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  1. Can We Please Move Past Apple’s Silly, Faux-Real UIs? fastcodesign.com/node/1669879 via @FastCoDesign about 16 hours ago via Tweet Button
  2. Goodbye to Windows Live (and Whatever It Meant) nyti.ms/Lojqb5 2:16 PM May 29th via Tweet Button
  3. OH HECK YES! Xbox 360 gets Amazon Instant starting ... right now! aol.it/LC5CGG via @joystiq 10:54 AM May 29th via Tweet Button
  4. Please disregard previous link, it's self indulgent rambling crap. Just read Donald Norman instead. 1:50 PM May 28th via web
  5. Tim Rogers: How Bad User Interfaces are Ruining Bathrooms, Buses, Video Games and Other Wonderful Things kotaku.com/5913296/the-bu… 12:22 PM May 28th via Tweet Button
  6. In the #Windows8 start screen you can just type the name of the app, it works like the Win7 start menu search field. 10:26 AM May 23rd via web
  7. So tragic to see an expensive design college with a horrible web site. 7:31 PM May 20th via rowi for Windows Phone
  8. An artist should not try to reinvent the UI that presents his work any more than he should reinvent the architecture and doors of a gallery. 6:58 PM May 19th via web
  9. Oh, it is not a good day for Lua.org to be down. 3:33 PM May 19th via web
  10. Everything I was bitching about with foursquare for Windows Phone is pretty much fixed by 4th & Mayor. 6:21 PM May 18th via rowi for Windows Phone
  11. @ActiveNick One has Starfleet super-encryption and the other is set to "private browsing" 4:21 PM May 18th via web in reply to ActiveNick
  12. Foursquare is a cool idea but I'm pretty disappointed with their execution, particularly their live tile. 4:43 PM May 17th via web
  13. How not to Brand 101: I have heard enough horror stories about PayPal, Allstate, and DirecTV that I will never do business with them. 9:14 AM May 17th via web
  14. Gee Outlook, I'm real glad that you included the feature that allows me to reply to myself, because that's so incredibly useful. 1:37 PM May 15th via web
  15. PayPal freezes out other groups, who turn to WePay (UPDATED) | SF Politics: bit.ly/tvoyGa 10:32 AM May 15th via Tweet Button
  16. Apple's Siri no longer telling users Lumia 900 Windows Phone is best smartphone | Microsoft Pri0 | The Seattle Times: bit.ly/KnNqoa 3:42 PM May 14th via Tweet Button
  17. Wanted: More apps for Windows Phone | Business & Technology | The Seattle Times: bit.ly/KmQb9h 10:58 AM May 14th via Tweet Button
  • Name Fauxfaux Alex Wilson
  • Location Seattle WA
  • Web http://www.linked...
  • Bio UI designer & developer in game industry; interested in games, Windows 8, Xbox, XNA, Metro style apps, XAML, HTML5, Lua.
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