publication App
  Great work Joe, just downloaded the app. Always love reading insight from one of the leaders in digital publishing....
• Commented on GQ iPad App v2.0
  The design looks very sharp and perfect for the iPad. Having designed a few apps myself I know the hard work that goes into these digital editions. Love how the design compliments the print version yet enhances the app version....
• Commented on First Look: The Newsweek Redesign
  I have been a huge fan of Dirk since his Maxim days. I admire his ability to combine the perfect font with the perfect layout. I plan on picking up the magazine today. Hats off to your team! This looks...
• Commented on Three Questions For Grant Glas, Principal, Invisions Technical Arts
  App Press & Invisions' co-founder Kevin Smith is the technical genius behind App Press. All the credit goes to him for building the tool. Visit the App Press site at http://www.myappress.com/...
• Commented on The Daily Launches
  Wow... did anyone notice The Daily super bowl ad? Mr.Murdoch is sparing no expense....
• Commented on 10 Essential iPad Apps for Publication Designers
  Rupert Murdoch's The Daily was released today and is definitely worth checking out (after the 20 minute download). Another gem I found, Design Scene. This app has real-time visual inspiration from 50+ sites and a text feed from 30+ sites....
• Commented on A Recipe for Hotcake-Selling Magazine Apps
  Thanks for the post Robert! Joe Zeff touches on a great point: "create something new instead of redesigning something old." We are doing exactly that at my company Invisions Technical Arts. My team is currently reformatting an entire magazine (Indianapolis...
• Commented on CMY Killa: Photoshop Tutorial Rap
  Josh this is beyond great! CMYKilla just went to my entire office....
• Commented on The Art Direction of Musician Magazine: John Korpics
  Awesome insight. Thank you for the article. I'm not ashamed to admit I did a lot of Korpics copying in my early days. A couple times a month I check out the new Fortune or his old EW work for...
• Commented on Mag App: Project magazine
  When downloading Project they fail to ever label how big the actual issue file is... Most magazine apps are 150 - 200 MB which means at least a 15 minute download time and the possibility for errors... Is this really...
• Commented on Bloomberg Businessweek
  Mission accomplished Richard. This work is excellent. Love the "Shredding the Dream" layout!...
• Commented on The Infamous Graffiti Magazine
  Shaun - great work! Love the top spread...
• Commented on A Tale of Two Free Magazine Apps
  Jeremy, excellent observations. Apps that don't work in landscape mode I believe is a trend that will only increase. The SI app recently went without the landscape view... Time's Josh Quittner, who's been guest editing the iPad edition of SI,...
• Commented on Joe Zeff: A Paper to Pixels Postscript
  CNBC reports that the iPad has become the most quickly adopted non-phone consumer electronics product in history, topping the DVD player, which shifted only 350,000 units in its first year on the market. Apple sold over 300,000 iPads in its...
• Commented on Mag App: Gourmet Live
  Josh, I'm 100% on board with your comment. My first thought was "really Gourmet, really?!?" It is free so I didn't get to worked up... It was nice to see something outside the Woodwing template that Conde Nast has made...
• Commented on Paper to Pixels v2: Favorite Apps
  Apple doesn't want to hand out valuable subscriber info willy nilly; publishers don't want to give a third of subscription revenue to Apple in perpetuity, as current App Store guidelines would dictate. So there've been no subscriptions. Until now, maybe......
• Commented on Paper to Pixels v2: Favorite Apps
  Fortune is put together nicely... but when you got Korpics that's pretty much a lock. For me the best "design" goes to Wired. I know it's the obvious choice... The design is so good probably because they are using a...
• Commented on Typomag: A design library must-have
  I agree with Nathalie, spread two gave me font goose bumps....
• Commented on Cool Nerds Go Negative
  Jeremy and Josh your two posts have the new Wired issue as overlapping shout-outs. I'd like to say how incredibly brilliant the new Wired issue is. Design and content are first-class. I thought the cover story was excellent along with...
• Commented on The New York Times Hits a Grand Slam with Flex
  These photos and videos are insane! The videos are a must... Love the Serena clip....
• Commented on Behind the Scenes: <i>Fortune</i> Goes to the iPad
  Great stuff from Korpics and his team. Always a big fan of his work. Too bad it's getting so many negative reviews based on the price... the app from a design (awesome) and function stand point is top notch....
• Commented on 10 Essential iPad Apps for Publication Designers
  Josh is right Flipboard is a great app! (I finally was able to sync my FB account) Flipboard was founded by Mike McCue, former CEO of Tellme and Evan Doll, a former senior iPhone engineer at Apple. So needless to...
• Commented on 10 Essential iPad Apps for Publication Designers
  I read The New York Times will launch Press Engine in the fourth quarter of 2010. Press Engine is a technology and design solution that allows publishers and media organizations to deliver their content across new platforms starting with iPhone...
• Commented on Mag App: Popular Mechanics (Beta Edition)
  100% agree with the observation: "As a reader it was pretty nice being guided through the issue by editorial decision making" Every element (i.e. data visualization / graphics ) added to the editorial content but didn't distract from it. Top...
• Commented on Mag App: Gourmet Live
  Anyone download the Sports Illustrated app yet? I'm really enjoying it! $4.99 an issue......
• Commented on Mag App: TIME Magazine v2.0
  This app looks amazing! The Wonderfactory and Woodwing are doing work. Goes to show - if you have 10-15 developers behind an app - you can do some pretty cool things. Side note / shameless self-promotion: My team's first iPad...