Usability week ending March 20th

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

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Usability week ending March 13th

Saturday, 12th March, 5:14 PM
The exceptional home page is not a bulletin board, it's a demo-showroom: http://j.mp/gNwUj9 #ia

Saturday, 12th March, 12:02 PM
A well-designed #UX is consistent, forgiving, rewarding; #Nokia's user experience was inconsistent, unforgiving, hostile: http://j.mp/fZCygF

Thursday, 10th March, 9:17 PM
@kiwi_app Can I set my own j.mp key yet in a Kiwi app I pay for?

Thursday, 10th March, 9:16 PM
@sugarsock Haven't tried Sword and Soldiers. Liked Fieldrunners, also Spirits, Trainyard, and World of Goo. Angry Birds felt tedious!

Thursday, 10th March, 10:39 AM
Why hover menus are a #usability disaster -- and not just because users can't hover on an iPad: http://j.mp/eWA40n #ux #ui

Thursday, 10th March, 8:59 AM
Reserve your connect.me username: http://cxt.me/am5w3A #connectme

Wednesday, 9th March, 1:46 PM
World's shortest guide to #SEO: http://j.mp/h5JMBj

Wednesday, 9th March, 8:19 AM
FTC puts patent trolls -- sorry, patent assertion entities -- on notice: http://j.mp/f4vUry #patent #patents

Tuesday, 8th March, 3:55 PM
Why is Angry Birds' interface so engaging that users cannot stop interacting with it? A cognitive teardown of #UX: http://j.mp/f68z1Q

Tuesday, 8th March, 10:35 AM
Five key principles to fostering better conversations in your site's #comments section: http://j.mp/fUsBKr #ia #ux

Monday, 7th March, 4:16 PM
Deciding on a tablet by comparing specs? You've missed the point: http://j.mp/dJB8Tf #ipad #xoom #ux #ipad2

Monday, 7th March, 1:34 PM
The first step towards real “unbundling” is to put the viewer at the center of audience building: http://j.mp/eXD4w0 #vod #ux

Monday, 7th March, 1:32 PM
Where are the app experiences befitting the iPad and its hardware capabilities?: http://j.mp/eSC4Dv #ux

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Usability week ending March 6th

Friday, 4th March, 8:10 AM
Building an international auxiliary #language, shared #symbols to break down barriers of understanding between people: http://j.mp/gw5tAZ

Wednesday, 2nd March, 10:56 AM
#Piracy the preferred means of acquiring TV not because it's free, but because it's the best way to consume TV: http://j.mp/i2nEnf #vod #ux

Tuesday, 1st March, 6:10 PM
Rapid #prototyping with #Sinatra apps to make great proofs of concept or Minimum Viable Products: http://j.mp/hLF80S #ruby

Tuesday, 1st March, 12:16 PM
Tendency to over-specify potential capabilities of a #VOD system leads to huge technical problems: http://j.mp/fgPAw1 #ott #design #ia #ux

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Usability week ending February 20th

Friday, 18th February, 12:42 PM
The Experience Economy -- it a focus on good experiences causing America to generate less material wealth?: http://j.mp/h5bBZp #ux

Thursday, 17th February, 2:18 PM
Less I in UI makes users adopt plan-based behavior, smarter solution paths, and better declarative knowledge: http://j.mp/gTeaMe #ui #ia

Wednesday, 16th February, 10:22 AM
I have seen the future and I am opposed — Don Norman http://post.ly/1d5vM

Monday, 14th February, 4:31 PM
The trend away from “hard-edged science” to systems “where predictability is tempered by a heavy dose of randomness”: http://j.mp/dNhZlA

Monday, 14th February, 4:23 PM
To make sure you meet user expectations: do user research, review competitor sites, follow usability guidelines: http://j.mp/hBhRgp #ux

Monday, 14th February, 4:22 PM
Embrace #iPad virtual physicality--an invisible spine defined its edges, signaling content just a swipe away: http://j.mp/gTxHHl #ui

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Usability week ending February 13th

Thursday, 10th February, 5:28 PM
Involve decision makers and implementers in #UX to give them understanding of the issues and incentive to fix: http://j.mp/g0KDgG

Thursday, 10th February, 7:57 AM
No part of dynamic AJAXy magic requires beating the Web to a bloody pulp with a sharp-edged hashbang. So stop it.: http://j.mp/guN3Fe

Wednesday, 9th February, 4:55 PM
When technical good intentions go wrong -- how Gawker and Lifehacker broke their websites with JavaScript and hash-bangs: http://j.mp/g4xylU

Tuesday, 8th February, 10:59 AM
A definitive guide to Landing Page Best Practices -- with infographics: http://j.mp/fnGNRX #ppc #adwords

Monday, 7th February, 11:43 AM
VOD UI designers take note: families don't want lean-forward involvement from a lean-back medium: http://j.mp/gk6bYq #ux #tv #vod #ui

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Usability week ending February 6th

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

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Usability week ending January 16th

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

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