Crude Technologies

Friday, 30th October, 4:06 PM
Handling user errors using specific and helpful messaging, boosted conversions by 17%: http://j.mp/2qMOp0 #ux #ui #ia

Thursday, 29th October, 2:31 PM
Qualify leads using sign-up forms, with less sign-up friction and more qualified responses: http://j.mp/1bkthO #ia #ux #usability

Wednesday, 28th October, 5:18 PM
The underutilized power of the video demo to explain what the hell you actually do: http://j.mp/I1pZU #ux #ia #video #streaming #usability

Tuesday, 27th October, 2:38 PM
Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, WeFollow, Revision3, shares 9 ways to grow to one million users: http://j.mp/1ovjsI #ia #marketing #startup

Monday, 26th October, 7:49 PM
Making your app easy lowers barriers to entry and bounce rates, increases conversions, makes/breaks success: http://j.mp/VYpKD #ux #ui #ia

Friday, 23rd October, 11:21 AM
The plain fact is users will not read anything you put on the screen. How to treat user myopia: http://j.mp/oeIwQ #ui #development #ia

Wednesday, 21st October, 9:26 PM
Users hate change--just evolve a familiar #design. When incrementalism eventually destroys cohesiveness, redesign: http://j.mp/pdOUM #ux #ui

Monday, 19th October, 1:56 PM
If someone approaches you about #SEO, ignore them. Fire whoever makes your web pages, hire someone better: http://j.mp/37Bpsl #ia #webdesign

Friday, 16th October, 12:23 PM
Make a web design look good - balance, grid, color, graphics, typography, white space, connection. http://j.mp/1gJL07 #ux #ui #webdesign

Thursday, 15th October, 11:52 AM
The Huffington Post uses real-time A/B testing to write better headlines: http://j.mp/1D7L9U (#ux, user behavior, landing page optimization)

Wednesday, 14th October, 3:50 PM
Secrets of Google's design team--"Focus on the user and all else will follow": http://j.mp/11zH6O #ux #ui #webdesign #usability #google

Tuesday, 13th October, 10:57 AM
#UI Fundamentals for Programmers” video--modeling, breaking apps into screens, visual techniques, flows, and coding tips: http://j.mp/DO0ma

Monday, 12th October, 4:02 PM
Get Satisfaction's fatal flaw--make you to register to give feedback or get support. Try data capture, then relationship: http://j.mp/4Ql7w

Thursday, 8th October, 9:05 PM
How to avoid or fix 15 of the most common mistakes that #e-commerce sites make: http://j.mp/uSCaT #ux #ui #ecommerce #advice #tips

Wednesday, 7th October, 1:00 PM
#Usability testing is the hottest thing in experience #design research--here's how to do it: http://j.mp/2sgTZw #ux #ui

Tuesday, 6th October, 2:37 PM
How to choose the most effective wireframing or #prototyping method for the #UX questions you need answered: http://j.mp/1175jw #design

Monday, 5th October, 3:41 PM
"I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had time to make it shorter." - Blaise Pascal: http://j.mp/2w7X0d #ux

Friday, 2nd October, 11:57 AM
Here's a great visual tool for planning "font stacks": http://www.typetester.org/ #design #ui #css / Discussion: http://j.mp/cf7U9

Thursday, 1st October, 9:24 PM
Search results can make or break conversion rates--crucial to bridge gap between a user and the products sought: http://j.mp/C8423 #ux #ui

Tuesday, 29th September, 1:58 PM
37 Signals learns how we communicate has a lot to do with trust, and trust is a kind of usability too: http://j.mp/2DgIAc #ux #marketing

Monday, 28th September, 8:04 PM
Is a web app's look and feel critical to its overall success? A panel of experts discuss startup aesthetics: http://j.mp/2RFZGU #ui #ux

Friday, 25th September, 12:21 PM
Boost your website's credibility with 10 rules based on 3 years' research on 4,500 users: http://j.mp/3T6HBx #ux #ia #webdesign

Thursday, 24th September, 7:02 PM
Not all usability design is for the end user--user experience designers are users too: http://j.mp/FsFHz #ux #design #mac #workspace

