WordPress is Sexy Couldn’t help but laugh when I saw this bit of praise from one of our users on WordPress.com. It reminded me that I forgot to plug our recent redesign, particularly the newly-refurbished features, VIP, and forums. And it doesn’t stop there; more sexy is on the way (let’s just say I’ve been looking at Flickr and Vimeo for inspiration lately).
WordPress in Pencil 
I used to hate doing it, but in the past few years I’ve begun forcing myself to draw at least one rough sketch of each idea I have when beginning a new design project. Every time, that one sketch turns into a complete set, and before I know it I’ve begun ripping out pages, erasing elements, redrawing, revising before I ever touch the mouse. Here’s a glimpse at the first set of ideas for the upcoming WordPress for iPhone app, including a few things we did better and a few things still to come. (It turns out that Field Notes are just about the perfect size for roughing up an iPhone app).
Video of the Android touch interface I don’t understand the comments on this so far. I don’t see myself turning in the iPhone for an Android phone, but it’s clear they’ve done a few things so much more nicely than the iPhone (custom unlock gestures instead of requiring a separate password, for one). And that’s not hard to believe, because it’s been over a year since the iPhone’s interface was first released, and there’s clearly some talented designers working at Google. I imagine future iterations of iPhone OS will borrow some concepts from Android as well. Who’s served by pretending that the user interface design for Android isn’t developing nicely?