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Rue-La-la: Exclusivity makes the eXperience
SensoryMetrics: re-inventing the User eXperience | August 19th 2008 by Jobe Roberts
OK - I’m not used to sites greeting me by “Mitch, ooh la la!” Nor am I into shopping for purses and shoes that are SO me! I was intrigued by the buzz about Rue-La-La though. The site is exclusive - you have to be invited. Once read more
Efficient technique for converting instructor-led training to e-c…
iMIS Community | August 19th 2008
I'm working my way through an e-learning course through DSA (the Course Developer Workshop), which is giving me the opportunity to analyze how they're delivering e-learning. What I'm finding rather surprised me: They use reference-based read more
Basic Website Optimization and Speed
Design Float | August 19th 2008 by Andrew Egenes
Here are some basic tips to optimize your website! Brought to you by Sticktacular Productions!8 Floats read more
More About Saying You’re Sorry: NetFlix Does It Right
Usability Counts | August 18th 2008 by Patrick Neeman
From NYTimes Via Good Experience: Netflix, the DVD-by-mail service, largely ceased shipping DVDs to its 8.4 million subscribers for three days this week. The company vaguely blames a technology glitch. Yet, as a result of the mess — which was resol read more
The importance of Exuberance in User Experience
Commonsense Design | August 18th 2008 by Nathan Zeldes
Photoshop rules, and gets more powerful and more useful with every new release… but it will never recreate the joy of using Deluxe Paint. Now, Electronic Arts’ Deluxe Paint was a raster graphics paint program released for the Commodore A read more
20 beautiful dark themes for Gnome and Ubuntu
Design Float | August 18th 2008 by Andrew Egenes
Some weeks ago, I shown you a list of 30 themes for enhancing your Gnome desktop. Many readers loved the dark themes from this list, so here's a new list of 20 dark and absolutely beautiful themes for your Gnome desktop.5 Floats read more
My Presentation on Out of Box Experience Design
90percentofeverything: usability blog | August 18th 2008 by Harry Brignull
Out of Box Experience (OOBE) design is a discipline that consists of designing the details of the first few moments of owning a product, from the point of peeling off the shrink-wrap to the point of powering it up and trying it out for the first time read more
Pequena lista de leituras recomendadas
Ex Vertebrum | August 17th 2008 by Rafael Rez Oliveira
Neste final de semana pude ler algumas coisas realmente bacanas e outras nem tanto. Seguem abaixo 6 links, apenas das coisas bacanas. São textos sobre marketing, user experience e questões que envolvem profissionais que colocam as estratégias dos read more
Sega In Serious Need of UX Designers!
SensoryMetrics: re-inventing the User eXperience | August 15th 2008 by Jobe Roberts
Remember Sega?? They were a popular video game platform, once. They disappeared. Sega’s career section never mentioned User Experience Designers! Now, they pay the price. Here’s their latest creation - insert money for a 5 minute fo read more
Giant Haptic Mice Are Really Gonna Suck On iPhone!
SensoryMetrics: re-inventing the User eXperience | August 15th 2008 by Jobe Roberts
For 20+ years I’ve belonged to various professional societies for human factors… Every few months there’s always some university group proclaiming to have discovered the next big pointing device… Despite all this innovation read more
Warning Dialogs: Awash in insanity!
SensoryMetrics: re-inventing the User eXperience | August 15th 2008 by Jobe Roberts
At the “Cave of the Winds” in Niagara Falls, you hike under the falls… you’re surrounded by water and you get soaked. Perfect time for a “no smoking” reminder, huh! Actually this would make a great viral video for a li read more
User Experience Quick Links for Week Ending 08.15.2008
Viaspire - Define. Innovate. Maximize. | August 15th 2008 by Viaspire
InspireUX Quote: Confusion and Clutter Post: Individualization and leadership feedback By: A User's Guide to Managing User Experience Teams Post: The SEO Guide to Information Architecture By: AudetteMedia Post: Design for Emotion & Flow By: Trevor va read more
How To Make Your Blog Look Better - 2 Tips For A Great Looking Bl…
Ultimate Blogging Experiment | August 14th 2008 by Franklin Bishop
In this post we are going to quickly talk about how to make your blog look better. I want to warn you though…this can be a pretty slippery slope! I have spent HOURS trying to give my network of blogs a prettier face. And one thing your site ana read more
Usability Issues: Clean Design
Software Project Management | August 14th 2008
This one can be a bit controversial. I believe in simple design. That way user is a somewhat forced to go into most important options/functions which are displayed at the screen.Sure, most of applications have more functionalities than simple search read more
Lost in a Blog
Spunlogic Interactive Marketing Blog | August 14th 2008
As a new visitor to the Engauge Digital Blog, I decided to start by reading the existing posts in an effort to avoid duplicate discussions. With numerous articles and limited time, my experience consisted of multiple visits where I would read a few a read more
