iPhones vs. the Police

20 Dec, 2011 • policing society • 1 minute

“Don’t treat me like an idiot,” a young man in a black parka said to a police officer in Zuccotti Park, on the evening of the day after the police had cleared it. The officer, identified by the yellow letters on his jacket as a member of the N.Y.P.D.’s community-affairs team, was telling people that it wasn’t safe to sit on the ledge of a granite planter, but the young man didn’t want to get down. “I can’t believe you’re saying this to me in the United States of America,” the young man continued. The risk seemed minimal, and he believed he had the right to take it.

Divided 1.2 has been approved for sale on the App Store. It’s a tiny bug…

16 Dec, 2011 • divided iphone app release • 1 minute

Divided 1.2 has been approved for sale on the App Store. It’s a tiny bug fix release, so no need to rush to download!

Divided 1.1 available, 1.2 submitted(!)

13 Dec, 2011 • divided release iPhone apps • 1 minute

Divided 1.1 is now available, with a new, more fun user interface and several bug fixes. I can assure you it’s just a pleasure to use.

However, a bug crept in as a gradient drawing routine differs in behaviour between iOS 4.3 and 5. Pah! So I submitted 1.2 today, and it will hopefully be approved quickly.

I submitted Divided 1.1 to the App Store. It’s a short list of changes:…

8 Dec, 2011 • divided release apps iPhone • 1 minute

I submitted Divided 1.1 to the App Store. It’s a short list of changes:

	- Updated UI. It's more logical and streamlined. I've also spent time giving the UI a more physical feel (see [this post](http://www.dx13.co.uk/articles/2011/12/02/Adding-motion-to-improve-UI.html) for more info).
	- Squashed the bugs pointed out in my reviews, along with a few others.

I’m very pleased with the UI changes, though as always there are things I still feel I can improve further. Hopefully it’ll be approved quickly and with you soon!

Adding motion to improve UI

2 Dec, 2011 • iphone ux divided • 3 minutes

In my latest work on Divided, I’ve been thinking about how motion affects the user experience. Two primary things have sprung out at me:

Motion makes things feel more physical.
Motion attracts the eye.

I’ve tried to bring both of these ideas into the next update of Divided, and I wanted to talk a bit about my thought processes as I’ve been building the update.

Motion makes things feel more physical

Smartphones across the spectrum, starting with the iPhone in 2007, have been adding a certain physicality to their interfaces. I’m not talking about the sometime excesses of skeuomorphism, but instead the evocation of the feeling that you are using a physical object.