Crude Technologies

Friday, 5th August, 2:43 PM
@sugarsock content aware fill, woo hoo! #cs5

Friday, 5th August, 2:04 PM
Game mechanics a part of #design and #usability, takes understanding users wanting gratifying flow: http://j.mp/cJB4b0 #ux #gamification

Thursday, 4th August, 2:25 PM
Understanding how users learn can help us design experiences that support the user throughout the entire process: http://j.mp/oDUGly #ux

Wednesday, 3rd August, 5:05 PM
British government says #copyright over-regulates to the detriment of the UK, wants to make "format shifting" legal: http://j.mp/pwEdsO

Wednesday, 3rd August, 3:48 PM
Like Horseshoe crabs or those giant flies in the jungles of South America, fax machines have proven nearly unkillable: http://j.mp/qOtLw9

Tuesday, 2nd August, 1:23 PM
@sugarsock Yes http://t.co/ca7gW24 is a side project to make vid hosting simple. Thanks for checking it out. Let us know what you think.

Tuesday, 2nd August, 1:06 PM
@sugarsock Best luck with the talk. Do you have a little Flip video or Kodak Zi8 to record it? Post it on sugarsock.vive.ly!

Monday, 1st August, 11:54 PM
@sugarsock today mine was 39 days out of warranty. fell on stone, shattered face, they replaced free, in & out under 5 mins, & easy restore

Monday, 1st August, 11:49 PM
@sugarsock On ITVfest Hollywood theme, u wrote "not dressing"... "don't keep a lot of... clothing on". Twitter matching isn't too smart.

Monday, 1st August, 11:21 PM
@sugarsock I think, to be fair, both Nokia and Samsung make no-profit phones for pay-as-you-go services. But I like Apple's model better!

Monday, 1st August, 1:37 PM
What profits can look like when people love, and evangelize, your product's user experience: http://j.mp/rdGroN #iphone #stats

Friday, 22nd July, 1:25 PM
Chosen is a fantastic #javascript plug-in for #jQuery and #Prototype to make long select boxes usable: http://j.mp/pULEaN #ux #ui

Wednesday, 20th July, 7:49 PM
Tom Anderson, MySpace founder, on whether Google will favor an algorithmic or user-controlled approach to your stream: http://j.mp/qYWDd6

Wednesday, 20th July, 1:07 PM
Picking apart the TechCrunch redesign with a user test: http://j.mp/oOkuHc #ux #design #usability

Monday, 18th July, 9:11 PM
The #iPhone Home Button shows how intuitive a single simple action can be if performed in context: http://j.mp/qf9s92 #ui

Friday, 15th July, 5:27 PM
Developer attention to #Android has dwindled significantly over first and second quarters of 2011: http://j.mp/nFecuF #stats #ios

Friday, 15th July, 5:24 PM
How web designers can handle the variety of #font weights available in professional quality web fonts: http://j.mp/oDAEJU #css #typography

Friday, 15th July, 5:21 PM
Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and many other online companies are using game developers' techniques to keep you coming back: http://j.mp/qiUV4A

Wednesday, 13th July, 11:36 AM
Functionality, #gamification, and feedback loops -- using evidence, relevance, consequence, and action for #UX #design: http://j.mp/rrYm91

Tuesday, 12th July, 7:03 PM
“This is how ‘Planet of the Apes’ truly began. First you give the apes #copyright, then they take over the world.”: http://j.mp/rnDfdO #law

Tuesday, 12th July, 6:01 PM
20 yrs before #sparklines took off, Edward Tufte developed a different type of data visualization, the #slopegraph: http://j.mp/oeIt00 #ia

Tuesday, 12th July, 6:00 PM
A mid-2011 survey of wireframing and prototyping tools, some offline, some online: http://j.mp/qwxeGo #ia

Monday, 11th July, 3:32 PM
What not to do -- some of the *worst* pieces of #design ever done (plastic clamshell packaging tops the list): http://j.mp/q34mWl #ux

