Today, I counted 9 unmatched socks. That’s 9 worthless socks. The problem is a UX one. They all look different. Because they all look different, if I lose one of the pair, I can’t match it up with another “same” sock. I appreciate socks that are colorful and let me express myself, but I also…
Very often, a market can be disrupted by a single UX improvement. That improvement may not be easy to accomplish, but when you do it, you often can build a significant company. Some examples: CRM Seibel was the dominant player in Sales Management. Salesforce.com comes along and says, “It’s in the cloud, not on premise”.…
I look at websites alot. People I am recruiting, companies I interact with, even just for professional curiosity. One of the key things I look at is the text. I look to see if the text is written for web readers or for someone else. My guideline is to make the text simple, sparse, to…
Recently Google “upgraded” their user interface for Google Images. I use Google Images ALL THE TIME. I am big on presentations with large graphics and I find their service invaluable. There is one spot, however, that is annoying me to no end since their “upgrade”. (Heavy use of air quotes and sarcasm there) Search for something…
It’s all so clear to me. This is the year that everyone will have perfect hindsight.
On my design team, the main work product is PowerPoint storyboards. We deliver these files to Engineering. In a nutshell they include: Size of the PowerPoint depends on the complexity of the feature: The Good PartsI haven’t seen other people use this methodology, but it really gives a very clear way to describe the feature. It’s…