Crude Technologies

Friday, 17th September, 8:19 PM
What do serious people mean when they say “user experience design” instead of just “web design”?: http://j.mp/bxJV6c #ux #design

Wednesday, 15th September, 10:12 PM
Recommendations for #usability in product development practice, based on a PhD research project: http://j.mp/aPITfH #ia #ux

Tuesday, 14th September, 9:42 AM
Designing for #children requires distinct #usability approaches, including targeting content narrowly for different ages: http://j.mp/drYiLH

Monday, 13th September, 9:27 AM
More than any other adjective, reviewers condemn apps they don’t like as “useless”: http://j.mp/bn5Mk1 #usability #apps #ux

Friday, 13th August, 10:48 AM
Throughout history, the forms of our letters were influenced by the tools we used to create them: http://j.mp/aSMoE7 #typography #usability

Thursday, 12th August, 7:36 PM
Pay attention to net neutrality debate. User experience determines success: http://j.mp/bFtz7g #ux #netneutrality and http://j.mp/dc6Fpj

Wednesday, 11th August, 1:08 PM
Four bits of #design wisdom that may come in handy some day: http://j.mp/biL7za #ux

Wednesday, 11th August, 12:42 PM
Dutch traffic engineer shows streets without signs are safer than roads cluttered with arrows, painted lines, and lights: http://j.mp/djRF6U

Tuesday, 10th August, 11:28 AM
How Star Trek artists imagined usability 23 years ago http://post.ly/r7ts

Tuesday, 10th August, 10:09 AM
Star Trek designer on #usability: Someone beating their brains into guacamole to make this machine easy for *me* to use: http://j.mp/bNUqrJ

Monday, 9th August, 3:20 PM
On corp blog home page, showing summaries of many articles is more likely to draw in users than full articles: http://j.mp/bxUYTy #usability

Friday, 30th July, 9:41 AM
The disappearing PC http://post.ly/pSXI

Friday, 30th July, 9:07 AM
The real reason why consumers won't pay online -- it's a pain: http://j.mp/adUlHL #usability #ecommerce #ux

Thursday, 29th July, 8:58 AM
Positive emotional stimuli can build a sense of trust and engagement with your users: http://j.mp/cReO19 #ux #ui #interface #design #emotion

Wednesday, 28th July, 12:53 PM
If you're going out on a limb putting up a #paywall, be willing to iterate. The #UX designer's job is never done: http://j.mp/d5LHv7 #design

Wednesday, 28th July, 11:30 AM
Maybe customers are shifting toward self service because they don't want a relationship with companies: http://j.mp/cqVlCe #ux

Monday, 26th July, 5:58 PM
#Citibank is creating a bad customer experience by fooling its prospective customers: http://http://j.mp/6FiBG #ux

Friday, 23rd July, 8:56 AM
Balancing #science and #art -- human-computer interaction #design benefits substantially from a #creative approach: http://j.mp/atXjOX #ux

Thursday, 22nd July, 5:00 PM
#Endeca launches UI Design Pattern Library -- understand users, create potential solutions, and evaluate and optimize: http://j.mp/dkxHRB

Thursday, 22nd July, 8:51 AM
Information networks and living cities provide a basis for understanding each other, and information architecture: http://j.mp/aCfSUs #ia

Tuesday, 20th July, 10:54 AM
Supporting User Experience and User Centered Design throughout the Product Development process: http://j.mp/aQ1P3P #ux #ia #ucd

Thursday, 15th July, 8:50 PM
Sketching is an important pre- #wireframing technique for doing divergent and transformative #design: http://j.mp/cBgxQD #ux #ia

Wednesday, 14th July, 10:25 PM
#Complexity may be unavoidably inherent to a workflow and tasks, or in the density of information to present: http://j.mp/9VYVyt #ux #ia #ui

Tuesday, 13th July, 12:51 PM
"Dark patterns" purposely trick users into doing things they wouldn’t otherwise have done: http://j.mp/cOpkpb #ux #usability #ia

Friday, 2nd July, 11:56 AM
#Interface #design vs #interaction design--avoid beautiful-looking but ultimately confusing and difficult to use #UI: http://j.mp/c5qy1K #ux

Wednesday, 30th June, 9:31 AM
Tips for building #wireframes for web #UI information architecture: http://j.mp/cPwsn0 #ia

Monday, 28th June, 6:18 PM
Four attributes define the future online customer experience -- customized, aggregated, relevant, social: http://j.mp/dgp96K #ux

Sunday, 27th June, 12:29 AM
RT @karenmcgrane: Saying UX for the web consists of IA, IxD, and visual design is like saying Christmas presents consist of boxes, tape, ...

