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Jakob Nielsen on iPad Usability

Jakob Nielsen on iPad Usability:

Though you can certainly count me as one who enjoys arguing with Jakob's findings from time to time, there's plenty for iPad designers to consider in this article. The full report is available as a 93-page PDF, free of charge.

Veerle 3.0

Veerle 3.0:

So much to like about Veerle Pieter's new design.

"By the Time Adobe Has Flash Working Well on Mobile, Will Anyone Still Care?"

"By the Time Adobe Has Flash Working Well on Mobile, Will Anyone Still Care?":

When Jeff Croft sits down to write, he can really write. His account of a mishap at FlashCamp Seattle and commentary about the state of Flash on mobile (and versus HTML5) is well-composed and free of irrational judgment. To use his remarks only to aggrandize ire towards all things Flash would be to miss the mark.

Khoi Vinh would appear to agree, leaving these remarks in the comments:

Jeff, you commendably bend...

Time Out

After a return to freelancing, move across the country, adjusting to family life with diabetes, launching a major realign, and wrapping up a colossal poster project, I'm taking a proper time out with the family this week. It's the first in months.

I'll be back in the saddle next week.

The Conversation: Is It Done Yet?

The Conversation: Is It Done Yet?:

In which Dan Benjamin, Faruk Ates, Garrett Dimon, and I discuss the design and development process, how it differs when it's your project vs. client work, and how new devices like the iPad are changing the way we code and design.

Fonts.com Now Offers Web Font Embedding Service

Fonts.com Now Offers Web Font Embedding Service:

The tutorial video makes this service look like a carbon copy of Typekit, to be frank.

HTML5 for Web Designers by Jeremy Keith

HTML5 for Web Designers by Jeremy Keith:

A Book Apart's inaugural title. I have a preview copy and it's worth every penny of the $18 USD you'll pay for yours. Orders ship in June.

iPad Case Finder

iPad Case Finder:

I guess I no longer need to bother linking up iPad cases after this.

/via @meaganfisher

The United States of Apple

The United States of Apple:

Concentration of Apple owners segmented by metropolitan areas. We've got some catching up to do down here in the south.

When is it Time to Ditch Your Home Office?

When is it Time to Ditch Your Home Office?:

Pamela Slim:

Thirteen years of 'living the dream' as a self-employed work-at-home-office dweller who rolled out of bed in my pajamas to shoot off emails to clients around the world suddenly didn't work. As my business grew, the glamour of being able to do a load of laundry while coaching a client in China over Skype started being outweighed by my inability to concentrate for more than eight minutes at a time.

So I moved into a quiet, bright...