Dear God/Zuck, please give me this feature. Please.
How to fix a wobbly Macbook Pro screen
I feel woozy.
My 2008 unibody Macbook Pro has a loose screen. Loose and wobbly and drunken at times. It’s been chugging along loyally for over three years, and in Internet time, it’s like a Regis Philbin. But as we all know, old folks can get wobbly. No shame in that — but it happens.
The screen developed about 2 cm of back-and-forth play, and it felt like perhaps the hinge was loose. Still usable, but definitely putting a dent in my Macbook’s sexy. Google didn’t proffer any good solutions, so I decided to dive into the unknown and try exploratory surgery on my Mac.
It turns out the fix is pretty straightforward. You just need the right tools and about an hour.
“Kill Your Darlings” with lean user experience design
Kill me
Last night, I went to a great talk with a funny title by Janice Fraser. Lean UX design is an emerging concept that incorporates high-quality, high-velocity UX design into agile development processes.
“Kill Your Darlings” implores us to not fall in love with our designs — or even assume they’re good — until we’ve properly validated them. Rather, the UX design must go through rapid cycles of prove-improve as you dial-in to what actually works in the real world.
Janice’s presentation is on Slideshare, for the curious. Unfortunately, you won’t get all her great commentary, which is why you should see her speak if you can. Even better, sign up for one of her workshops.
A more team-focused article + presentation is by Tim McCoy at Cooper.com.