September 2008
1 post
Too Cheap to Meter →
“I can get free email, free storage, free photo manipulation tools, free genealogical sharing, free phone service, free twittering, free .. well almost free anything … knowing that the hosts are monitoring (metering) my usage”
August 2008
4 posts
Lego Time Tracking →
“You’ve worked hard, sacrificed nights and weekends, your site is out there...”
– Peter Rivera, Quality of Experience: Being “Live” is Simply Not Enough
Faviki - Wikipedia Vetted Tagging →
July 2008
12 posts
Wooden iPhone covers...nice →
Novel idea... actually drinking tap water
Fun idea, weak logo design…
http://www.wewanttap.com/
“Speed continues to be really underestimated. Little known fact: Amazon internal...”
– Peter Van Dijck
“Many of the best ideas may come from unexpected contributors, including those...”
– The Future of Making
Cycles in Theory Building →
I’m a big fan of Clay Christensen’s writings in general, but this paper I think has great applicability to how we approach UX research.
“spontaneous, unobtrusive usability testing software for website designers.”
– Silverback - Mac Usability Software
Summize Operators →
The proximity and attitude operators are uber cool!
Balsamiq →
A web-based wireframing tool. It could be interesting if it didn’t look like a kindergardener drew it. There is a difference between low fidelity and ugly.
June 2008
2 posts
Ancestry.com (Summize Twitter Search) →
See what people are twittering about Ancestry.com.
“Individuals immersed in a productive scenius will blossom and produce their best...”
– http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/06/scenius_or_comm.php