Si Jobling

Some interesting thoughts from Dan Wieden of Wieden+Kennedy on the future of television, specifically around product placement, advertising and social interaction.

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This suggestion for improving the text editor user interface on iPad is pure genius – using double finger swipes over the keyboard to navigate the cursor or hold Shift to highlight.

Apple need to make this happen.

How text editing on the iPad should be.

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Google are rolling out an update to their generic navigation bar between their popular products, breaking them out of the current dark bar and moving them to a super navigation dropdown from the logo.

It does seem like a natural location for the navigation although I often use the logo as a home target (as has come convention across the Web).

It’s also welcoming to see a consistent header height across products rather than the current adaptive header height.

All this lends towards a consistent user experience across Google products.

(via @miekd)

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As part of a new initiative from Somewhere To – a collaborative project between Livity, Legacy Trust UK and Channel 4 to find space for youths to express themselves – Downing Street offered a selection of passionate youngsters the chance to use the building for free-running, perform speaking word and practice boxing.

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