Ryan Joy (atxryan)

Skeuomorphism is a derivative object which retains ornamental design cues to a structure that was necessary in the original.

In a way, gestural user interfaces are a step back, a throwback to the command line. Gestures are often not obvious and hard to discover; the user interface doesn’t tell you what you can do with an object. Instead, you have to remember which gestures…

The essential goal of this project is to make it easier for developers to see many fragments of code (or other information) at once without having to navigate back and forth. Each of these fragments is shown in a bubble.

Pivot makes it easier to interact with massive amounts of data in ways that are powerful, informative, and fun. At the heart of Pivot are "Collections." They combine large groups of similar items on the Internet, so we can begin viewing the relationships between individual pieces of information in a new way. By visualizing hidden patterns, Pivot enables users to discover new insights while interacting with thousands of things at once.

Uses Cappuccino to render and control everything on the art board so it is Adobe Flash free.

Never make that which is a symbol, a specific thing.