Month: April 2013

  • The UX of the New Discover It Card

    I really love Discover.  They are always so nice to me on the phone.  They have real people answer and they don’t try to sell me anything.  There is a cashback bonus that goes directly into a credit in Amazon.  I love it. Yesterday, I received my new card. See image above.  One reaction: WTF?…

  • The UX of Business Cards 2013

    I recently was handed a special business card.  The woman actually spread out a deck of cards with about half a dozen different styles.  (Imagine she said “Pick a card, any card!” like a magician).  They had all different images on the back, all original illustrations.  She had them in 2 card stocks.  One was…

  • New WordPress Theme 2013

    WordPress is evolving alot.  I am running 3.6 beta 1.  The new add post page has all these “formats”.  I don’t quite understand them, but the icons look great.  (I wonder what they do!?)  I suppose I will try them over the next few weeks. I also upgraded to the built in Twenty-Thirteen theme.  I…

  • Reading Comprehension

    I think my reading comprehension must be pretty bad.  It would explain why I always Use PowerPoint with few words in presentations Write with fewer words on websites. Ignore long emails OK, I have to explain that last one.  I don’t ignore it completely.  When I see a long email, I immediately get up and…

  • The UX of Google Reader Replacements

    I have been an avid user of Google Reader for years.  I was stunned by Google’s announcement that they would shut the service down.  Literally, I check it and read 10-20 times a day.  I don’t like my news getting stale.  But they are discontinuing it, so I needed to find a replacement. First, I…

  • April Fools has Jumped the Shark

    I used to LOVE April fools day.  It was a chance to make gullible people believe the craziest things.  Pranks and humor is a time-honored part of the start-up world.  Creative people love this “no holds barred” day of fun. My favorite prank was on my father after my third child was born.  I told…