The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2016/07/11

blog.prototypr.io

Sketch Plugin: Sketch to VR

Turn your mocks into VR

eager.io

The History of the URL: Domain, Protocol, and Port

On the 11th of January 1982 twenty two computer scientists met to discuss an issue with 'computer mail' (now known as email). Attendees included the guy who would create Sun Microsystems, the guy who made Zork, the NTP guy, and the guy who convinced the government to pay for Unix.

medium.com

What makes PokémonGo so Addictive?

The Hook Model - Introduction To explain how app designers create addictive experiences, I'm going to introduce Nir Eyal 's famous Hook Model. The model tells us how to methodically craft a repeatable set of actions that eventually create new behaviours. Step 1 - The Trigger The first step to PokemonGo's success is the internal trigger.

palettable.io

Palettable: Generate color palettes using the knowledge of millions of designers

Generate beautiful color palettes with no prior design knowledge.

medium.com

A Tale of a Colour Blind Designer

"I don't see it", I muttered in frustration."How can you not see it? It's right here: 12...", my schoolmate claimed comfortably."I don't see a 12, I see a 17...", I replied in a growing frustration. Remember these tests? I don't remember the exact numbers anymore, but I got most of them wrong anyway.