Friday, 8th July, 6:17 PM
User testing in the wild -- when your user has never used a computer: http://j.mp/psldVH #usability #ux #testing

Thursday, 7th July, 7:37 PM
The inscrutability of Gmail Detailed Technical Info and Yahoo Error Code 15 http://post.ly/2M1dZ

Thursday, 7th July, 5:18 PM
How building a great admin #dashboard can lead to an amazing product: http://j.mp/p1Tv8i #ui #saas /via @MapleButter

Thursday, 7th July, 2:20 PM
YouTube gets finger friendly usability redesign: http://j.mp/pE7xJi #youtube #ux #ui #vod

Wednesday, 6th July, 3:23 PM
Thoughts on Google+ attracting users and influence through intuitive #usability: http://j.mp/qlUD4j #googleplus #ux #facebook

Tuesday, 5th July, 3:27 PM
Why the WSJ Mobile App gets such terrible customer reviews, and how to fix it: http://j.mp/mDmYMP #ux #design #iphone #usability

Tuesday, 5th July, 3:13 PM
The imprimatur of the creator/publisher/distributor/retailer is its reputation for selecting/producing works users enjoy: http://j.mp/lVXDtx

Friday, 1st July, 4:36 PM
#Android "freeloaders" don't believe in paying for content; #Apple customers an "ideal paying demographic": http://j.mp/jrZvWs

Thursday, 30th June, 11:41 AM
Demystifying #Android screen densities, learning fundamentals of Android #design patterns, taking #screenshots: http://j.mp/kHMjcl

Wednesday, 29th June, 1:05 PM
How sausage is made -- a detailed IA, UX, and UI design case study, on designing GitHub for Mac: http://j.mp/iT6key

Tuesday, 28th June, 6:32 PM
The new #Google experience is founded on 3 key #design principles: focus, elasticity and effortlessness: http://j.mp/mE7PYk #ux

Tuesday, 28th June, 6:02 PM
Why we share what interests us -- rethinking real-life sharing for the web at http://plus.google.com -- video: http://j.mp/m7toYf #ux

Tuesday, 28th June, 3:15 PM
#Google Swiffy converts #Flash #SWF files to #HTML5. Repurpose Flash content for devices like iPhone w/o Flash player: http://j.mp/m11zgs

Monday, 27th June, 10:23 PM
Invent your *own* category… "consumers are not interested in form factors that deviate from the benchmark set by Apple": http://j.mp/kbZNjZ

Saturday, 11th June, 10:56 AM
How to find iPad or iPhone device ID (UDID) when stuck on iOS 5 beta update: http://j.mp/lOAF21 #ipad #iphone #guid #udid #beta #ios #tip

Friday, 10th June, 11:17 PM
Why the new task UI in Taskrabbit has great behavioral design: http://j.mp/kH8LO7 #ux #ui #ia

Thursday, 9th June, 6:46 PM
Try "persuasive design" to change attitudes or behaviors of users through #persuasion and social influence: http://j.mp/kV1641 #design #ux

Thursday, 9th June, 5:58 PM
Google adds indexing support for rel="author" HTML tag property, to track and rank content creators: http://j.mp/kMHpuF #google #seo #ia

Wednesday, 8th June, 8:17 PM
You can’t convince a smoker to quit smoking. They need to just decide they’ll do it. It's the same for UX: http://j.mp/lmKhbU #ux

Wednesday, 8th June, 6:55 AM
UI testing suggests ways for #iPad app-makers to make their #apps more intuitive and ergonomic for users: http://j.mp/jPZVoX #ui #ux

Tuesday, 7th June, 5:59 PM
Forget #social... Build a tool which people find useful immediately: http://j.mp/lgZDIc #ux #startup #mvp

Tuesday, 7th June, 8:37 AM
On 1 Aug 2011, #Google will discontinue support for Firefox 3.5, Internet Explorer 7, and Safari 3: http://j.mp/l5cY8D #ux #browser

