I used to be a OneNote fan. From a minor detailing on a simple rewrite rule to a lengthy note taking on a major front-end revamp was captured on OneNote. Well, those days are gone. Surfaced again is the product Microsoft (almost) killed with their vivid note taking tool OneNote; EverNote. This time however it has bubbled with all the right and timely features. You can write a note once and access it from anywhere in the world. But if you prefer not to put your sensitive data up on the cloud, the facility of simply syncing your notes with a portable USB drive is also part of the package. Long live the notes war!
I use Microsoft Paint occasionally. Its limited features and functionalities prevent Paint from competing with the industry acclaimed Adobe Photoshop. However this post is about an interesting observation I made on Microsoft Paint where Paint seems to be the preferred graphics editing programs amongst regular people.
When I say regular people, I meant to classify those who do not belong to the school of designers and related disciplines. The five top reasons why Paint is the choice of graphics editing program amongst the common can be stated as follows. Read the full story →
nStation has a new theme from today onwards (July 16, 2008). This theme is a fresh design I came up with a couple of days back. It took me about a week to complete the design and another week to develop it to a WordPress Theme. Read the full story →
Google showcased their Android prototype and its UI to the public at the IO conference. I noticed an interesting design pattern on Android UI icons: they are left hand oriented. Usually in a right hand dominated society icons are designed in the same orientation. An exception to this is the Apple Mac OS where most icons are neutral oriented. Left hand oriented icons are rare; especially when they are done by professional. So this is something new to the design community from Google.