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Why Government Apps Are Teaching Me About Design Decisions (And Not in a Good Way)
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Why Government Apps Are Teaching Me About Design Decisions (And Not in a Good Way)

When Official Doesn’t Mean Optimized I spent some time this week examining the newly launched official White House App, and I have to say—it’s been enlightening. Not necessarily in the way the administration intended, but enlightening nonetheless. As someone who spends most of my time helping creatives solve visual problems in Photoshop, I found myself thinking about design principles I usually only discuss in the context of digital assets and user interfaces.

What The Elder Scrolls: Blades Shutdown Teaches Us About Digital Asset Preservation
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What The Elder Scrolls: Blades Shutdown Teaches Us About Digital Asset Preservation

Another One Bites the Dust: What The Elder Scrolls: Blades Shutdown Means for Creatives Well, it finally happened. Bethesda pulled the plug on The Elder Scrolls: Blades, the mobile spinoff that launched with more promise than, well, a launch title usually deserves. Come June 30, those servers are going dark permanently. The game’s already vanished from app stores, and players who invested time and (let’s be real) money into their collections are watching their digital property evaporate.