Recently, I have turned out Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and DirecTV. They all have certain benefits and different UX. This isn’t a comprehensive review, but hopefully is helpful to you. There are so many ways to use these services. The xBox, native TV apps, DirecTV, Roku, Amazon Fire stick, WDTV,…
I’ve been using Windows 10 for a couple of months now. I have been a beta tester of every windows operating system since Windows 95. I am not an Apple Fanboy by any stretch. I have been a fan of Microsoft products include Office for decades. I think I can…
In many silicon valley companies, you can earn a sabbatical after 7 years in the same company. While many people jump from company to company each year, I have been lucky enough to find a home for a longer period of time. So this summer, I decided to take my…
I just got back from a vacation to Maui, Hawaii. It was the first trip that I had taken without my extended family (siblings, parents, cousins, etc) in decades. I haven’t traveled much, so this was a new adventure. I went just with my atomic family (wife/kids). Here is a…
For the last few years, I have been working on the hardest/longest project of my career. http://docs.marketo.com – The Marketo User Manual A few years back, I did a series of interviews of our customers. Specifically, I spoke to customers who thought the product was “too hard”. Turns out that part of…
A person just declared to the world that they identify with a certain group. Their DNA contradicts that assertion. Who am I talking about? Bruce/Caitlin Jenner Rachel Dolezal Bruce Jenner says, “I’m not a man. I am a woman.” The world says, “You go girl!” Rachel Dolezal says, “I am black”…
In any disruption there are winners and losers. The internet has been the enabler to disrupt many businesses in the last 20 years. Some examples: Music. Downloadable compressed audio enables ripping/pirating. Losers have been the record labels. Winners have been iTunes and small artists who want to get their name out…
I have been using OneDrive for a while now as our cloud service. However, complaints have forced me to reconsider. Here is a quick summary of my thoughts on the subject. Pricing OneDrive pricing. 15 GB Free 100 GB $1.99/month 200 GB $3.99/month 1 TB $6.99/month (includes Office 365) Google…
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…
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…
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”…
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…
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…
In the past couple of years, we have witnessed the rise in the UX Trade school. I am familiar with General Assembly and Tradecraft and have provided some mentoring to students. They typically cost updwards of $10k and last for a few months. Recently, I have heard senior designers lament that…