Tag Archives: ux
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- The New Yorker: Carlos Slim, the NY Times and Latin american Telco
"What does Slim’s economic power—he owns the cell-phone lines, the top retailers, the restaurants, the utilities—mean for Mexican politics? Do you think he has negatively affected Mexico’s economic growth, as critics claim, or has he just taken advantage of a system?" – My answer? hell yes! If I was the mexican government, I'd nationalize all of Slim's assets in a heartbeat. Slim puts the "Mo" in monopoly. Mo Money, Mo Money.
- YouTube – Sasquatch 2009 Dancing Man Party
all it takes is one person. spend 3 minutess and 44 seconds watching this video. it is inspirational and conceptually applicable to so many other things in our daily lives. and this is not a "viral" video created by some dumb product company. this is the real shizness, the human spirit spontaneously coming together to bust a move. If you find stuff like this corny, unsubscribe from my blog now, you're dead to me. Ok, the music *is* kinda corny, I'll give you that. [via stevey, again again! Stevey is tweeting *so* hard]
- xkcd – A Webcomic – Troll Slayer
this is about the funniest comic I have seen in the last 10 years. hilarious. [warning: geek net humor] – [via stevey, again!]
- Goodbye, GM …by Michael Moore
"It is with sad irony that the company which invented "planned obsolescence" — the decision to build cars that would fall apart after a few years so that the customer would then have to buy a new one — has now made itself obsolete. It refused to build automobiles that the public wanted, cars that got great gas mileage, were as safe as they could be, and were exceedingly comfortable to drive. Oh — and that wouldn't start falling apart after two years. GM stubbornly fought environmental and safety regulations…" – brilliant piece and very much in tune with the previous article on American Airlines. AA is the airline version of GM. [via stevey]
- Dear American Airlines | Dustin Curtis
Curtis gets so pissed off at American Airlines' website that he redesigns the homepage and blogs about it. A User Interface Architect from AA responds. The short of the story is that AA is such a behemoth zombie corporate structure that changes involve endless review and approval cycles across multiple different fiefdoms within the company and any approved changes take years to see the light of day. Curtis then follows up with some excellent ideas on how companies like AA are solely focused on the bottom line and customer experience isn't even an after-thought. My question: should the US government be giving free handouts to zombie corporations like American Airlines? If this is how you run your company and you run it into the ground, then you deserve to watch it burn.
Posted in bookmarks | Also tagged business, delicious, detroit, economy, funny, humor, inspiration, internet, mexico, recession, redesign, trolls, userexperience, video, webdesign, zombiecorporations |
- How to: Make a Hand-Drawn Font | BittBox
good little tutorial on getting your hand-drawn type into the computer. for all you hand-written script surf logotype peoples. hint hint.
- Ryan Alaia Sequence | Nathan Oldfield
how dope is this Alaia sequence? i haven't seen much Alaia sequences (film or video) so this is the first time I've seen what it takes to turn these finless wooden boards. You can see the wood flexing in his backside turn. amazing. I would love a 20×30 inch print of this sequence image from this post
- MUJI
Muji has some amazing products both residential and commercial (clothing, interior design, furniture, etc..). they seem to be all about dope, minimal user experience. beautiful stuff. and very playful. Marcia says the dresses look like extras from the compound on "Big Love".
- Teehan+Lax UX Fund
this is very interesting. these guys set up a fund of 50k and pick stocks whose companies excel at "user experience". Companies like Apple, Google, Nike and Jet Blue. I'm gonna plug these picks into google/finance and see what the charts say. Very interesting.
- paul isakson: Hitting Reset
"In this video, Emily Haines touches on one of the major themes felt around the world right now – a large cloud of uncertainty and doubt hangs over many people's heads. I know that on a personal level, I've never talked with so many people asking the "what do I want to do with my life" question before. People are questioning much of what they felt good about before. They are considering giving up on things they've been doing for years. They're not sure where to go or what to do next. They are searching for answers and help."
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- Wildlife thrives at Chernobyl – Telegraph
Awesome photo series with nice, short descriptions. Synopsis: major nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl. Everyone evacuates. 20 years later, wildlife is thriving and returning back to their normal hunter/prey routines. Go nature!
- How To Develop A Facebook Page That Attracts Millions of Fans
if you're a small business that sells a product or service directly to consumers Facebook should definitely be one of your major focus points along with Twitter. This articles helps you understand the why and how.
- Product Planner – View and Create User Flows, Viral Loops, and More.
ok, so you have a great idea for a website or web application and you have to organize it out so other people can understand your genius. Your now in the area of flow charts and site maps. This is called "Information Architecture" and it's language, unfortunately, you don't speak this language, and the tools are confusing. Product Planner is a site that not only helps you create these things, but they show examples of popular services you probably use every day. amazing! [via Konigi - the ux mastah]
- userfly — instant web usability testing
amazing web app that records your users' movements. simply by cut n pasting their js call into your page header. super simple. and the user playback is smooth fast and insanely addictive. This is a great tool for larger sites. for blogs like mine, it's painful watching a bunch of people come in to the site, scroll up and down and then close the page in 10 seconds or less. But still, very addictive. and you get 10 free captures. great way to hook you into the paying service.
- WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE?
iconic photographer/artist/writer/documentarian Glen E. Friedman started a blog not too long ago. and as to be expected, it's an awesome read. time to go to school, kids.
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- The Creepy Driftwood Art of Mike Shine
great work from old school sf artists and surfing rustabout Mike Shine. Check out his "surf shack" project. incredible. extra points for the scary-ass russian (?) soundtrack. more on the surf shack at Juztapoz
- Complete Beginner’s Guide to Information Architecture | UX Booth
"Information architecture is an often misunderstood job title. Are they Designers? Developers? Managers? All of the above? In this article we’ll discuss what information architecture is, why it’s related to usability, and what are the common tools/programs used in information architecture."
- Lovely Charts | Flowcharts, Sitemaps, Organisation charts, Wireframes, Family trees, Network diagrams
beautiful and dead simple web app for information design. so nice. i'm testing it now. I really like how the app basically cuts away all the finaggling crapola so you can concentrate on what's important. these guys learned a lot from apple's ilife apps.
- FILE MAGAZINE
a new dvd/print based magazine from the uk. i really like the design of the mag, but more so, i love the simplicity of their website. modern. minimal. nice
- Desire Paths: Branding for Digital Lives | Mike Arauz
Great presentation on how the process of branding your product is radically changing with the invention of social networks and the larger move of people spending more time online. Synopsis: brands need to find their passion in order to be abel to connect. Useful for anyone who has a brand or product they are trying to get people interested in. [via Big Spaceship]
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