Crude Technologies

Friday, 8th January, 5:53 PM
5 steps to designing and building social experiences: http://j.mp/53Sxnt #ux #ui #ia #userexperience #socialmedia

Thursday, 7th January, 10:46 AM
“Oh,” he said, “so this is how a touchscreen is supposed to work.” A #usability test of 10 phones: http://j.mp/5BbuwV #ux #ui #iphone #nokia

Wednesday, 6th January, 10:37 AM
Ambient user experience--design applied to the context in which users get things done while using a website: http://j.mp/7Bl7sZ #ux #ui #ia

Tuesday, 5th January, 4:26 PM
RT @brandon_wirtz: Really smart people -- Brandon Wirtz, Robert Scoble, and SEO: http://j.mp/5UR4Dg

Tuesday, 5th January, 11:13 AM
The "of course factor" at the heart of every great design: http://j.mp/6a86uW #userexperience #ux #ui #design

Monday, 4th January, 3:57 PM
Well-designed tech should build on familiar, emphasize simplicity, do wishful things well, offer better experience: http://j.mp/6c6u2X #ux

Monday, 4th January, 10:30 AM
Use the powerful design pattern "More Like This" to make search results nav quick, easy, and intuitive: http://j.mp/5XRD2j #ux #ui #ia

Thursday, 24th December, 9:37 AM
A website’s design should begin where it’s going to live: in the browser. Make your mockup in markup: http://j.mp/5JF7VX #ui #css #html

Wednesday, 23rd December, 1:48 PM
UI development is the hard part. And it’s not the last step, it’s the first step: http://j.mp/7jS3j7 #ux #usability #linux #osx

Tuesday, 22nd December, 3:12 PM
User experience / usability analysis of the Business Breakfast. Cliff Notes version: have the oatmeal. http://j.mp/5GgKWX

Monday, 21st December, 2:31 PM
When simplicity wins over features -- Philips DirectLife versus the Fitbit: http://j.mp/7gujfk #usability #ux

Friday, 4th December, 2:29 PM
For mobile, "don't look at features & technology, look at users' motivations & behaviors in the mobile context": http://j.mp/7DyjVO #ux #ui

Thursday, 3rd December, 7:18 PM
We naturally assume that the way we experience our world must be unique, yet experience *can* be designed: http://j.mp/5q4y5w #ux

Wednesday, 2nd December, 5:34 PM
"As the world fills with clutter at a disconcerting pace, good design should be quiet and generate a level of calm": http://j.mp/7IU3Fj #ux

Tuesday, 1st December, 2:06 PM
"... there are no lasting technological solutions to social problems..." Corporate culture v. Socialcast: http://j.mp/7BrsFM #ux #usability

Monday, 30th November, 7:55 PM
Usability is power -- comparing iPhone and Android application management: http://j.mp/8FDbB7 #usability #ux #iphone #android

Friday, 27th November, 12:47 PM
Making online video accessible for everyone--streaming video captioning for the web: http://j.mp/69Wq6b #ux #usability #accessibility

Wednesday, 25th November, 11:56 PM
Fail fast!” Get apps out in the wild soon as possible to see whether they'll succeed--eBay, Google, Adobe discuss: http://j.mp/8XAVch #ux

Tuesday, 24th November, 1:25 PM
Getting to the customer–-why everything you think about User Centered Design is wrong: http://j.mp/7mMbZU #ia #ux #ui #ucd

Friday, 20th November, 1:11 PM
“If it’s not done well, consumers won’t use it.” User experience could limit TV Everywhere adoption: http://j.mp/87ghzD #ux #broadband #vod

Thursday, 19th November, 6:50 PM
Investing in reducing friction pays off not just in pure money or time, but also pure opportunity cost: http://j.mp/1vLN3C #usability

Wednesday, 18th November, 6:31 PM
Tweetie's author, Loren Brichter, invents user interfaces that are "discoverable and explanatory": http://j.mp/4oiUH6 #ux #ui

Tuesday, 17th November, 1:59 PM
Lack of convergence dooms projects from the start--impossible to pull together a seamless user experience later: http://j.mp/pIoR0 #ux #ia

Monday, 16th November, 1:44 PM
Usability rocks: "Simplicity of its interface and ease of use have made Hulu the darling of American TV fans": http://j.mp/3Xj7LM #ux #ui

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, 16th October, 12:23 PM
Make a web design look good - balance, grid, color, graphics, typography, white space, connection. http://j.mp/1gJL07 #ux #ui #webdesign

Thursday, 15th October, 11:52 AM
The Huffington Post uses real-time A/B testing to write better headlines: http://j.mp/1D7L9U (#ux, user behavior, landing page optimization)

Wednesday, 14th October, 3:50 PM
Secrets of Google's design team--"Focus on the user and all else will follow": http://j.mp/11zH6O #ux #ui #webdesign #usability #google

Tuesday, 13th October, 10:57 AM
#UI Fundamentals for Programmers” video--modeling, breaking apps into screens, visual techniques, flows, and coding tips: http://j.mp/DO0ma

Monday, 12th October, 4:02 PM
Get Satisfaction's fatal flaw--make you to register to give feedback or get support. Try data capture, then relationship: http://j.mp/4Ql7w

Thursday, 8th October, 9:05 PM
How to avoid or fix 15 of the most common mistakes that #e-commerce sites make: http://j.mp/uSCaT #ux #ui #ecommerce #advice #tips

Wednesday, 7th October, 1:00 PM
#Usability testing is the hottest thing in experience #design research--here's how to do it: http://j.mp/2sgTZw #ux #ui

Tuesday, 6th October, 2:37 PM
How to choose the most effective wireframing or #prototyping method for the #UX questions you need answered: http://j.mp/1175jw #design

Monday, 5th October, 3:41 PM
"I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had time to make it shorter." - Blaise Pascal: http://j.mp/2w7X0d #ux

Friday, 18th September, 6:00 PM
"Dear Yahoo! Mail, I have a request... Specifically, I'd like to be able to check my email." http://j.mp/3WMFL #yahoo #email #ux #usability

Thursday, 17th September, 8:52 PM
A vast amount of money and time and brains has been employed in overcoming sales resistance--the end of this is bedlam: http://j.mp/33fwL0

Wednesday, 16th September, 9:53 PM
URLs will still be part of the Web user interface for many more years, so a usable site requires a usable URL: http://j.mp/Sho4K #ux #ui #ia

Tuesday, 15th September, 4:44 PM
Characteristics of great companies--innovating, sustainable, sharing, creative, inspiring, strategic, put customers first: http://j.mp/qwntH

Monday, 14th September, 12:34 PM
Just wrong--instead of metrics like “they make more money than they spend” we see “visits” or “growth” qualify success: http://j.mp/fEkMD

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