I get spam from alot of different sources. Each one is a pain in the ass. Why can’t government figure out how to make this manageable? Snail Mail. Every day, my mailbox is full of coupons and solicitations from charities and political groups. I get magazines and newsletters that we…
I stumbled on this music site called Grooveshark accidentally via Smashing Magazine, but I am glad I did. It has a rich user interface with alot to like. The obviousness of what to do first is the best part. I typed in a song. Ting Ting: That’s Not My Name. …
There are three kinds of infographics. Ugly and useless Pretty and useless Useful A website is like a big infographic. It is usually filled with noise and chatter and happy talk. Usually, it written for the author or author’s boss, not for you. Over and over again, I see infographics…
Jeff Atwood wrote a post about ideas being very cheap and execution being worth millions. Although, I think the lots of terrible ideas are executed and fail miserably, his point is not lost on me. How do I translate an idea into reality. People do it all the time, but…
Three letters. WTF! Logged into GMail and got (what many of you got) a thing about Buzz. I wasn’t sure what the thing was but clicked on it. The next thing it says is: You are following 30 people and a bunch of people are following you. WTF!? I didn’t…
I had this idea while talking to a friend. It’s a different spin on a previous idea about competitive analysis and product management. Summary A mobile app that connects to a SaaS service which gives a salesperson a unique view into prospects. Specifically, helps make social connections with prospects.…
A great friend and mentor, Avinash Kaushik, presented at Adchemy last week. Avinash is an analytics evangelist and industry visionary. He has two books on Analytics and speaks frequently. I worked with Avinash a few years ago at Intuit where we had a very prolific and fruitful working relationship. …
http://box2dflash.sourceforge.net/ The challenge is to find places in your application or website, where you can add a touch of this kind of magic. It’s can’t be gratuitous. It has to be fun and natural. I found a place where it will work in the enterprise app I am designing. I…
The minute I get started on something, I make enormous progress. Things get accomplished. The problem is starting to work on something versus procrastinating. Simply stated, I procrastinate…then comes a magic moment, then I make huge progress. What happens exactly in step 2? Why did the moment start there? Couldn’t…
Updated April 17, 2014 People love the little things in a product. They also hate the little things. A car is a miracle of modern science, but people like how the door shuts or how the headlights are cool looking. A person is complex, but we judge their handshake. The…
What does UX tell us about the iPad: iPad was a stupid name. The feminine product hook will remain a joke and bleed for a long time. (Pun intended) Similar to the Tea Bagger movement. Dumb name. Tampod. The iPad will kill the Kindle DX and not the normal Kindle.…
I recently read a book by Scott McCloud called Understanding Comics. You might have seen his work on the Google Chrome comic strip. Despite the fact that my blog is most text, I have been a huge fan of the image as a superior communications vehicle than text. A picture…
Your subconscious is much more powerful than you may realize. It remembers everything and it can make quick judgments based on millions of experiences.. It’s a super computer right in your head. The only problem is that it can’t be accessed in normal ways. It tells you things in dreams and fragments…
Well, it’s over. It was a great run, but the Jets did what they always do. They got my hopes up and then lost at the last possible second. This time they went as fas as Vinny Testaverde did getting to the AFC championship game in 1999. That was a…