Niklaus Gerber - Issue #14
I am really sorry that you only receive my weekly newsletter today. I have been sick that last 7 days and did not get around to send it out. I hope this week you will get it on time.
I also wrote a new post on Medium. «How refind.com fixed a problem I didn’t know I had». I hope you enjoy the short read.
Wishing you a great week.
Niklaus
highly recommended
Craftsmanship, design, and code
If you don’t mind, I wanted to ask you a specific question thats been bothering me for a long time. There are front-end developers and there are UI/UX designers. As I understand it, UI/UX designers come up with how things should look and front-end developers implement their vision. What if I can design and code? What if I want to conceive experiences and implement them? Is it true that most companies don’t encourage that? What would you suggest?
Elon Musk Is Wrong. We Aren't Living in a Simulation
Recently Elon Musk made internet headlines by claiming that the probability we live in “base reality” is one in billions. Instead, we are much more likely to be living in a historical ancestor simulation created by an advanced future civilization some 10,000 years from now.
A Complete Roadmap To Building A Delightful Onboarding Experience For Mobile App Users
When launching an app, you need to spend a lot of time and resources to attract users. You can pull people into your app using a variety of means, including advertising, referral programs, public relations and content marketing. But when people finally download an app, they sometimes feel abandoned. You must clearly show users why they need your app.
The magic that makes Spotify’s Discover Weekly playlists so damn good
30 songs that feel like a gift from a music-loving friend, who might once have made a cassette tape with your name scrawled across the front.
astonishing apps
PHAROS
Unknown App
inspirational
Blade Runner | Typeset In The Future
After studying Alien in intimate detail, it’s time to look at the typography and design of Ridley Scott’s other classic sci-fi movie, Blade Runner. Based on Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Blade Runner cements Scott’s reputation for beautiful, gritty, tech noir science fiction.
“Talk less. Do more.”
And other lessons on design from IDEO Futures’ Iain Roberts
beautiful video content
2016 AICP Sponsor Reel - Dir Cut on Vimeo
Method Design was tapped by production company RSA to concept and create this year’s AICP Sponsor Reel. The AICP awards celebrate global creativity within…
What Happened Before History?
Human Origins
made me smile
Google Charmed By Grandma's Polite Searches
“She thought that by being polite and using her manners, the search would be quicker.”
6 in 10 of you will share this link without reading it, a new, depressing study says
What will you do?
Pop 101
How to make a Pop song.