E-ink feels peaceful to me. The Kindle doesn’t feel like a computer. It feels — not to the touch but to the eyes and mind — like a crudely-typeset and slightly smudgily-printed paper book. That’s a good thing. Battery life is un-computer-like as well: Amazon measures e-ink Kindle battery life in months, and they’re not joking. It’s a surprise when the Kindle actually needs a charge. I was a doubter until I owned one, but now I’m convinced that e-ink readers have tremendous value even in the post-iPad world.

Seems like the new Kindle Touch seems worth a try. Looking forward to the day it will be available in Germany.

Check this thorough analysis by Daring Fireball:
http://daringfireball.net/2011/09/amazons_new_kindles

A collection of some handy tools for quickly prototyping in code (HTML/CSS):

http://www.netmagazine.com/features/prototyping-code

Nachdem wir ungefähr 8000 Einzelfotos geschossen haben, das gelbe Boot gefühlte 100 000 mal ein kleines Stück nach vorne gezogen haben, ist es (nach einigen Monaten Post-Produktion) vollbracht. Das Video zu unserem Song 'Ruder'. Besucht uns auf www.facebook.com/neonfieber oder www.neonfieber.de.

Inspiring.

http://london2011.drupal.org/scheduleitem/keynote-designing-sustainable-web

The web is evolving. Fast. As designers and developers working in this volatile medium – one that is characterised by a relentless pace of change – we need to consider strategies that deliver a sustainable web that exists beyond the here and now.

This keynote will focus on how, by marrying fundamental web standards with timeless design principles, we can create beautifully designed user experiences that embrace the full range of emerging technologies at our disposal. HTML5 and CSS3 offer today's designers and developers a platform on which to build sustainable web presences for tomorrow. In short, to create a sustainable web - one that exists across a growing number of devices - that is designed not with short term goals in mind, but that is built from the ground up with longevity as its driving force.

We discuss how a standards based approach that is forward looking, whilst embracing classic design principles, can ensure wonderful user experiences that exist outside of the latest trends and live on in our users' imaginations.

We both believe great design and enhanced user experiences go hand in hand:

1. Build a solid platform, embracing emerging standards, ensuring maintainability moving forward is pain free;
2. Apply fundamental and timeless design principles to ensure wonderful user experiences, experiences that exist outside of the latest trends and ensure a longer shelf life; and
3. Deliver efficiencies (via 1) and marketability (via 2) to satisfy the business people.