In 2011 the entire tech ecosystem descended toward entropy. Devices and services had a harder time playing together, and simply choosing what to use became an occasion for a flowchart. Some of the simplest tech questions — How should I send a text message to a friend? Which video phone service should I use? — are now hopelessly fraught.
There’s a big opportunity, in 2012 and beyond, for startups that attempt to solve the complexity problem.
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, 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, 3rd June, 10:37 PM
Using dominance, influence, steadiness, conscientiousness (DISC) to create #usability #personas from the Smurfs: http://j.mp/lPJwiO #ux #ia
Thursday, 2nd June, 11:08 PM
#iPad succeeds because it has eliminated #complexity, not because it covered up complexity with a touch-based shell: http://j.mp/lrEqI1 #ux
Tuesday, 31st May, 11:54 PM
#Personalization channels people into echo chamber feedback loops, or “filter bubbles”, of their own predilections: http://j.mp/iLBUmV #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
Friday, 8th April, 11:06 AM
Media's ageing audiences: Peggy Sue got old - The Economist http://post.ly/1rwsS
Thursday, 7th April, 3:47 PM
Truth is, predicting the future accurately is pretty tough: http://j.mp/dWePaq #iphone #android #wp7
Thursday, 7th April, 1:10 PM
Users to Developers -- "If you are going to change a standard UI behavior, you better have good reason for it.": http://j.mp/fKKDkS #ux
Wednesday, 6th April, 8:33 AM
11 fundamental guidelines for e-commerce checkout #usability--we saw 430% lift using similar ideas on our store platform: http://j.mp/eaKR8T
Tuesday, 5th April, 11:24 AM
Apple founder Steve Wozniak says tablets are PCs for 'normal people', Steve Job's goal from day one http://post.ly/1r2tf
Monday, 4th April, 12:54 PM
Make the web easy to read -- standard font sizes, active white space, good line height, contrast, no text images: http://j.mp/f1sjbt #ux #ui