Amazing mockup of what a Metro Windows 8 could look like

Windows 8 development has been chugging along for quite a while now, and with new developer previews of the OS, things are looking a bit brighter every day, but being “good” isn’t enough. Windows 8 has gotta be the sexiest release to ever come out of Microsoft to hit the ground running, but in current developer previews, things still feel a bit Windows 7-ish. What could Windows 8 look like when it’s all said and done? We don’t know exactly, we sure hope it looks like this…

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Portable Gamecube gets music video treatment, makes you jealous -- (Video)

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Portable Gamecube gets music video treatment, makes you jealous -- (Video)

We’ve seen a number of portable SNES, NES, Gamecube, and even N64 systems made by Do-It-Yourselfer’s in the past, but I just realize… don’t they all look a little familiar? *cough “Wii U” cough*. Well, anyway seeing Tchay’s work truly pays tribute to the glory of the Gamecube, which is pretty interesting considering at the time the GCN was seen as possibly Nintendo’s final system. But looking back on it, it certainly almost feels like a Dreamcast 2 of sorts. — More info on its creation can be seen HERE.

The Twitter app from old to new - Design in Review

A few days ago, Twitter launched their new design for their website as well as the re-designed Tweetdeck web app and the overall consensus was mostly positive, which is shocking considering people loath any change on the internet. From what we’ve seen, the brand-wide re-design of Twitter has been a success so far, and only a few small nicks and scratches are left to be filled here and there. Today though, we’re focusing on Twitter’s new iOS app because we think it’s the most significant change and just another example of Twitter expertly blurring the lines between desktop, web & mobile.

How website speed affects traffic and revenue - Infographic

When building a website, one of the hardest things is trying to squeeze as much out of it, while at the same time keeping a small footprint. Every image, script, letter, icon, video and CSS file has to travel through wires across the globe to the user in a few seconds, and less time it takes the better. As the amount of time it takes for your site to load, the amount of people that leave increases exponentially. The following infographic is a good example as to why some sites perform well, and others don’t do so hot.

Windows Phone OS created in HTML5, allows you to try before you buy

We all know how the retail world works when it comes to “trying out” a new smartphone. You want to see how it feels, and how it works, but more importantly the OS that runs on-top of it, but more than likely all you’ll get is a dumb plastic model with a fake screen, and if you’re lucky, you may have a select working model to play with in-store. Microsoft decided to throw caution to the wind and re-create their Windows Phone OS in HTML5 for people to try out before they buy.

Insanely awesome CSS3 Photo gallery stack

We have seen, and written about various CSS3 slideshows and photo galleries with most of them using jQuery, but when we stumbled across this piece we had to share it. We’re not in love with it because it’s incredible, fascinating or even functional — we’re excited because of how well it was made. It was supposed to serve a purpose at one time, but the creator had to place it on the shelf, which is a shame, but there’s some good news!

A fresh take on the design of Skype for Mac

Ever since of the inception of Skype for Mac, people have been slightly under whelmed with the design of the interface. Skype 5.0 Beta for Mac was a step in the right direction, but was a clumsy attempt to simplify the interface while keeping all of the functionality. It was in-consistent, blank and a little messy, but UI designer Daryl Ginn has taken a whack at it and we think he’s made something that could really work for the text iteration of Skype for Mac.