ROLI: Create Music as Playing LEGO

F.g.1 ROLI Blocks with full lighting which democratize music production ROLI Blocks is a concept device which let people create their music as playing building blocks. Each module of ROLI blocks can be put together by magnetic force. Everyone can make music naturally through intuitive gestures on a touch-sensitive playing surface. The block could satisfy any budget, […]

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Design Critique: LinkedIn Profiles in “Edit” Mode

LinkedIn is a powerful professional networking tool, and the LinkedIn profile is a commonly-used, linkable online alternative for the traditional resume. The goal is to create and edit a “strong” profile that will generate interest in the user as a candidate for employers.   “Profile Strength” panel provides a good conceptual model The “Profile Strength” indicator has understandability:

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Design Critique: Google Hangout (Android app)

Google Hangout is a powerful communication platform that combines instant messaging, video chat, SMS and VOIP into one application. Google Hangout, coupled with its companion VOIP application, Hangout Dialer, is the most frequently used application on my smartphone. For those who are unfamiliar, VOIP stands for voice over internet protocol. Hangout integrates Google Voice, a

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Design Critiques: Universe — Small blocks to make big things (iPhone App)

Universe is a new environment for radical expression and experimentation. It’s an app. But moreover, it’s an instrument, a medium, and a community all-in-one. The atomic unit is a verse, a 3×5 grid for infinite creativity: art, stories, interactive experiences, radical video collages, immersive soundscapes, musical instruments, even games. Or go the practical route: make

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