Month: December 2011

  • The UX of Generic Frame – Day 1

    First impressions are important.  I was asked by someone at Generic Frame to look at their prototyping tool, so I wrote down the impressions I got after using it for about a half hour. Warning 1: I didn’t like it much. Warning 2: I don’t like prototyping tools in general. (Axure, JustinMind) Here is the…

  • Great Cookie Name

    Say the name of the product depicted below.  Every word makes me salivate.  Oh my god, I want to shove 20 of these in my mouth and make my blood sugar spike.  It’s not the name of a product, it’s a list of yummy ingredients.  Each cookie probably shortens my life by 4 hours, but who…

  • The UX of Windows 8 Technical Preview

    I have no idea what I was thinking.  Why did I install Windows 8 on my Samsung Series 9 laptop?  It was running great.  I was happy.  Now, I have this ridiculous operating system with its horrible Metro UI.  Can you tell I don’t like it? The start menu disappeared.  All these tiles showed up and none…

  • The UX of Jake Shimabukuro in Concert

    A few years ago, my wife gave me a Ukulele as a birthday present.  Although I had never played an instrument before, I found the ukulele delightful and easy to play.  It’s soothing and fun and easy to carry around.  People love hearing it.  Lately, I have been giving it to my son Ethan to…