Tuesday, 7th June, 12:05 AM
#Apple has taken a better approach to #cloud #sync by focusing on its fundamental benefit to users--simplicity: http://j.mp/mfeRcW #ux

Friday, 13th May, 8:09 PM
#Google Music Beta wants to let users access music anywhere, anytime. Sadly, it’s just not that easy: http://j.mp/jZS35N #ux #usability

Thursday, 12th May, 7:44 AM
Jakob Nielsen -- "Mobile screens are so small that it's a sin to waste space": http://j.mp/iTmVJ8 #ui #ux #design

Wednesday, 11th May, 9:32 PM
Great products and services depend on their users having great experiences. #Social #design aims to explain the why: http://j.mp/ielzoy #ux

Monday, 9th May, 10:58 PM
So how does an engineer get from poetic floating seaweed to a building that can withstand a magnitude-9.0 earthquake?: http://j.mp/j1xHrO

Friday, 29th April, 7:52 PM
Talking about web sites from a #usability standpoint, we often overlook the most important piece--content: http://j.mp/myBvea #ux

Thursday, 28th April, 8:56 AM
What makes a cool URI? A cool URI is one which does not change. Inventor of web shares how to make one: http://j.mp/iOWGeB

Wednesday, 27th April, 11:01 AM
Your taste is why your work disappoints you: http://j.mp/dNE18D #design

Tuesday, 26th April, 11:10 PM
@Siouxsie212 hi, yes, I spent a lot of springs, summers, and falls there.

Tuesday, 26th April, 11:00 PM
"How Good Designers Think" -- Harvard Business Review: http://j.mp/fNHghR #design #UX #usability

Friday, 15th April, 12:11 PM
I love fonts, and Google Web Fonts just keep getting better. Free to use, hosted by Google: http://j.mp/h98YKf #font #design

Friday, 15th April, 9:13 AM
Fascinating #usability testing results from the latest desktop Linux, Ubuntu Unity. Thinking like new users is hard: http://j.mp/f3kfda #ux

Wednesday, 13th April, 8:15 AM
Loads of hidden or little-known features of #Mac OS X. I didn't know about 'proxy icons' or 'pbcopy': http://j.mp/dIwykl #tip

Tuesday, 12th April, 3:34 PM
Details matter -- lessons from reality on the #iPhone tab bar user experience: http://j.mp/fGcUcw

Thursday, 17th March, 12:45 PM
"A method to produce the perfect book." This is how designer-genius Jan Tschichold described this system: http://j.mp/dG4t3i #design #layout

Thursday, 17th March, 8:57 AM
What do the big three tech giants really care about? Visualizing PR as word clouds: http://j.mp/hac2WA #infographic

Wednesday, 16th March, 12:31 PM
Learn, build, measure, more, better, faster -- a UX design model for startups: http://j.mp/e01upv

Wednesday, 16th March, 11:49 AM
Digital movie buyers overwhelmingly motivated by immediate ease of streaming and downloading digital video: http://j.mp/fva6aV #vod

Wednesday, 16th March, 11:38 AM
Record, game, maybe even book stores could come back into play in a world where everyone's watching their data usage: http://j.mp/i1eNVP

Wednesday, 16th March, 10:20 AM
Media still confused about companies offering things on an embedded Facebook page, versus #Facebook offering it itself: http://j.mp/eVl3ni

Tuesday, 15th March, 6:24 PM
Why 63% (and me) don't like #Facebook News Feed change--I'm most interested in news from friends I don't hear from often: http://j.mp/guiAza

Monday, 14th March, 3:34 PM
I agree reading iPad paper The Daily "so erratic and unfocused ... like witnessing a new identity crisis every day": http://j.mp/fx5dZI

Monday, 14th March, 2:57 PM
Happy Pie Day -- March 14, or 3.14, is known as “Pi Day” because it looks like π. But should it be 1/2 tau instead? http://j.mp/hLjlyI