This strikes me as the REAL reason why social media is booming right now and possibly isn’t a fad as some might think: Empathic Civilization, a very enlightening and entertaining animated whiteboard drawing of Jeremy Rifkin’s talk at RSA.
Take a look at this UX Maturity Model; Where do you think your city is on the scale? Maybe I’m just down on Houston, but I’m inclined to think that we’re somewhere between tier 1 (“Unrecognized”) and tier 2 (“Interested”).
I love this: ” I should also note that no one else makes a laptop whose metallic chassis enables it to pass the “Creak Test” – hold a device by two opposite corners and flex gently. Do you hear a noise of any kind? If so, you are holding a mechanically-unsound piece of garbage.” from the ‘edits’ section of Non-Apple’s Mistake
Definitely an interesting take on apps vs. web by Faruk Ateş- Screw the web!
Almost completely fed up with the current tyranny of bloatware (sniff, Fireworks). It looks like there is hope on the horizon.
Making the perfect pitch: Very straightforward and excellent advice. Maybe someday I’ll ride my unicorn into my office in the clouds and this’ll be the way things are.
I’ve seen a lot of modal window implementations, but the OSX-style dialog implementation of Eric Martin’s SimpleModal has to be one of my favorites yet.
ThinkGeek outdid themselves with last year’s batch of April Fool’s products with the Tauntaun sleeping bag. Just got word that they will be available for purchase soon!
