Crude Technologies

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

Wednesday, 19th August, 10:48 PM
Enjoyed this! Information architecture of social experience design in 5 principles, 5 anti-patterns, and 3 buckets: http://j.mp/WIhvI #ia

Tuesday, 18th August, 3:46 PM
Managing UI complexity—progressive disclosure, contextual actions, alignment, visual hierarchy, & mental models: http://j.mp/OsYAD #ux #ui

Monday, 17th August, 8:21 AM
Use the 4 elements of elegance—symmetry, seduction, subtraction, and sustainability (vid+summary): http://j.mp/3xZba #ux #design

Friday, 14th August, 9:14 AM
Practicing product minimalism—when do you decide to *remove* features? http://j.mp/94ZQj #ux #design #usability

Thursday, 13th August, 3:50 PM
If someone else printed a user guide for your product, how many pages would they need? http://j.mp/GBv85 #ux #design #usability

Wednesday, 12th August, 10:36 AM
Are rounded rectangles friendly? Apple thinks so. One scientist claims they're easier to visually process: http://j.mp/Tt8Um #design #ux

Tuesday, 11th August, 8:36 AM
#Advice and lessons learned for taking a 6 week sabbatical to rest, recuperate, and renew your creative energies: http://j.mp/HBeXr

Monday, 10th August, 10:56 AM
What metric are you designing to improve today? While aesthetics are subjective, behavior is not: http://j.mp/l0J8u #ux #design

Friday, 7th August, 10:29 AM
Hypothesizing “The Steve Jobs Method”—iteration, discipline, differentiation, experimentation, abandonment: http://j.mp/bZv5h #design

Thursday, 6th August, 8:41 AM
Eye-tracking studies on web forms design, scanning vs reading, and the F-shaped pattern for web content: http://j.mp/pA28Z #UX

Wednesday, 5th August, 12:57 PM
Is Apple really a "feminine brand" with a "feminized" user experience? Don't men want #usability and service? http://j.mp/FHeE0 #UX

Tuesday, 4th August, 11:36 AM
#Design for yourself: Steve Jobs on why Apple doesn't do market research—“discipline to think through” what users want: http://j.mp/KZUCA

Monday, 3rd August, 12:14 PM
#UX via twitter.com/terretta

Friday, 31st July, 11:13 PM
FCC questions Apple, AT&T, and Google over Google Voice rejection: http://tcrn.ch/25dr

Friday, 31st July, 3:08 PM
#UX design is a creative art form—here's a visually elegant way to show users if they typed a hidden password right: http://j.mp/19TWx0

Thursday, 30th July, 6:12 PM
Why some people love meetings, and other people hate them—some people are “managers”, others (like devs) are “makers”: http://j.mp/13Pnx3

Wednesday, 29th July, 2:58 PM
Asking “What would Apple do?” contradicts everything Silicon Valley startups consider gospel over the past five years: http://j.mp/8bd8j

Tuesday, 28th July, 3:27 PM
Monetize the audience, not the content,” argues #VC Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures: http://j.mp/3k54qN

Monday, 27th July, 3:13 PM
#Usability #tips from a small #e-commerce owner: design a familiar #UX, focus on blogs, and show great photos: http://j.mp/10Xhju