Crude Technologies

Thursday, 25th November, 10:53 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!

Wednesday, 24th November, 1:53 PM
Browserling is interactive cross-browser #testing inside your Chrome #browser. Try it at browserling.com: http://j.mp/hTDfXx

Tuesday, 23rd November, 12:22 AM
Building a "customer experience", not just a "user experience", leads to a more complete and effective product: http://j.mp/goN2B9 #ux

Monday, 22nd November, 2:06 PM
Dropbox "just works" for online backup and sharing files. Get yours free here: http://db.tt/jj4Ip9C

Monday, 22nd November, 2:03 PM
I love Dropbox because it's the easiest way to share documents among a distributed team who use both Windows and Mac. http://db.tt/v5FdNuZ

Thursday, 4th November, 1:30 PM
Web designers, keep your page sizes down. It’s for your own (and your users') good: http://j.mp/9QDkjV #ux #performance

Thursday, 4th November, 12:58 PM
Best practices for combining #typefaces in a #design, as well as some blunders to avoid: http://j.mp/bffnUQ #fonts #typography #webdesign

Monday, 1st November, 11:40 AM
Users pay close attention to photos with relevant information, ignore fluffy pictures used for looks: http://j.mp/cjLqtw #ia #ui

Friday, 29th October, 12:22 PM
The weakest link in #security has been, and always will be, the user's judgement. Can you MAKE users care? http://j.mp/9xRJ5a #ux #ia

Thursday, 28th October, 4:43 PM
Service design—make interfaces useful, usable, desirable to users; effective, efficient, distinctive for suppliers: http://j.mp/9io7Lm #ux

Wednesday, 27th October, 12:16 PM
Chances are, your users don’t have a clue what you are talking about. Keep it simple, test test test: http://j.mp/cw2zXx #usability #ux

Tuesday, 26th October, 11:37 AM
Data usage and app downloads skyrocketing among today's teens, tomorrow's consumers: http://j.mp/bbvLl2 #nielsen #stats

Monday, 25th October, 11:16 PM
Don’t assume you are the default, you are the exception: http://j.mp/cw2zXx #usability #users

Friday, 22nd October, 9:23 AM
Attention to detail in making a page transition "come alive": http://j.mp/ajAyvV #ux #ui

Thursday, 21st October, 5:41 PM
For type rendering, browser layout engines defer to the operating system’s text rendering engine. What you should test: http://j.mp/cUDBFg

Wednesday, 20th October, 8:27 PM
WP7 typography doesn't serve user needs. Instead it is about its designer self. Good design is self-effacing: http://j.mp/cnOfNO #wp7

Tuesday, 19th October, 6:28 PM
Kill off sign-up forms through gradual engagement, web services, and communication tools: http://j.mp/b2EsLp #ia #ux

Monday, 18th October, 7:56 AM
Lessons of open standards vs proprietary platforms are being forgotten as designers scramble to create novelty UIs: http://j.mp/9vwa0N #ui

Friday, 15th October, 5:11 PM
How much weight does your senior management give to right-brained ideas, like delight, amazement, intuition, and joy? http://j.mp/diW5gs #ux

Thursday, 14th October, 8:15 AM
Arrange #labels any way that seems harmonious to you. Test with users. Make changes. Repeat until it works: http://j.mp/9i5dWI #ui #ia #ux

Wednesday, 13th October, 11:04 PM
@Runnnner Logitech thinks you'll pay $130 *extra* to get even more buttons for the Revue: http://j.mp/b5GUd9 #googletv

Wednesday, 13th October, 8:04 AM
You can’t control reactions on the Web. All you can do is cover your ass by being transparent and stoic: http://j.mp/cUC9C7 #gaplogo

Monday, 11th October, 5:42 PM
"Focus on what really matters: making users happy as fast as you can, and helping them as much as you can": http://j.mp/avKHfq #ux

Friday, 8th October, 4:46 PM
Mobile web apps are an excellent opportunity for native-like performance without specializing in a particular platform: http://j.mp/aoQhzw

Thursday, 7th October, 4:55 PM
Ten golden principles for successful web apps: http://j.mp/9bkD6B #design #ux #development #startups

Tuesday, 5th October, 4:16 PM
Business-aligned #usability ratings communicate actual business impacts of issues identified in usability #testing: http://j.mp/dvvnXh

Tuesday, 28th September, 4:08 PM
Understand how colors interact with each other to establish a heirarchy of information in your #typography: http://j.mp/dANmUD #ux #design

Monday, 27th September, 2:01 PM
Do you know what your customers actually remember about your site? Try Clue's 5 second test: http://j.mp/9j4MUQ #ux #tdd #webdesign

Sunday, 26th September, 12:08 PM
To make backend infrastructure software usable, focus on the linguistic elements of the design: http://j.mp/dlkj2x

Friday, 24th September, 11:05 AM
6 things Pay-TV operators can learn from #Blockbuster fall, starting with loving customers: http://j.mp/aWJKJc #vod #netflix #usability #ux

Thursday, 23rd September, 5:21 PM
Hosting is hard -- "Facebook Down, Like Buttons Vanish, Internet Implodes", for hours yesterday and today: http://j.mp/by7pTi #downtime

Wednesday, 22nd September, 4:42 PM
The key to good writing is focus. Writer for iPad (by iA) leverages concentration, orientation, and typography to help: http://j.mp/d990fx

Tuesday, 21st September, 6:05 PM
Principles of effective communication--assume you'll be misunderstood, share deeper meaning, keep it simple: http://j.mp/aDbXFX

Monday, 20th September, 5:29 PM
Help users achieve Techno-Literacy by using the min amount of #technology that will max their options: http://j.mp/9xqanY #ux #usability

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, 10th September, 9:11 AM
Use an inline or drop down login box so users don’t have to wait for a new page to load: http://j.mp/9pm9aP #ia #ux

Friday, 10th September, 9:07 AM
What teens really think about the usability of #Swype texting, expressed in a 4 panel "rage comic": http://j.mp/d51fVv #usability #android

Thursday, 9th September, 6:59 PM
Apple shares App Store Review Guidelines, apparently cares about #UX. "Join us in trying to surprise and delight users": http://j.mp/ck7XaZ

Wednesday, 8th September, 12:15 PM
Typing in mobile web apps is considered frustrating, yet in US, 4.1 billion SMS are sent a day. Maybe it's the usability: http://j.mp/cNhoLH

Monday, 6th September, 3:41 PM
E.W. Dijkstra on teaching the "radical novelties" of computer science http://post.ly/vzZc

Monday, 6th September, 12:57 PM
The real problem is companies have a roving eye--always more interested in the customers they don’t have: http://j.mp/b4uvI9 #ux #service