I love this thought:
Above all, designer founders should be experts at finding the right problems to solve.
I think it sums up the strength of design, subtraction. How can an idea be simplified to the point it’s easily used, without feeling basic.
I’m biased, of course, but I think designers are great.
Silicon Valleys New Secret Weapon: Designers Who Found Startups | Co.Design.
I don’t suppose I NEED this, especially considering I live in an apartment, but I certainly WANT it.
I woke up to my phone buzzing at 2am with emails from our London office sharing the news, we’d been announced as Adweek’s digital agency of the year. I’ve only been with AKQA for 8 months, but this is a fantastic gift, and I’m truly proud to be a part of this family.
http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/agency-year-akqa-137015
I’ve been working on something for a long time, and finally got around to making it happen.
Freshly is a way to find out what farmers’ market is near you, open, now. It’s driven by trying to remember when the markets are open, and where they are on which days. I wanted something that would keep me out of the supermarket when I just wanted to pick something up on the way home.
I’ve started with three cities I know well, New York, Toronto, and San Francisco. All the market information has been gathered by me now, but future markets can be added by anyone. At a glance you can see the markets nearby, and show what’s open now, tomorrow, or in the next week.
In the immediate future as I beta test, I want to get Freshly mobile optimized, then start expanding the offering including showing what’s in season at each market, and hopefully getting to the point where the farmers’ who will be at a market can show what they’re bringing that day. I’m very happy to have got to this point, thanks to the developer Chris Casciano.
Sign up and I’ll let you know when you can use Freshly www.shopfreshly.com
I'm Michael Farley, and this is where I write things I think about design and mobile. I write about those things because that's what my work is, you see. I'm an Associate Creative Director at AKQA NY but this is all my blog, and anything I say here is more than likely my own opinion, I don't know who agrees with me.
I rarely write, I'm too busy with the three things I've created. The first was hello, burrow!, followed by a little girl named Maddie, and my latest, freshly. I love reading email, so get at me.