Thursday, 24th June, 10:39 AM
Ultimate #guide to A/B Testing--what it is, what to test, how to test, classic #test results: http://j.mp/9QGh77 #ux #conversion #marketing

Wednesday, 23rd June, 11:27 AM
The plague of any software product is the moment when non-experts in user interface #design get to look at the #UI: http://j.mp/cRPH4h #ux

Tuesday, 22nd June, 5:31 PM
Intuition is learned. Stop obsessing over whether a #UI is intuitive; start obsessing whether it’s understandable: http://j.mp/aEgT8w #ux

Tuesday, 22nd June, 1:38 PM
Is it really acceptable, much less a good idea, for web sites to require #JavaScript?: http://j.mp/9VgVWz #usability #ux #ui #ajax

Tuesday, 22nd June, 10:31 AM
The beauty of #typography--writing systems and #calligraphy of the world inform #design of international projects (pt.2): http://j.mp/9DNiH2

Monday, 21st June, 3:11 PM
Even a few seconds' delay is enough to create an unpleasant user experience: http://j.mp/9HUo1o #ux #performance #speed

Monday, 21st June, 10:11 AM
Three levels of happiness to #design into remarkable user experiences: Mindfulness, Flow, and Meaning: http://j.mp/bAzbsa #ux #usability

Friday, 18th June, 2:25 PM
What can print designers do to embrace the web? http://j.mp/a10vTv

Thursday, 17th June, 8:13 AM
Do you really want part of my sign-up experience to be that you tell me that my name is invalid?: http://j.mp/9hEfW0 #ux #ia #dba

Wednesday, 16th June, 11:44 AM
"All design is human-centered. If it's not human-centered, then it's not design...": http://j.mp/9ufhBS #design #usability #ux

Wednesday, 16th June, 11:28 AM
@Memeo_Inc Fix http://www.memeoconnect.com/beta_signup.php to support + sign in email address--it's a GMail feature, after all.

Tuesday, 15th June, 6:13 PM
iPad so inviting that customers are drawn to interacting with (or at least observing) payment transactions: http://j.mp/cdvdLT #ux #ipad

Monday, 14th June, 5:25 PM
Huge success of iPhone, Craigslist, Google, Twitter shows importance of #simplicity vs a large feature set: http://j.mp/cf0gFU #ux

Friday, 11th June, 9:57 AM
Publishers, your webpages are hostile to reading. Love your readers and #design for #readability, or die: http://j.mp/a73PgG #ux

Thursday, 10th June, 5:06 PM
#Google takes own advice: "Good #UX isn’t just about good #design. Be open, engaged, surprising, polite" and fast to fix: http://j.mp/djFDN5

Thursday, 10th June, 4:01 PM
The social style guide and why "remove Google background" became a top search term http://post.ly/j61p

Thursday, 10th June, 1:51 PM
“The intention of sketching is to separate design from the process of making.” : http://j.mp/cPj56E #design #ia #ux #wireframe

Thursday, 10th June, 1:49 PM
RT @MSEurope: We've lost a background image, if found please return to bing.com ;)

Wednesday, 9th June, 5:25 PM
In a corporate environment, consensus can be a designer's best friend--if you know when and how to seek it out: http://j.mp/9s2Xhh #design

Tuesday, 8th June, 9:57 AM
Readings on the state of usability art: http://j.mp/terretta

Monday, 7th June, 8:54 AM
User attention is a limited resource and we should heavily optimize to minimize our impact upon it: http://j.mp/94qZTQ #ux #ui #ipad

Thursday, 3rd June, 1:01 PM
Which groups in your organization influence your web UI? Who's responsible for making #design decisions? Why?: http://j.mp/c2XrRF #ui #ia

Tuesday, 1st June, 9:42 AM
Quantifying usability -- injecting #usability principles into bug tracking software reshapes approach to #UX design: http://j.mp/9x0PJx

Monday, 31st May, 8:12 PM
#Android Fanboys care about openness and choice. #iPhone Fanboys care about presentation and experience: http://j.mp/auRIRK #ux

Sunday, 30th May, 3:00 PM
@sugarsock Funny #BP now thinks they own the land and airspace, to stop reporters from filming. Maybe execs should have to move there.

Sunday, 30th May, 8:00 AM
The #iPhone is the first computer in a long time that doesn't make people afraid: http://j.mp/bkeCcT #usability #software #apps