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Week in Review – 06.06.11
Written by Chris Bowler on June 6th 2011
We’re still hours away before El Stevo changes the world once again. Rather than watch the line-ups on the live blogs, why not spend some time taking in fantastic content while you wait? We promise to satisfy.
Here’s the best of the past week on the Fusion Ads network.
Twitter Archives and the Sendai Quake
Craig Mod gives us another brilliant essay, this time based on a talk he gave at Creative Mornings in San Francisco (you can watch his talk here). In the essay he gives a wonderful breakdown of where tools like Twitter and Facebook shine, as well as where they do not.
If you read only one thing this week, Craig’s piece should be it.
iA Writer
Speaking of Craig Mod, his old employers, Information Architects, recently released iA Writer for Mac. Lukas Mathis shares his likes and dislikes of the application, which takes a different approach to user interface. And no one dissects an interface like Mathis.
Closer to home, Ben Brooks also posted his review of the application. In his post, he goes beyond the features of the app to talk about how the features  or lack thereof  improved his writing. In short, he likes it.
PayPal
Ben also shared some thoughts on PayPal and their lack of innovation. He includes a detailed rehash of their history.
Seeing the Future
Another look at a company who’s glory resides in the past, Patrick Rhone illustrated how Microsoft has lost their ability to think out of the box.
Dialvetica
Shawn posted a shorter review (by his standards) of the iPhone app Dialvetica. He shares both his beefs and bouquets about the app.
Windows Phone 7
Now for a longer review. A *much* longer review. Lukas Mathis gives a lengthly look at Windows Phone 7, which he likes. A lot. Click the link to find out why.
Monthly review, Vol. XVI
idsgn published their monthly review, which is always an interesting mix of content. This month has everything from Obama to vintage cereal boxes to discussions on failure.
Explorations in Typography: Mastering the Art of Fine Typesetting
The folks at Typographica reviewed Carolina de Bartolo’s new book “Explorations in Typographyâ€Â. If you are into type at all, this sounds like a great book to add to the shelf.
CSS Transitions & Media Queries
Elliot Jay Stocks shares some ideas he has for making responsive designs a little smoother. He makes use of transitions to achieve this. His post includes demos to get the idea across.
WordPress 3 Complete Book Review and Giveaway
There were a lot of reviews last week. Jonathan Christopher had one of his one, this time of another book. He reviews WordPress 3 Complete and is also giving away a copy of the book.
Creating Harmonious Color Schemes
Method & Craft featured a video by Erica Schoonmaker, who shares a handy tip for creating a more harmonious color scheme in your graphics tool of choice.
Simple Desktops
Simpledesks
WANKEN
Now, enjoy the Keynote!