Sergei Golubev: One Geek's Blog » design http://sgolubev.com/blog www.sgolubev.com Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:07:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 “Computers need to get better” http://sgolubev.com/blog/2009/07/08/computers-need-to-get-better/ http://sgolubev.com/blog/2009/07/08/computers-need-to-get-better/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:45:30 +0000 sgolubev http://sgolubev.com/blog/?p=195 I respect Google’s design principles and usability of their solutions. Having read an early announcement of Google Chrome OS, I am impressed by their vision on the usability of operating systems and how clearly they have pointed out all those challenges:

  • People want to get to their email instantly, without wasting time waiting for their computers to boot and browsers to start up.
  • They want their computers to always run as fast as when they first bought them.
  • They want their data to be accessible to them wherever they are and not have to worry about losing their computer or forgetting to back up files.
  • Even more importantly, they don’t want to spend hours configuring their computers to work with every new piece of hardware, or have to worry about constant software updates.

    http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html
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Teas maid web service. My design mock-up. Xara Xtreme. 5 hours.

All the names and contact details used above are fictitious. The icons of tea cups used for the demo purposes are the property of Tea Forte Inc.: http://www.teaforte.com.


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Me with Jonny Ive

Jonathan is the principal designer known for his work on the range of Apple products, from iMac and MacBook to iPod and iPhone.

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From my favourite design agency thirteen23

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http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Periodic-Table-of-Typefaces/193759

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Just booked the tickets, they’re almost sold out :-)

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