Simple & beautiful Apple device management Bushel is an easy to use tool designed to help you set-up, manage, and protect your workplace Apple devices—without any help from IT. Don’t lose precious time manually performing tasks like distributing apps, setting up wifi networks, and making sure devices are secure. Bushel automates all this and more for less than what you spend on your daily cup of coffee. Sign up and use Bushel for free for 3 devices, forever. After that, it’s just $2 per device per month. - AD How long till 1 billion users? Timeline: The March to a Billion Users showcases the 12 apps (desktop and mobile) that have over a billion monthly active users and how long it took them to get there. This includes apps from Microsoft, Google, and Facebook, the only three companies to have reached this landmark. Cross-device email subject testing made easy TestSubject from Zurb is a simple tool for testing the way your email subject line and sender name will look on the most popular mobile devices and email clients. All you have to do is copy and paste your text to get instant previews. It even lets you check out your pre-header text. Why microcopy matters Microcopy: Tiny Words With A Huge UX Impact explores all the small bits of copy on an app's interface that helps users do things within the app. Things like error messages and ecommerce hints are both examples of microcopy. And while they seem insignificant, they have a huge impact on conversions. The design of Stripe Dashboard Stripe Dashboard: A Design Details Exploration looks at the design of the Stripe Dashboard app for iOS. It's a much simpler version of the web dashboard counterpart, with a clear purpose that's executed beautifully. Brian Lovin goes over his favorite parts of the app's design. A better insight into dyslexia If you've ever wondered what it's like to have dyslexia, then the Dsxyliea page can give you some great insight. Try reading the page as the letters shift around and change, and get some idea of just how frustrating the disorder can be. It's all done with JavaScript and is entirely open source. Ready to print device templates Sketchsheets are ready-to-print device templates for UI and UX designers. They include both blank and dotted grid templates in .png and .pdf formats. It includes tons of templates for iPhone 5, iPhone 6, iPad, the Galaxy Note 5, Apple Watch, and many more. You can suggest a device to be added, too. A new concept for Google Reimagine Google is a concept design from Bruno Silva (Bua) for a variety of Google products, including the logo, various devices, and even a Google Pen to compete with Apple's Pencil. There are even concept designs for Chrome OS, Android, and a variety of Google Watches. Need to jot a quick note? Papier is a Google Chrome extension that gives you a notepad you can easily access every time you open a new tab. Write whatever you want, and it saves locally in Chrome so that it's there the next time you open a tab. Sort of like a simple whiteboard right in your browser that you can add to and subtract from whenever you need to. Funny startup videos every week If you've ever worked at a startup (or maybe you just want to), you're sure to find Vooza's weekly videos about startups hilarious. They've created videos on things like mindfulness in business, non-profits, marketing vs. engineering, how to dress at a startup, maker vs. manager, power poses, and many more.

Simple & beautiful Apple device management

Bushel is an easy to use tool designed to help you set-up, manage, and protect your workplace Apple devices—without any help from IT. Don’t lose precious time manually performing tasks like distributing apps, setting up wifi networks, and making sure devices are secure. Bushel automates all this and more for less than what you spend on your daily cup of coffee. Sign up and use Bushel for free for 3 devices, forever. After that, it’s just $2 per device per month. - AD

 

 
 
 
 

How long till 1 billion users?

Timeline: The March to a Billion Users showcases the 12 apps (desktop and mobile) that have over a billion monthly active users and how long it took them to get there. This includes apps from Microsoft, Google, and Facebook, the only three companies to have reached this landmark.
 
 
 
 
 

Cross-device email subject testing made easy

TestSubject from Zurb is a simple tool for testing the way your email subject line and sender name will look on the most popular mobile devices and email clients. All you have to do is copy and paste your text to get instant previews. It even lets you check out your pre-header text.
 
 
 
 
 

Why microcopy matters

Microcopy: Tiny Words With A Huge UX Impact explores all the small bits of copy on an app's interface that helps users do things within the app. Things like error messages and ecommerce hints are both examples of microcopy. And while they seem insignificant, they have a huge impact on conversions.
 
 
 
 
 

The design of Stripe Dashboard

Stripe Dashboard: A Design Details Exploration looks at the design of the Stripe Dashboard app for iOS. It's a much simpler version of the web dashboard counterpart, with a clear purpose that's executed beautifully. Brian Lovin goes over his favorite parts of the app's design.
 
 
 
 
 

A better insight into dyslexia

If you've ever wondered what it's like to have dyslexia, then the Dsxyliea page can give you some great insight. Try reading the page as the letters shift around and change, and get some idea of just how frustrating the disorder can be. It's all done with JavaScript and is entirely open source.
 
 
 
 
 

Ready to print device templates

Sketchsheets are ready-to-print device templates for UI and UX designers. They include both blank and dotted grid templates in .png and .pdf formats. It includes tons of templates for iPhone 5, iPhone 6, iPad, the Galaxy Note 5, Apple Watch, and many more. You can suggest a device to be added, too.
 
 
 
 
 

A new concept for Google

Reimagine Google is a concept design from Bruno Silva (Bua) for a variety of Google products, including the logo, various devices, and even a Google Pen to compete with Apple's Pencil. There are even concept designs for Chrome OS, Android, and a variety of Google Watches.
 
 
 
 
 

Need to jot a quick note?

Papier is a Google Chrome extension that gives you a notepad you can easily access every time you open a new tab. Write whatever you want, and it saves locally in Chrome so that it's there the next time you open a tab. Sort of like a simple whiteboard right in your browser that you can add to and subtract from whenever you need to.
 
 
 
 
 

Funny startup videos every week

If you've ever worked at a startup (or maybe you just want to), you're sure to find Vooza's weekly videos about startups hilarious. They've created videos on things like mindfulness in business, non-profits, marketing vs. engineering, how to dress at a startup, maker vs. manager, power poses, and many more.
 
 

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