Tag Archives: design

textolatry

Posted on February 29, 2016 by blaise
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frax

Posted on October 2, 2013 by blaise

This baby has been a long time in ges­tat­ing.  Hats off to Ben, Kai and Tom for cre­at­ing, over I won’t say how many years, the great­est app ever to ren­der a reti­na dis­play pix­el.  Frax is not only the … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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on{X} update

Posted on June 12, 2012 by blaise

The devel­op­er community’s response to on{X} has been real­ly fun to watch.  I’ve made a short post for the site about some of the high­lights of the past week.  In late-break­ing news, some­one has appar­ent­ly just whipped up a fledg­ling … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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on{X}

Posted on June 6, 2012 by blaise

A cou­ple of weeks ago I came back from a great trip to vis­it my very tal­ent­ed and hip team at the Microsoft Israel Devel­op­ment Cen­ter in Tel Aviv.  Excite­ment was run­ning high as we geared up for the launch … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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translator

Posted on April 17, 2012 by blaise

I was pleased to see David Pogue’s pos­i­tive review of the new Win­dows Phone, Nokia’s Lumia 900, a cou­ple of weeks ago in the New York Times.  Win­dows Phone has made great progress these past cou­ple of years, and has … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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bear pond espresso

Posted on April 8, 2012 by blaise

Much has been writ­ten about the food scene in Tokyo.  In the end, maybe it’s just a very, very big city.  The “largest met­ro­pol­i­tan area in the world”, says Wikipedia, and among the dens­est (at more than 37,000 per square … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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allsaints

Posted on May 15, 2011 by blaise

A few months ago, I drove past the cor­ner of 5th and Pike in the evening and saw some­thing new, a shopfront that flash­ing by looked like some sort of Bab­bagesque mechan­i­cal com­put­er, brass machin­ery grid­ded in glass and lit … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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panorama madness

Posted on April 23, 2011 by blaise

Super pleased by the recep­tion of the Pho­to­synth app.  We’ve blown through a mil­lion down­loads, and we’re five stars now in the app­store, with about 900 rat­ings in the first four days: Fatjack1 writes, “AmaZ­ing / My head asplode!”  “Holy … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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photosynth app!

Posted on April 18, 2011 by blaise

As every­one who’s been glanc­ing now and then at my face­book page knows, I’ve been post­ing a lot of panora­mas late­ly from the mys­te­ri­ous “Pho­to­synth pub­lish pho­tos” app.  Well, the app is now final­ly avail­able on the iPhone— just look … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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tel aviv / berlin

Posted on April 4, 2011 by blaise

It’s time to break this dry spell on the blog.  Let’s begin with some notes I jot­ted down on the plane back from a trip to Tel Aviv and Berlin a cou­ple of weeks ago. For me, the anti­sym­met­ri­cal ideas … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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