Links – The Graphic Mac

Jony Ive on Apple’s new HQ and the disappearing iPhone

James — Sat, 11 Nov 2017 13:12:20 +0000

Fantastic article by Nick Compton, with more gorgeous photos of Apple Park by Mark Mahaney. Definitely check this article at Wallpaper out!

USB-C is kind of a joke… and a pain in the ass

James — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 15:30:33 +0000

USB-C sounded great on paper. What it has evolved into is actually a dumpster fire.

The impact of color on conversion rates

James — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:00:22 +0000

Studies have show most favorite colors (above) by men and women—along with their least favorite

Color does not add a pleasant quality to design — it reinforces it.

—Pierre Bonnard

Color is one of the most powerful tools in a designer’s toolkit. It can draw attention, set a mood, and influence a users’ emotions, perceptions and actions. Did you know that color accounts for 90% of the reason why you purchased a specific product? Or that full-colored ads in magazines are recognized 26% more than black and white ads?

Nick Babich has a great article on color theory for designers—check out The impact of color on conversion rates at the Adobe Creative Cloud blog.

3 common grammar errors inexperienced writers make

James — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 15:00:38 +0000

Yeah, I get it. You’re not a copywriter. But you’re probably a designer, and that means you’ll be writing at some point in your career—even if it’s just a headline or two.

I love these quick grammar lesson types of articles.

How to recover Admin on any Mac

James — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:00:34 +0000

Image courtesy of Freepik

Here’s a great tip to recover Admin privileges on almost any Mac. If you’ve ever been locked-out of a Mac, you know what a pain it can be. This security tip should never be used for evil purposes, but it’s worth knowing.

Head over to theMacObserver to find out how to recover admin on macOS by deleting a single file.

Export your InDesign doc as fixed layout HTML

James — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 16:00:11 +0000

This free script for Adobe InDesign outputs the file with proper supporting CSS and JavaScript to a “fixed layout” type of HTML format, that looks and behaves just like a fixed layout EPUB, with the big exception that each page is output as a single HTML file.

Apple to put voices in your head

James — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 16:00:52 +0000

I found this article about Apple’s work with the hearing impared fascinating. I had no idea we were at the point of surgically implanting hearing aids, but apparently 10% of hearing aid customers could really stand to benefit from the surgery. And I’m sure as the technology improves (along with the hardware), it’s going to be more common.

While some companies “throw together” features to sell their wares, Apple spent years developing a low-energy form of Bluetooth for just such a use-case. Bravo, Apple!

How Jony Ive Masterminded Apple’s New Headquarters

James — Thu, 27 Jul 2017 14:00:03 +0000

‘‘Jony works tirelessly at the detail, evolving, improving, refining. For me, that makes him a poet.’’
—Norman Foster

The Wall Street Journal has a superb feature article on Jonathon Ive, Apple’s design genius. And of course, it’s packed with gorgeous photos of Apple’s new headquarters, including some inside pics that I’ve not seen anywhere else. You just gotta love the clean lines of the workspaces and common areas shown.

Pour yourself a cup of coffee and sit-back in your favorite chair because it’s a long article, but so worth the time.

The absolute worst things to do with PowerPoint presentations

James — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 16:00:44 +0000

I know how to read, goddammit—and I can read the slide faster than you can read it to me. Not to mention, you sound like an uninformed idiot that had an intern copy & paste text from Google into a slide.
In Worst Ways to Use PowerPoint, you’ll pick-up a few tips to make your PowerPoint/Keynote presentations much better. While most designers learn these tips early on in their career, sometimes we need a little reminder. But mostly I hope this gives you ammunition to share with a client or boss that thinks “more is better.”

WWDC 2017: More of the little things

James — Sun, 11 Jun 2017 14:00:58 +0000

Following-up on yesterday’s post, I’ve got another Apple WWDC report to share, this one from MacStories. All the Little Things covers a few more things you may have not have heard about or noticed… such as my favorite: the ability to share your paid iCloud storage space with family members.