Ringo Moss - AS / UX / UI / Design

So I updated to Lion a couple of months ago.

To my shame I now use Word / Excel quite a lot for reviewing briefs and writing up draft specs etc.

I noticed that when I open Word / Excel now, a seemingly random selection of past documents open. Sometimes 2 of my most recent, sometimes one from the deep past.

Anyway, this was cheesing me of for one, and for two is pretty insecure.

Here’s how to stop it happening.

Open up terminal (for the uninitiated you can find this by using spotlight to search for it, it is also in the Utilities Folder in Applications).

Copy and past the following line by line, pressing enter in between each line.

defaults write com.microsoft.Powerpoint NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false

 
defaults write com.microsoft.Word NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false

 
defaults write com.microsoft.Excel NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false

And hey presto, you have stopped the recent document weirdness.

The same thing can be done for any application in Lion. In order to find the application preference name, look at the files names found here (minus .savedState): ~/Library/Saved Application State.

oliversin:

Theses are amazing! I’d love to own one.

See more:

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669106/bonsai-buildings-add-magical-model-houses-to-an-ancient-artform

nervlondon:

This is how Motion Graphics is done - the marvellously talented Raoul Paulet.

It’s been a very busy time at nerv recently and my blog posting is miserably thin on the ground. 

Hopefully I will get down to business again on my blog soon but for now your best bet is to follow:

blog.nerv.co.uk

or on twitter at @ringomoss, where I am still very active, just in a less drawn out way ;-)

Much love,

Ringo

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@nerv celebrate this holiday season by bringing you this surreal, animated, festive mash- up. With traditional Christmas sensibilities and light pepperings of Dubstep loving Santa’s and zombie snowman uprisings; it’s all bundled together to help spread the joy and spirit of Christmas. 

Happy Holidays!

Love from Nerv.

Music - Sorcerer’s Apprentice - Paul Abraham Dukas
Dean Martin - Let it Snow ( Dj T.I.M. Dubstep Mix )

oliversin:

awesome motion graphics stuff by Tendril, yet again.

My GO(L)B: I Invented Cokes New Charitable Vending Machine.....almost

nikolasthegreek:

So, in our office at Nerv Interactive we have a Coca-Cola vending machine. I put in my one pound coin and got my 30p change and can. Small change gets lost down the back of the sofa, swills around in your pocket, falls onto the street….which got me thinking about giving my change to charity.

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Flash and Actionscript developers tend to be very good at UML modelling, mainly because over the years we have always had to do it in our heads. We have never had a fit for purpose UML modelling tool before, I personally used to make all my UML’s using something like mockflow, so they were pretty rushed and crappy.

I remember Grant Skinner having something similar to a UML application for AS2, but at that time of my development life I wasn’t that interested in doing UML’s.

But now I am interested in UML for large projects, it is such a time saver. You have to put in a bit of extra time at the start of a project but it is really worth it because you save so much time not having to go back through code and refactoring everything when you realise you haven’t planned fully.

I digress……I have just come across the Crocus UML tool and from what I have seen it looks incredible!

It does so much for you to get a project started:

It models all of your packages, classes and Interfaces with properties and methods, and maps class relationships. It supports pretty much any coding style you have, even if you like stuffy old MXML. Once your UML model is complete it will export your stub files for you so you can code directly into the stubs, all laid out in the right place.

It does loads of other things besides and really does appear to be ridiculously fully featured for what is essentially an indy app. I can’t wait to trial it on a new project soon.

Luxy Vespa Helmet

This is a truly inspiring piece of design I stumbled across today. I don’t know how effective it would be in a crash but it is certainly an incredibly clever example of a small change creating a dramatic effect.

The bezier void in the helmet instantly creates a feminine appeal to the helmet and is inspired by female fringes (or “bangs” as I believe our US counterparts call it).

The edges of the helmet remind me of a a woman’s lipstick, the two combined augmentations play together to create an incredibly strong and identifiable product focus. 

Here’s what Daniel Don Chang says about it:

Luxy is a women’s motorcycle helmet for commuting and casual motorcycle riding. Its purpose is to increase helmet use. As many riders are female, the distinctive and unique look sets it apart from existing helmets, proving that style and safety can coexist.