Aarron Walter

If the publishing industry can deliver on the promise made by the iPad and rich media technologies, a content renaissance could be around the corner fueled by throngs of customers ready to shell out for a more compelling experience.

I recently spoke with Aral Balkan, the designer and developer of the popular Twitter client for the iPhone – Feathers. The interface design of Feathers has unique points of engagement that is quickly building a strong fan base around it. It’s more than a usable application, it’s pleasurable.

Aral shares some interesting insights into how he is encouraging emotional engagement in his app.

In this talk, Sinek explains the golden circle – a simple model that can guide the way we think about the things we make. At the center of that model is the word “why”, and it’s the thing that separates the good thinkers from the great thinkers.

While researching emotional design for my 2010 An Event Apart talks “Learning to Love Humans: Emotional Interface Design”, I interviewed a number of interface designers to gain insight into the processes and techniques they are using to connect with their audience. Mark Jardine the is the designer behind the hugely popular Tapbots iPhone apps.

I recently ran across a wonderful video on YouTube in which Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the Wold Wide Web, speaks about the idea of the Semantic Web. It’s a simple, yet elegant concept that has yet to come to fruition as Berners-Lee had originally dreamed.