Vertical Scrolling in StoryMaker 2
Vertical Scrolling in StoryMaker 2
Words + gifs + photos that give some background on how we’re working on StoryMaker 2.
I’m a 12-year-old girl. Why don’t the characters in my apps look like me?
I’m a 12-year-old girl. Why don’t the characters in my apps look like me?
Of the apps that did have gender-identifiable characters, 98 percent offered boy characters. What shocked me was that only 46 percent offered girl characters. Even worse, of these 50 apps, 90 percent offered boy characters for free, while only 15 percent offered girl characters for free. Considering that the players of Temple Run, which has been downloaded more than one billion times, are 60 percent female, this system seems ridiculous.
Usability Retrospective: StoryMaker
Usability Retrospective: StoryMaker
Project Director Steve Wyshywaniuk shares insights gathered from user testing and collaborative design of the app, StoryMaker.
Building Apps. Living the Dream.
“App: The Human Story” by Story & Pixel
My friend Jake told me a year ago he wanted to make a documentary exploring the profound impact the new notion of “app” has had on our culture. I got the shivers when he told me the idea.
Now, watching the trailer for what he and his co-director Jed have shot so far, I get the shivers again. This one’s going to be good. If you want to see more, consider supporting the Kickstarter. Jake and Jed are good people making a good thing.
This looks fantastic.
(Source: https://www.kickstarter.com/)
The Filter Future
Filters can help make a photo more interesting, but great composition is the base of a great image. Composing a good image is hard. It takes a good eye, and while an eye can be developed, it takes time and effort. There’s a reason why photography instruction, courses, manuals, and photowalks are big businesses and great revenue sources for many photographers: learning to take a good photo takes time.