There’s a lot of buzz going on about the tablet Apple should announce in a matter of a few days. You know, every blog that I know has posted at least an article about it, so I decided to share my thoughts as well.

I believe that the tablet will be announced, and that it won’t be called Apple Tablet, iSlate, Macbook Touch, iPhone XL or whatever fake name you can think of. Now, this is not a post where I discuss specs, nor I will share my thoughts about prices, controlled leaks and other people’s opinion.

I want to focus on apps, and how I believe Apple is going to collaborate with 3rd party developers. Just like if it’s day one again.

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“The underlying secret to beautiful user interface design is realism: making 2D objects on your screen appear to sit in 3D space with volume, surface properties and undulations that might appear in real life. These faux 3D objects have highlights and shadows just like objects on your desk might have, and they have textures that emulate real objects from glass to sandpaper and everything in between. Designing beautiful user interfaces has more to do with the why than the how.”

For everyone who’s interested in User Interface design, this is a great post. Go read it now.

As a part of the MacStories Apps Tree event, I had the chance to interview David Lanham, an icon designer working at the Iconfactory. You can check out some of his awesome works over at his website.

Enjoy!

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As a part of the MacStories Apps Tree event ,I had the chance to interview Steven Snell, editor of Vandelay Design and DesignM.ag.

This is 14th of many interviews and guest posts I’ll publish on MacStories during this week.

Enjoy!

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As a part of the MacStories Apps Tree event ,I had the chance to interview Daniel Jalkut from Red Sweater Software, the man behind apps such as MarsEdit and Fastscripts.

This is 13th of many interviews and guest posts I’ll publish on MacStories during this week.

Enjoy!

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As a part of the MacStories Apps Tree event, I thought it would be interesting to hear the voice of Mac designers and developers about the steps that go into desigining and developing an application for Mac OS X / iPhone.

This is a guest post by Rick Maddy, the developer of Palettes for iPhone.

Have a good read.

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Everyone (iPhone developer or not) should read this post. Seriously.

As a part of the MacStories Apps Tree event ,I had the chance to interview Chris Coyier, editor of Css-Tricks, an awesome and popular web design community.

This is 12th of many interviews and guest posts I’ll publish on MacStories during this week.

Enjoy!

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