Philip Haine's articles on Product Vision, Innovation and Design

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Editorials & news on current topics. Okay, it’s a blog. There, I said it.

Idea stolen: Audio UI for Audio Players

Idea stolen: Ansel Adams in one click

How to transition online newspaper readers to paying customers

If newspapers are going to attempt to charge for content, how should they go about it?

iPhone gripefest 2009

Now that the iPhone has been around a while, it’s time for Apple to go back and fix the basics they missed in v1.

Make websites readable on small screens

Accurate webpage renderings on mobile devices are nice to look at, but unacceptably hard to read.

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Blending it in versus bolting it on, and Alt-Tabbing

Maintain simplicity over time by blending in new functionality rather than bolting it on.

Alt-tab order?

Goodbye, historic body of work

GM’s brand: Save it or squelch it?

Brand reputation is ultimately determined by the customer’s experience, not brute force PR.

Crash Course in Learning Theory

Valuable lessons for those who profess.

Use a wiki for documentation, not a word processor

Still no decent calendar on iPhone v3.0

How to improve Google’s search UI

Is the Google UI really the ultimate way to peruse search results?

Update on favorite interactive product design tools

Two more tools have found a home in my toolbox.

Stuff it, Firefox

A free time warp with every launch

Macbook Pro stagnation?

Surprisingly little change in 2.5 years

Email message threading is broken

Message threading is broken in some common mail apps. Here’s a fix.

Is that old installer still with us?

Following (subscribing to) #hashtags

Maybe you do want to #follow a #channel in Twitter.

Reinventing higher education

Should the institution of the university be protected from disruption?