Fast Company's design site asks of Dark Sky, the app being developed by the Troy-based team Jackadam: "How could two dudes in upstate New York out-innovate behemoths like Accuweather and The Weather Channel?" And: "The design insight of Dark Sky's developers is almost Jobsian." Earlier: Dark Sky on Kickstarter
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Meh. I want to believe but still not convinced. "How could two dudes out-innovate behemoths like Accuweather and The Weather Channel?", well Occam's Razor says maybe they didn't, but I still want to believe. In the meantime though, "instead of displaying herky-jerky images that only refresh every 10 minutes, Dark Sky interpolates the radar data to generate a smooth animation" looks just like interpolation/extrapolation, it sure is prettier but no new information was found in between data points... Help me with more science on this one?
... said -S on Nov 10, 2011 at 2:06 AM | link
That photo on fastcodedesign.com is goddamn gorgeous though, find it here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roonster/3604191191/sizes/o/in/photostream/
... said -S on Nov 10, 2011 at 2:08 AM | link