Chicago Freezes, AccuWeather Explodes
I once had an HP phone representative tell me not to carry my computer around in the winter, for fear of my screen freezing and cracking in my backpack from the sub-zero temperatures. As Chicago dips below freezing, and the flurries begin to fall, I am impressed by the creativity of my AccuWeather widget, which I hadn’t noticed spill snow all over my dashboard.
AccuWeather’s creativity reminds me of the latest Wario Land advertisement, and the general trend of breaking down strict borders to increase integration. Borders are also being broken on my new G1, as apps integrate more efficiently with the capacities of my phone, and with each other. While Wario and AccuWeather are simply the destruction of visual confines that I’ve grown adjusted too, they are evidence of a larger movement to create seamless experiences, and make design more intuitive. In this case, AccuWeather seems to be freezing my screen from the inside out, and bringing a touch of creativity and flair, capitalizing on breaking down boundaries, to my cold and windy days.