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Thursday, March 3, 2016

The only strategy that will keep brick-and-mortar retail alive

Dx3 Canada speakers suggest the stories merchants need to tell

Behold the NANDstrocity: Samsung now shipping monster 16TB SSD

Samsung's new monster SSD is ready to ship, with a 16TB capacity, SAS support, and formally rated to perform one complete drive write per day for its entire life.

No Man's Sky hands on: infinite discovery

With an entire universe open to explore, No Man's Sky is one of the most alluring yet mysterious games in years. WIRED goes hands on and speaks with director Sean Murray ahead of its long-awaited release on PlayStation 4.

By: Matt Kamen,

Getting (Dis)Connected: Shallow Interaction Design For Deeper Human Experiences

Our objects are becoming increasingly connected. My watch is connected to my phone, which is connected to the speaker in my living room, which I can also connect (or not) to the speaker in my bedroom. When I go out to dinner with friends, we have to make a concerted effort to keep our handheld and wearable devices silenced or otherwise placed “in the background” of our social experience, so that we can focus on each other.

As our artifacts and everything around us become more connected, we run the risk as humans of becoming increasingly disconnected from each other — not in a tragic, dystopian kind of way per se, but in a real way that we need to take into consideration when designing for these experiences.

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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Sport Chek steps into the yoga studio

The retailer is targeting women with spots that focus on yoga and spinning

Inspiring Everyday Graphic Design

The most inspirational things are often right in front of us. It might be the typography on a book cover, the colors of your favorite music album, the opening titles in that movie you saw yesterday. To celebrate all those little moments of inspiration, we have compiled some resources for you which honor the beauty of graphic design and the ideas behind it. Perfect to squeeze into a short coffee break. Enjoy!

We learned not to judge a book by its cover, but, honestly, there is nothing quite like browsing through a bookstore, soaking up covers, their colors, their typefaces, their layouts, every little detail. The variety is endless, and sometimes you’re lucky and find a little piece of art shining through the sheer mass.

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