I just noticed this intro to DraftFCB’s site. It’s an interesting approach to user experience on a site that has a variety of user flows. Off the top of my head, they could have potential clients, current clients, job seekers, someone looking for an address, and so on. They answer any of those questions with [...]
Category Archives: Usability
The rule on lists of rules
August 24, 2010 – 8:56 am
It’s become de rigeur for blogs to publish lists of advice, or rules to live by gained from the author’s years of experience. After reading several of these, I’ve compiled my own list, a much shorter version. Don’t take advice/rules lists too seriously, they’re all made up of people’s personal experiences and aren’t law. Empathy [...]
Follow or Hide
August 10, 2010 – 8:11 am
Twitter has a new feature, similar to the Facebook recommend feature, where they recommend people you might want to follow. An acquaintance summed it up as, and I paraphrase from memory: “recommending people I’ve already chosen not to follow”. Out of curiosity I’ve been checking through their recommendations just to see if I’ve missed anyone, [...]
Rewards card wallet
June 17, 2010 – 1:21 pm
So I was thinking about why my wallet is wearing a patch in my jeans, and I realize it’s because I am carrying about 20 cards, the majority of which I don’t necessarily need to carry, I just need the number. From there I figured the ideal way to fix this would be a phone [...]
Idea: Television subscription service
April 19, 2010 – 2:24 pm
It seems that my household is all the time getting closer to a cable television alternative, but never quite crossing the bridge. We have an Apple TV we use to purchase movies and television series, a Mac Mini with a huge hard drive we play DVDs through, and save our existing movies and television series [...]