Tuesday, 22nd September, 4:25 PM
Yo dawg, we heard you like browsers, so we put a browser in your browser: http://j.mp/4clDw #google #chrome #ie #ie6 #ie7 #ie8 #webdesign

Monday, 21st September, 11:56 PM
What makes a cool URI? It's one that doesn't change. What sorts of URI change? URIs don't change; people change them: http://j.mp/cWcrB #ux

Friday, 18th September, 6:00 PM
"Dear Yahoo! Mail, I have a request... Specifically, I'd like to be able to check my email." http://j.mp/3WMFL #yahoo #email #ux #usability

Thursday, 17th September, 8:52 PM
A vast amount of money and time and brains has been employed in overcoming sales resistance--the end of this is bedlam: http://j.mp/33fwL0

Wednesday, 16th September, 9:53 PM
URLs will still be part of the Web user interface for many more years, so a usable site requires a usable URL: http://j.mp/Sho4K #ux #ui #ia

Tuesday, 15th September, 4:44 PM
Characteristics of great companies--innovating, sustainable, sharing, creative, inspiring, strategic, put customers first: http://j.mp/qwntH

Monday, 14th September, 12:34 PM
Just wrong--instead of metrics like “they make more money than they spend” we see “visits” or “growth” qualify success: http://j.mp/fEkMD

Friday, 11th September, 7:02 PM
Happy talk is the kudzu of the internet--eradicate it from your website copy: http://j.mp/o9Gvn #copywriting #marketing #stockphoto

Friday, 11th September, 9:00 AM
Let your creatives be creative--blocking parts of the Web "systematically makes a company stupider": http://j.mp/Uhflx #office #IT #policy

Thursday, 10th September, 6:07 PM
RT @jkatinger — Life is conversational. Web design should be the same way. Have good conversations: http://j.mp/Ygqdw #ux #design

Wednesday, 9th September, 5:15 PM
#UX, but for whom? Design for users you solve a problem for, who want more from you, use the product well, talk about you: http://j.mp/pMNHH

Wednesday, 9th September, 12:19 AM
Is it dd-mm-yy, mm-dd-yy, or yy-mm-dd? On 09-09-09, ISO 8601 suddenly makes more sense: http://j.mp/1Ek3WX / http://j.mp/BMzCl #ia #iso

Tuesday, 8th September, 6:10 PM
Edward R. Tufte’s “The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint” presented in the form of a #PowerPoint presentation: http://j.mp/qfful #usability #ia

Friday, 4th September, 7:50 PM
7 of 37signals—publish, dogfood, simplify, impassion, charge, share, engage: http://j.mp/SVhc1 #success #startup #ux

Thursday, 3rd September, 5:07 PM
Close the gap between webpage purpose and customer intent through blood sweat and tears—and these 6 tips: http://j.mp/lT75N #analytics #ux

Wednesday, 2nd September, 8:41 PM
Al Gore invented the Internet’s Top 10 User Experience Myths: http://j.mp/vOWEQ #ux #design #usability #IA

Tuesday, 1st September, 11:50 AM
Got a sales and #marketing problem? When in doubt, make your #software more compelling: http://j.mp/2bexnF #ux #development

Monday, 31st August, 11:07 PM
Every now and then the simplicity and elegance and sheer obviousness (after the fact) of an invention blows me away: http://j.mp/3FHA2E

Friday, 28th August, 7:47 AM
Software engineering is over—goal is not consistency but transformation, changing how a company does business: http://j.mp/4fkRJ5

Thursday, 27th August, 12:46 PM
Three steps to kick–ass customer service—be easy to reach, be human, offer a path forward: http://j.mp/l7CQM #customerservice #crm #scrm

Wednesday, 26th August, 4:51 PM
Effective and delightful convergence—“Engineers make things,” Fast said, “we make people love them.” http://j.mp/QFzvd #ux #design #ia

Tuesday, 25th August, 5:54 PM
Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” http://j.mp/H1LZM #design #ux

Monday, 24th August, 3:41 PM
What metric are you designing to improve? Use Google Website Optimizer to test if you're improving conversions: http://j.mp/5mxrj #ux