Linked List: April 6, 2012

Friday, 6 April 2012

My thanks to Paperlabs for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed to promote Trending, their brand-new stock-tracking app for the iPhone. Trending starts with a list of stocks, sorted by biggest movers — the stocks with the biggest change for the day are at the top of the list. It’s a smart way to sort. Tap on any stock to see story tiles with articles about that stock from across the web. Beats the pants off the built-in iOS Stocks app — and Trending is available as a free download on the App Store.

See also: Paperlabs’s behind-the-scenes look at their App Store review process — including why the app is rated 17+.

F.A. Porsche on Design ★

“Design must be functional and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics, without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.”

‘Rear Window’ Timelapse ★

Brilliant remix of a brilliant film, by Jeff Desom.

‘Dr. Strangelove’s Secret Uses of Uranus’ ★

Shaun Usher, Lists of Note:

From one of Stanley Kubrick’s notebooks comes a list of potential titles for the 1964 movie that was eventually named, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.

The Worst Baseball Cards in History ★

What better way to celebrate Opening Day? (Via Keith Olbermann.)

The ‘Of Course’ Principle of Design ★

Good rule of thumb:

Most companies (including web startups), he said, are looking to “wow” with their products, when in reality what they should be looking for is an “‘of course’ reaction from their users.”