Our monthly roundup comes to you from Shibuya for the first time! As we announced last month, we have moved our main office from Akihabara to Shibuya and, in the meantime, went through an complete office redesign.
This month also brought major announcements with the introduction of OS X Yosemite at WWDC 2014 and the Android “L” at Google I/O. Check out what else caught our attention in June!
Past roundups:
Goodpatch ♥s new stuff: June roundup of our favorite services, apps, and design
Goodpatch ♥s new stuff: April roundup of our favorite services, apps, and design
Goodpatch ♥s new stuff: March roundup of our favorite services, apps, and design
Streamline
http://www.streamlineicons.com/
Since the introduction of iOS 7, minimal design icons have skyrocketed in popularity. Streamline offers an icon pack of over 1,600 vectors to use for all your app developing needs. (Sidenote: Cute Totoro!)
QuickCast
http://quickcast.io/
A service for casually making and sharing 3-minute screencasts. You can watch a sample screencast here.
design+code
http://designcode.io/learn
design+code gives you the necessary knowledge needed for creating iPhone apps, including support for Swift resources.
vessyl
https://www.myvessyl.com/
A thermos that enables you to track the calories, caffeine, and sugar you consume through your various beverages using a connected iPhone app. Currently available for preorders ($99 USD).
SnapLite
http://snaplite.jp/
A tool for beautiful iPhone scans of your sketches and photos. Works with a matching iOS app and can also be used as an LED light stand.
Universal Typeface Experiment
http://theuniversaltypeface.com/home
A online project by Bic, famous for their ballpoint pens, that averages the handwriting of people all over the world to create a universal typeface. The site also allows you to segment by age, gender, country, handedness, and industry for some interesting results!
Cody
http://codyhouse.co/
A library of free sample source code of HTML, CSS, and Javascript. There’s still a limited amount of sample code, but we found there’s a lot of really cool, really original animation scripts.
RealtimeBoard
https://realtimeboard.com/
A service that reproduces a whiteboard on the web for ultimate creative collaboration. Multiple people from various locations can simultaneously view and edit each whiteboard.
How Slack Onboards New Users
http://www.useronboard.com/how-slack-onboards-new-users/
Slack successfully onboarded us and has quickly become one of our daily necessities here at Goodpatch. Learn about how they charm visitors into signing up.
Front
https://frontapp.com/
Front is a service for creating multiple manageable inboxes for customer support, hiring, and any other business purpose. With real-time status information, replies can be assigned, commented on, tracked, and analyzed.
Material Design
http://www.google.com/design/spec/material-design/introduction.html
Material Design specification guidelines by Google for their new visual language. The document is still a preview version, but you can already read in-depth about the design principles for Google UX, as well as animation, layout, component, patterns, and usability aspects.
nobol
http://nobol.net/
An application for bouldering enthusiasts in Japan. You can find a nearby bouldering gym, record your cleared courses, and even receive special hints for different courses. The name “nobol” comes from the Japanese word “noboru” — meaning to climb.
dipublic
http://dipublic.com/
The corporate site of a web design firm based out of Istanbul, Turkey. The overall animation and movement is scifi-esque and beautiful.
Peek
https://vimeo.com/98871620
An application for measuring individual components of iOS apps. It’s currently still in development, but the above video gives a preview of how the app will work.
Mac OS X Yosemite Under the Magnifying Glass
https://bold.pixelapse.com/minming/mac-os-x-yosemite-under-the-magnifying-glass
A post comparing the newly introduced OS X Yosemite to previous designs in order to find out what’s different.
Stop Asking Me to “Sign Up”
http://www.gkogan.co/blog/stop-asking-me-to-sign-up/
An article demanding alternatives to the ubiquitous “Sign Up” button. By changing your call to action, you may be able to change how your users interact with your website.
That’s our list of favorites for June! We’re looking forward to see what new things Yosemite, iOS 8, and Android L brings us. Please check back again next month!
