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sketchplanations: Mobile is snorkelling. Desktop is diving. Metaphors for interface design from Rachel Hinman via Mobile First .
The number of patterns available to communicate information between objects can be overwhelming at first. The choice of which pattern to use often feels ambiguous. But once we investigate each pattern more closely, they all have very unique requirements and capabilities. (via Communication Patterns – Foundation – objc.io issue #7 )
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Mobile is the next computing platform Benedict Evans (via Whatsapp and $19bn ) … and it is several times larger than the desktop internet.
Starter’s Guide to iOS Design In this guide I’ll describe the deliverables you’ll be expected to produce, outline the constraints of the medium and introduce fundamental iOS and UI design concepts .
As a general rule: with IAPs, go big or go home. Jeremy Olson (via Yep, paid apps are dead « Tapity )
The future of sustainable app development is to give away as much value as possible and empower those who receive more value to pay more for it. David Barnard (via Blog: The Sparrow Opportunity )
The ultimate analytics platform. Send your data to any service with the flick of a switch. (via Segment.io – The ultimate analytics platform ) “It is basically the adapter pattern for analytics services.” (thoughtbot’s playbook )