Crude Technologies

Friday, 6th August, 11:34 AM
"The door is ajar" -- the talking car, and the value gap between #marketing and customer experience: http://j.mp/91egS8 #ux

Thursday, 5th August, 4:55 PM
Want to leverage social media? First build a good customer experience: http://j.mp/9r1Quy #ux #socialweb

Monday, 2nd August, 5:38 PM
Nothing about having a lot of money improves odds of a consumer internet startup creating a great product: http://j.mp/dBEaVq #investment

Monday, 2nd August, 11:44 AM
Jakob Nielsen's #usability issues -- missing menu, site identity, terminology, content organization, readability: http://j.mp/a6meSB #ux

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, 19th February, 12:59 PM
Style guides are a great way to ensure user experience consistency. Here's how to make one: http://j.mp/9PFwca #ux #ui #ia #design

Friday, 19th February, 10:54 AM
For non-hierarchical sites, breadcrumbs are useful only to show a page’s relation to more general concepts: http://j.mp/a8i2Xg #ia #ui #ux

Friday, 19th February, 9:40 AM
#Apple has no pretense at “openness” but, unlike #Google, it thinks deeper when designing its products: http://j.mp/9f8smo #ux $GOOG $AAPL

Thursday, 18th February, 8:22 PM
Goal oriented "Activity-Centered Design" results in better technology than user study driven "Human-Centered Design": http://j.mp/aVuyiL #ux

Wednesday, 17th February, 12:37 PM
Warning: force feeding users can result in vomiting: http://j.mp/9JzHom #ux #userexperience #marketing #Google #Buzz $GOOG

Tuesday, 16th February, 12:45 PM
The $5 Guerrilla User Test--drunk people are a pretty accurate mimic of distracted, indifferent people: http://j.mp/9WOWem #usability #ux

Monday, 15th February, 11:20 AM
Google, these are your users http://post.ly/Nzdk

Friday, 15th January, 11:03 PM
Use diagramming tools to "hand-sketch" #wireframes for faster expression of ideas, perception of fluidity: http://j.mp/7imLg4 #ia #ui

Thursday, 14th January, 11:41 AM
Shopping for bedsheets–how hard could it be? A survey of challenges in #ecommerce #usability: http://j.mp/4HRnfY #ux

Wednesday, 13th January, 4:12 PM
As the virtual and the ambient are integrated into our lives, we can start to live in more minimalist environments: http://j.mp/8JqlRh #ux

Tuesday, 12th January, 11:38 PM
Don't use words that suck all the meaning out. Language is how we know each other: http://j.mp/83h0ut #marketing #language #usability

Monday, 11th January, 9:25 PM
If your personality could be translated into a typeface, what type are you? http://j.mp/8Y5PrV #font #design #personality #quiz #typography

Monday, 11th January, 5:02 PM
Droid doesn't. Have touchscreen accuracy, that is... http://post.ly/IAru

Friday, 30th October, 4:06 PM
Handling user errors using specific and helpful messaging, boosted conversions by 17%: http://j.mp/2qMOp0 #ux #ui #ia

Thursday, 29th October, 2:31 PM
Qualify leads using sign-up forms, with less sign-up friction and more qualified responses: http://j.mp/1bkthO #ia #ux #usability

Wednesday, 28th October, 5:18 PM
The underutilized power of the video demo to explain what the hell you actually do: http://j.mp/I1pZU #ux #ia #video #streaming #usability

Tuesday, 27th October, 2:38 PM
Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, WeFollow, Revision3, shares 9 ways to grow to one million users: http://j.mp/1ovjsI #ia #marketing #startup

Monday, 26th October, 7:49 PM
Making your app easy lowers barriers to entry and bounce rates, increases conversions, makes/breaks success: http://j.mp/VYpKD #ux #ui #ia

Friday, 2nd October, 11:57 AM
Here's a great visual tool for planning "font stacks": http://www.typetester.org/ #design #ui #css / Discussion: http://j.mp/cf7U9

Thursday, 1st October, 9:24 PM
Search results can make or break conversion rates--crucial to bridge gap between a user and the products sought: http://j.mp/C8423 #ux #ui

Tuesday, 29th September, 1:58 PM
37 Signals learns how we communicate has a lot to do with trust, and trust is a kind of usability too: http://j.mp/2DgIAc #ux #marketing

Monday, 28th September, 8:04 PM
Is a web app's look and feel critical to its overall success? A panel of experts discuss startup aesthetics: http://j.mp/2RFZGU #ui #ux

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