I remember my first virtual reality experience as if it were yesterday. It was 1991 and I was with my dad at a mall somewhere in Westchester, just north of the city. In the mall, a gaming store that we…
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My journey from Adobe, to Sketch, and back to Adobe UI design.
Last week Adobe finally released the beta version of its much hyped version of Sketch — called Adobe XD (Experience Design). The explicitly named tool is an all-in-one design suite, incorporating UX and UI tools, presentation components, and prototyping features for websites…
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The Good, The Bad, and the Suboptimal from Mobile World Congress (2016)
There’s conferences, and then there’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) . In essence, it’s a massive maze of tech booths showcasing some of the coolest new tech from around the world. Housed in the Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, at least 100…
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SWARMcast.tv or: How we started a YouTube channel on tech and entrepreneurship.
A few months back we started the NY Emerging Tech Meetup, which is run here at SWARM HQ in the Flatiron District. From it, SWARMcast.tv was born. Thus far, we’ve had two really exciting sessions. One on VR/AR applications and…
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Exploring tvOS, AppleTV and other second screen devices.
SmartTV As a company, we’ve always been bullish on SmartTV and second screen applications, so when Apple announced the new tvOS paired with an AppleTV that anyone could build applications for, we were thrilled. Thrilled because we’ve already worked with…
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