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Nixon: The Newton

I’m not very fan of watches. In fact, last time I wore one was maybe 6 or 7 years ago. But when I saw this watch on my friend’s wrist, I immediately felt in love. Ladies and gentleman, let me introduce you to The Newton:

Colorful, affordable (about $100), relaxed, minimal, modern… this watch is just a mirror of my personality, and so then I couldn’t do anything but just run to a Billabong store and buy it (in green, because I didn’t know there was a yellow version until later!).

You can see all available colors in Nixon’s site.

El proceso de dibujar una flecha

This post is written in Spanish. A translation will be soon available.

Soy diseñador. Tengo que dibujar una flechita que apunte a un botón en una página. El cliente, convencido, me dijo “esto te llevará 5 minutos”. No le creo, los años me han demostrado que me llevará mas tiempo. Pero también, es una flecha, no es rocket science, ¿qué puede salir mal? Entonces, empiezo mi tarea, sintiendo el ácido aliento de mi cliente en la nuca:
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Working for Zendesk

Wow. I don’t even know how to start!

So, last week I decided to play with the new Twitter interface and see if I could improve it by making tweaks and basically, realigning everything. It was an experiment, my personal opinion on what I would like to see in the new Twitter.

After writing my findings, I hit “Publish” in my WordPress with no clues of the kind of responses I’d have (if any). I remember a funny conversation I had with a friend in a bar, telling him that I was about to post a new Twitter concept, hoping that they, or another company, contact me. My exact words were “I have nothing to lose”.

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