Ed Dale Reveals Something Important About The iPad That Many People Will Miss

by Gideon Shalwick on April 23, 2010 · 16 comments

The other day when I interviewed Ed Dale about the iPad, he mentioned something that got me thinking…

And so I decided to create a video about it and share it with you.

It’s about how the iPad is a really good example of design – and you can also use some of the same concepts when you’re thinking about your own site.

Let me know what you think, and whether you have any other tips for making your blog or website kick ass!

Gideon Shalwick

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1 jtunkelo April 23, 2010 at 6:50 am

[..YouTube..] very good point man. people really need to think about usability much much much more.

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2 Zsolt April 23, 2010 at 9:39 pm

Hey Gideon,
Excellent point. Simplicity always wins over clutter. When you try to make your website do too many things simultaneously chances are it will not be very effective at either of those things.

Minimalistic designs work great for blogs as the emphasis should be on content (and an opt-in form) not bells and whistles. That’s why I hate portal sites. They have sooo many things on their homage it gives you a headache.

Your blog is a great example for people who are too worried about their design. Simplicity, readabilty, lots of white space…you don’t need a lot more than that.

By the way, nice lizard you got there Gideon. :)

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3 Gideon Shalwick April 23, 2010 at 10:00 pm

Hey Zsolt

Cheers!

That lizard was a little scary – at one point I thought he was going to jump on my head! That would have made an interesting video.

Gideon

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4 Todd April 25, 2010 at 3:37 am

Haha I really enjoyed the lizard too! I am jealous of where you live!

I love the tip you presented in the video as well of course :) My father has always pointed this out to me – be as simple as possible with the design. He points out google and how simple they are. I just started a new blog and I will without a doubt take this tip with me.

Thanks Gideon!

-Todd

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5 dehendrix64 April 25, 2010 at 11:05 am

[..YouTube..] Very good Video Gideon. Such a simple idea but can make a huge difference in a website. Keep it Simple!!! Oh by the way I liked your little friend in the back ground.

Katrina Rooker

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6 kgilmo01 April 25, 2010 at 12:20 pm

[..YouTube..] Simply profound and profoundly simple – “Get out of the way”. Another great mind to tap into when it comes to user interface and usability is Jared Spool. I’ll keep tuning in! Thanks Gideon!

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7 GideonShalwick April 26, 2010 at 1:04 am

[..YouTube..] @jtunkelo oh yeah for sure – it’s incredible how much time gets wasted on graphics and other unimportant things when it comes to designing web pages.

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8 GideonShalwick April 26, 2010 at 1:04 am

[..YouTube..] @dehendrix64 Hey Katrina – hehehe – yeah that little rascal of a water dragon – there’s another video coming up shortly where his mate gets featured a little more…

Talk soon!

Gideon

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9 GideonShalwick April 26, 2010 at 1:05 am

[..YouTube..] @kgilmo01 No probs! Ok, I will check out Jared Spool – is he on YouTube also?

Gideon

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10 sudeepshroff April 26, 2010 at 9:49 am

[..YouTube..] Gideon,
This one is nice. I liked your fores and also the tip of ‘getting out of the way!’ Good one.

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11 kgilmo01 April 26, 2010 at 9:56 am

[..YouTube..] @GideonShalwick jared spool is the founder of uie (dot) com (i’m unable to insert url’s in the response). you’ll probably like the “$300 million button” article.

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12 Mark Sansom August 18, 2010 at 7:25 pm

hey there my friend, I have read your report and I must say a huge give away
like you said in the blog I bet most people thought they where suppose top pay for so much helpful information. This could have been easily a product in itself!!
One Quick question for you: I have seen people give away things on there blogs if someone just posts to there friends on facebook or tweets the blog post. How do you get this kind of plugin or is it a all together a different type of blog? Ryan D just used it with his Cherry Picker software.
Thanks again for all of your help!

Mark Sansom
http://GijMo.com

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13 isgar August 21, 2010 at 1:18 am

Hello Gideon,

I saw your video and than read your transcript. I very much like the way your transcript of today’s video appears. Can you tell me how you did that?

Great thank you so much.

Isgar
Click Here To Read The Transcript

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14 Gideon Shalwick August 21, 2010 at 7:59 am

I use a ninja magic technique that I reveal inside my course ;)

Gideon

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15 Mike Radford August 25, 2010 at 7:49 am

Hi Gideon,
I’m one of your newest FANS! Love your laidback style and your heart for helping folks like me “get it.” I will certainly be taking your courses in the next days. Question: I have a WP.com blog http://BanquetSpeaker.com and now it seems you highly suggest I upgrade to a .org site. Will the content transfer, as well as my user name? Thanks my new friend!
Mike

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16 Gideon Shalwick August 25, 2010 at 8:04 am

Hey Mike

Thanks for your great feedback!

I’m pretty sure you can transfer your blog from WordPress.com to WordPress.org pretty easily. My friend Joel from http://www.BlogTechGuy.com may be able to help you out with that. Just tell him I sent you…

Gideon

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