Skeu It

Skeuomorphic design. It's a funny old thing. "It’s visual masturbation," says one former senior UI designer at Apple who worked closely with Steve Jobs. "It’s like the designers are flexing their muscles to show you how good of a visual rendering they can do of a physical object. Who cares?"

Now that's a good quote.

The best example is the shutter sound on your mobile. It's a weird habit we have of clinging on to old design when it serves no purpose whatsoever. Apple are big fans of it (although there are rumours of a rift) and it'll be very interesting to see what they've done with the iPhone that's coming out later today.

Anyway, here's a site dedicated to skeuomorphism, called, suitably, Skeu It!

Thanks to Jonas.

Steve Jobs - Great Artists Steal

OK, OK so it wasn't him who originally said it, but still. Hope Samsung brought this up in court.

Goodbye

Goodbye Steve. I never knew him. Never met him. Never was that fond of those white and shiny products - except of course the iPod because, well, everyone likes the iPod. Still, a legend has passed. Really rather odd for some even odder reason. Whatever that may be, the shoes he has left will take some filling.

See you on the other side.