I found this video a few years ago. It is talk by Clay Shirk describing the issues facing newspapers in the age of internet and declining print sales. A recent post on Facebook about the NYT pay-wall jogged my memory of this. It is an excellent take on the issues facing newspapers and the risk of to journalism [...]
Luke Wroblewski (@lukew) has created a great touch reference guide with downloads for OmniGraffle, Visio and EPS. It is a great resource for touch based application developers. Check it out here: http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1071
While writing another article I got to thinking about confirmation systems for apps and online forms. Currently most forms confirm submission by; Popup/lightbox Notice (Example: delete an item in 37Signals’ BaseCamp) Confirmation Page (Most e-commerce checkout systems have a review and confirm) AJAX Confirm Button on forms (Examples Here) The other night it came to my attention that [...]
I’ve decided to obtain a certification in User Experience, Information Architecture or a closely related discipline. Obtaining a related degree may not be out of the question however, I would like to test the water with a certification as a way of judging my ability to fit school back into my schedule. Whether this certification is [...]
I found the follow video while going through Aaron Irizarry (@aaroni268) blog www.thisisaaronslife.com. Very interesting presentation by Kathy Sierra (http://headrush.typepad.com/about.html) about how developers/producers should approach websites/applications with goal of empowering users and making the users better. “Don’t make a killer app, make a killer user.” See below.
I found theymakeapps.com a while ago, bookmarked it and have finally found some time to review it. It is a site to search/feature mobile developer agencies. It was developed by the New York based interactive agency, Kettle. Their reasoning behind the site: “Because it’s easier for Indiana Jones to recover the Sankara Stones than for someone with [...]
I’ve been using Omnigraffle for some years now to create User Flow, Maps, and Wireframes. I decided to start a post about all the hidden (or not so well documented) features of OmniGraffle. I’ll be adding to this post over time. 1. File Variables File Variables are extremely useful especially when working on multi page or canvas documents. [...]
Axure RP for Mac is out of beta and available in the current PC version 5.6. It has all the feature of the PC version and claims to have a number of UI enhacements only available on the Mac. There are some differences do to how PC and PC handle the UI. I know Axure [...]
Mike McQuillan has posted an excellent guide to mobile emulators on MobiForge. An invaluable article for anyone developing and/or testing mobile apps and sites. Take a look here, anothor list of emulators can be found here.
Just my daughter eating some Cantaloupe. It’s interesting to watch them develop language and the skills to pronounce words. She seems to start with getting the correct number of the syllables first, then works on pronunciation.
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