EverNote Takes Over OneNote
nStation — Blog | August 14th 2008 by Nadeeshyama Talagala
I used to be a OneNote fan. From a minor detailing on a simple rewrite rule to a lengthy note taking on a major front-end revamp was captured on OneNote. Well, those days are gone. Surfaced again is the product Microsoft (almost) killed with their vi read more
Lies, Lies, and Advertising
SensoryMetrics: re-inventing the User eXperience | August 13th 2008 by Jobe Roberts
Don’t worry so much about statistics… Historically, consumables have been prone to highly “speculative” claims in advertising. From Copyranter’s latest project comes this gem from 1936 - Shlitz beer claims that drinkin read more
Bridging the Gap - Shopping Made Simple
Viaspire - Define. Innovate. Maximize. | August 13th 2008 by Viaspire
Gap is one of those great brands and retail experiences that has taken some blows financially over the recent years. When you think of great, inspiring lifestyle brands, building extraordinary brand loyalty, the Gap is on par with Apple, Volkswagen,. read more
Making a Great Last Impression
SensoryMetrics: re-inventing the User eXperience | August 13th 2008 by Jobe Roberts
In the world of experience design, we often stress the importance of a remarkable first experience. But, there’s lots to be gained by designing the end of the product lifecycle. What’s the experience like when the product is abandoned / read more
Saying You’re Sorry: How To Handle Really, Really Big User Expe…
Usability Counts | August 13th 2008 by Patrick Neeman
User experience isn’t just a one time thing — everytime you use an application or website, they get to know the brand for better or for worse. Bad customer service can also affect user experience. When something really bad happens (say, y read more
Better tactile feedback for touchscreen devices.
90percentofeverything: usability blog | August 13th 2008 by Harry Brignull
I’ve been chatting to Kevin Arthur of Touch Usability (and Usability Dude at Synaptics in California), who has been filling me in about some of the new developments in tactile feedback. The little rant I was having about “before the act&# read more
Commitment Issues
SharedBook: On Demand | August 12th 2008 by Ann Manby
In my blog entry a few weeks ago I wrote about Abandonment Issues. The pun was too much for me to pass up. And so, too, is this one. One of the first surprises I ever encountered during focus group... read more
Signs that a Website is Underperforming
Design Float | August 12th 2008 by Andrew Egenes
Every website will need at least some occasional analysis and maybe a few tweaks to keep it performing as it should. Fortunately, there are some typical signs that can indicate trouble and less-than-stellar performance. All of these items can be fix1 read more
Microsoft BrowseRank & Implicit Voting
Search Engine Panel | August 12th 2008 by SEP
Many people have heard of PageRank, which seeks to numerically value the importance of a webpage based on the quantity and quality of inbound links to, and outbound links from, a webpage. Microsoft researchers and developers have created a better (ac read more
WalMart's New Milk Jug Design
Creative Sparks - Think Ink Studios | August 10th 2008 by think ink studios
This is a great post from Sam Ladner's Design Research Blog. Target would have approached it from both a form and function perspective vs. WalMart's dollars and cents utilitarian design. The New York Times is reporting that WalMart’s new fangled... read more
11 Websites to Promote your Design News - Part 2
Design Float | August 9th 2008 by Andrew Egenes
The second part : 11 more Websites to increase your trafic with the promotion of your news.8 Floats read more
Browns Stadium Fails Ultimate UX Test
collisionbend.com | August 8th 2008
I attended last night's football game between the Cleveland Browns and the New York Jets. My bride came upon some loge seats, so we went. I'm regretting it. read more
Get Off the Grid and Become Self-Fullfilled
SensoryMetrics: re-inventing the User eXperience | August 8th 2008 by Jobe Roberts
Michael Reynolds is truly inspirational. He has done more than is humanly possible to show the rest of humanity how to build self sustained housing. Not just ‘better for the environment’ but actually off the grid and self sustaining. W read more
Ok ok… Rock Band is pretty addictive…
SensoryMetrics: re-inventing the User eXperience | August 8th 2008 by Jobe Roberts
Another installment of how I spent my vacation… I’m so glad I had Betty Boop on backup vocals! She rocks! I also bet that Tommy Lee doesn’t have a BarCamp shirt! As an extra bonus I now know all the lyrics to Weazer’s first hi read more
Google’s Quatro-Click: Changes to Ad-sense gives advertisers an…
SensoryMetrics: re-inventing the User eXperience | August 8th 2008 by Jobe Roberts
Introduced as a simple blog post this week, Google further integrates Double-Clicks’ policies. This is obviously aimed at further gaining loyalty from mainstream advertisers. But it does change the online game. The 4 changes include: Frequenc read more
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