Punchkick
Punchkick is a mobile-focused research, design, and software development product studio based in Chicago. See my experience there in my work history.
Archive
2017
- What to expect at WWDC 2017
- Augmented reality is Apple’s next revolution
- Android Wear 2.0 forces developers to rethink their smartwatch UX
- Accessible design in modern app navigation
2016
- What’s new in Android Nougat
- Android Instant Apps will reinvent mobile software
- Pixel and Surface are turning the electronics industry on its head
- Google unifies Android user experience with Pixel
- Designing effective watchOS apps
- Google Assistant will give Android app developers AI superpowers
- watchOS gets less complicated with complications & dock
- Widgets in iOS 10 make iPhone feel like Apple Watch
- Apple’s new design style in iOS 10 is a statement on accessibility
- Designing apps for micro-interactions
- Incentive-based design
2015
- Apple TV, home fitness & the future of the workout video
- Google builds its product empire with Nexus and Chromecast
- Apple TV invites Siri and the App Store to movie night
- Apple Music’s design is broken
- What to expect at WWDC 2015
- Extend iOS app brand experience to Apple Watch
- What’s in a font? Working with San Francisco
- Siri on steroids
- Layer helps any app integrate a chat feature—instantly
- How Google got photos right
- Everything is mobile now
- Google Now introduces app integrations to connect with audiences in new ways
- Native app development is the ebook’s next frontier
- What the “app unbundling” mobile strategy means for consumer brands
- Streaming apps take note: Google Cast now supports audio
2014
- Mobile is not enough
- Apps are the new books
- Microsoft Band signals Redmond’s next chapter
- Comparing HealthKit & Core Motion
- Lollipop makes Google’s case for unity
- Google redesigns Android, one app at a time
- iTunes is dead, long live iTunes
- Material Design wipes the slate clean
- Open the podcast doors: how the podcast renaissance came to be
- Two screens are better than one
- Quantify me: digital products for the quantified self
- PhotoKit helps developers call the shots
- End of an era: Microsoft phases out Nokia brand
- iMessage evolves beyond the text message
- More Android than Android
- Metal takes game development to the next level
- What to expect at Apple’s October event
- Extensibility broadens the horizon for third-party apps
- iCloud Drive demystifies backup
- Apple Watch and the Fitness app want to replace your fitness tracker
- Say hello to Apple Pay: Apple’s coming for your wallet
- Touch ID gives developers a sixth sense
- CloudKit makes sense of the cloud
- Apple Pay reinvents shopping—but what will it mean for retailers?
- All banking is mobile banking
- Responsive versus adaptive web design
- How print publishers can adapt to mobile
- Wearables will reinvent theme parks, concerts, event venues
- Microsoft reflects on its website’s 20-year history
- Facebook forever
- Material design for consumer apps