Crude Technologies

Friday, 4th February, 9:40 AM
Force yourself outside your zone for unbiased external perspectives to explain their world, hold a mirror to yours: http://j.mp/hjIQaG

Thursday, 3rd February, 11:07 PM
Reviewing #wireframe mockup applications Balsamiq, Mockingbird, and MockFlow: http://j.mp/gntyv2 #ia

Thursday, 3rd February, 11:01 PM
You don't need to build features requested by your customers to make them happy: http://j.mp/gjV2gI

Wednesday, 2nd February, 5:08 PM
TUAW's first impressions of iPad newspaper "The Daily" UI and navigation: http://j.mp/g7oQ74 #ux #ui #ipad #tuaw

Wednesday, 2nd February, 5:05 PM
"Today marks the day that a content company made a significant change to embrace truly new ways to deliver the news": http://j.mp/gt3y9t

Monday, 31st January, 12:05 PM
How Steve Jobs and #Apple managed to beat the tech titans of Japan by playing their game, only better: http://j.mp/h30Jro #simplicity #zen

Friday, 14th January, 7:47 PM
Google handing the keys of web video’s future right back to Flash: http://j.mp/dOMCVE #codec #webm #vp8 #h264 #flash

Friday, 14th January, 6:09 PM
Apple's philosophy, “We’re going to make these decisions for you,” is called "design": http://j.mp/ieW639 #design

Friday, 14th January, 8:42 AM
Apple's #design iterations are simplification steps removing cruft, not adding features: http://j.mp/h3X2KB

Friday, 14th January, 8:26 AM
Traditional pay-per-click is a waste--only 8% of Internet users now account for 85% of all clicks: http://j.mp/g4v2Sa @comscore #stats #ads

Thursday, 13th January, 2:10 PM
The entire #Android device market seems to be made specifically for gadget blogs and early adopters: http://j.mp/enaC5A #ux #wp7 #usability

Wednesday, 12th January, 3:36 PM
The primary failure of MySpace was usability -- what happens when users make decisions on design: http://j.mp/f9AKkA #ux #usability

Tuesday, 11th January, 10:03 AM
Easy to read -- standard font size, active white space, reader friendly line height, clear contrast, no text images: http://j.mp/gEVFIq #ux

Monday, 10th January, 4:50 PM
Usability's dark side -- the paradox of the guided user: http://j.mp/hPhovz #ux #usability #ia

Friday, 7th January, 8:15 AM
The new Mac App Store shows human centered DRM -- your identity as key to generous rights: http://j.mp/geoDEN #drm

Thursday, 6th January, 6:30 PM
Everyone is a designer. Design is a fundamental part of everything. Keep this in mind throughout your project: http://j.mp/i1ivbf #ddd

Thursday, 6th January, 9:12 AM
Software Updates, System Update 10.6.6, Restart, New App Store icon in Dock, Twitter, Free ... Twitter icon in dock, Tweet!

Wednesday, 5th January, 11:18 AM
@kiwi_app i'll buy when you can. cheers.

Wednesday, 5th January, 10:41 AM
@kiwi_app where or how do you set your bit.ly api key to use with j.mp/bit.ly?

Wednesday, 5th January, 7:05 AM
Progressive signup -- as the user uses our product, we gently prod them to give us more info: http://j.mp/dENcnI #ux #ia

Tuesday, 4th January, 4:17 PM
The anatomy of a perfect landing page: http://j.mp/fIheah #ia #webdesign #ux

Monday, 3rd January, 5:21 PM
Essential and desirable skills you should look for in your UX designer: http://j.mp/dV4YKc #ia #ux

Saturday, 11th December, 10:29 PM
Grand Central Terminal - 360 view: http://occip.it/pygyc72zj

Saturday, 11th December, 6:34 PM
Macy's at 34th and Herald Sq - 360 view: http://occip.it/pyh0h9rij

Friday, 10th December, 1:33 PM
"Mobile data traffic in 2011 will be roughly the same as total Internet traffic circa 2002." -- @pkedrosky #trendspotting

Wednesday, 8th December, 8:41 PM
User experience design in the age of computational objects and ubiquitous computing: http://j.mp/hUBKQ5

Tuesday, 7th December, 12:08 PM
A reminder to design fluid width sites—iPad hits 8 percent of global mobile PC (laptop + tablet) shipments: http://j.mp/i8lnqx #ux #ia

Tuesday, 7th December, 9:44 AM
The first problem is to design the API. The second is to help people learn to use it: http://j.mp/e8RlP6 #api #ia

Monday, 6th December, 10:49 PM
#Persuasion triggers in web #design: reciprocation, commitment, social proof, authority, scarcity, framing, salience: http://j.mp/fpJdwg #ia

Thursday, 11th November, 8:12 AM
Samsung Tab a grab bag of neglect, good intentions, and poor execution, merging worst of a tablet and worst of a phone: http://j.mp/9JY6y6

Thursday, 11th November, 7:47 AM
Make sure you use the right #breadcrumbs ( e.g., » > › / • – ) to have hierarchy shown in #Google SERPs: http://j.mp/btRAdk #ia

Wednesday, 10th November, 8:47 AM
“The Main thing is to keep the main thing, the main thing.” -- a great principle for UX and IA too: http://j.mp/bAwEj6

Wednesday, 10th November, 7:49 AM
Usage is like oxygen for ideas: http://j.mp/90GWaC

Tuesday, 9th November, 10:02 AM
A game design perspective can contribute #usability and functionality even in a non gaming context: http://j.mp/cJB4b0

Monday, 8th November, 12:46 PM
It is the UX and IA architect's business to know things. Train yourself to see detail others overlook: http://j.mp/bl1bco

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, 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