What Kicker Was Doing the Week Ending 2010-07-04

• 50 Sketching Resources for Designers http://bit.ly/c1F2W3 (via @inspireUX) #
• Why Apple is the Master Craftsman http://is.gd/d7PSz #
• Where Do Gadgets Really Come From? http://is.gd/d7QhC #
• A new service to clean up whiteboard pictures: http://snapclean.me/ #
• .@devicedesignday speaker @mikekuniavsky is giving a talk on "Information is a Material" at Dorkbot SF http://bit.ly/9fPXPm #
• OH: "…So, if you're wondering why I have all these phalluses on my screen, that's why." #
• Sense of Touch Shapes Snap Judgements http://is.gd/d8P9b "Sitting in a hard chair can literally turn someone into a hardass." #
• Kindle v. iPad: "One-trick ponies are cool in an ecosystem where there are no other ponies doing tricks." http://is.gd/d8Pmv #
• "Sometimes, I wonder whether Don Norman is playing a huge practical joke on the usability community." http://is.gd/d91hx #
• Speaking of Don Norman, he answers the question, Do Industrial Designers Have a Future? http://is.gd/d91E7 #
• IDEO redesigns the school desk. List price $600 http://bit.ly/deXBz8 What schools have $600 per desk? (via @pzilla) #
• New MSNBC site is both horrible and good at the same time http://is.gd/d9gtc #
• iPhone4 Gyroscope Teardown http://is.gd/da9RF #
• "Don’t waste time worrying about your idea getting stolen, spend time making your idea successful" http://is.gd/daaOC #
• Robotic ball that you can move by tilting your phone in the direction you want the ball to roll http://blog.gearbox.me/ #
• OnObject: a small device users wear to program physical objects to respond to gestures http://is.gd/damW1 #
• I just got back from the future, where the products assemble themselves http://is.gd/dar2M #
• Robofish makes friends with biological cousins http://is.gd/dbnQp #
• Today's studio music is brought to you by the letter P. #
• The Future of CAD? http://is.gd/dbLyc #
• Cars you can UPGRADE http://is.gd/dbPEt #tesla #hawt #
• Translating Apple's PR on the Antenna issue by @gruber http://is.gd/dcOOu "[Making signal strength look better] has now bit us on our ass." #
• Translating Apple's PR on the antenna issue by @gruber http://is.gd/dcOOu "[Making signal strength look better] has now bit us on our ass." #
• RIP KIN http://kinrip.com/ #

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