Month: May 2015

  • Buffer Overflow

    In computer security and programming, a buffer overflow, or buffer overrun, is an anomaly where a program, while writing data to a buffer, overruns the buffer’s boundary and overwrites adjacent memory locations. This is a special case of the violation of memory safety. I use it for human thinking as well. I say it when…

  • The UX of the Asus Zenwatch

    I love my Asus Zenwatch and use it all the time. The best use case: My phone (Nexus 6) rings in my pocket. It buzzes my wrist and I look at the watch.  I see a picture of the caller and their name.  I can swipe left (answer) or right (voicemail). This simple interaction is…

  • Don’t Link the Word “Here”

    I see it constantly. It’s a bad practice and I wish people would stop. Stahp! Bad: See our great content about marketing here. Better: See our great content about marketing. Reasons Google uses the link text as a hint to good keywords someone would use to find it. The word “here” isn’t something people search for.…

  • The UX of 404 Page not found

    There are tons of great 404 page designs out there. However, most applications ignore this important page. It’s a chance to show creativity and humor. Don’t be so serious. We only get one life, maybe you should try to make people smile a bit more. Here is the one I designed for the Marketo application…

  • Product Idea: Memium (Meme IM)

    I thought of a great app idea, free to anyone who wants to build it. It’s an instant messenger but instead of text, you can ONLY send memes. No emoji, no text. Just memes! This is the next billion dollar app. Forget Yo and WhatsApp. It’s time for Memium! A guy on my team said…