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TwitCasting Lets You Stream Live Video And Tweet Simultaneously From Your iPhone

March 7, 2010 Uncategorized

Late last year, Ustream and qik launched iPhone applications that let you stream videos from the iPhone to the web and allow others to watch them as they’re being recorded. And now there is an iPhone app called TwitCasting Live (iTunes link), which offers the same basic functionality, but is – as the name suggests [...]

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Why the internet will fail (from 1995) « Three Word Chant!

March 2, 2010 Uncategorized

The truth in no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.
via threewordchant.com
I guess 1 out of 3 ain’t bad…

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10 Must-See UX Videos

March 2, 2010 Uncategorized

We  just posted our 100th video to Johnny Holland TV. To celebrate, we collected the ten videos that we think are the best of the bunch. So without further ado, and in no particular order…
via johnnyholland.org
I think these are all really good. I’d include something on persuasion too… I like the creativity of the [...]

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Make Corporate Websites Relevant by Integrating Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, or Twitter

March 2, 2010 Uncategorized

[Companies must integrate customers behavior on social networks to their corporate website to increase relevancy, word of mouth, and trust]
via web-strategist.com
The secret sauce is determining how to make these co-mingle well.

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Five User Experience Trends « Bokardo – Social Design by Joshua Porter

February 28, 2010 Uncategorized

February 9th, 2010
Five User Experience Trends
by Joshua Porter  |   5 Comments  |  shortlink: http://bokardo.com/p/1614
Since my blog has been broken a lot recently I missed this excellent overview of Five User Experience trends by Gene Smith.
I can%u2019t help but agree with all of them:

Services as Software %u2013 Gene is one of the first people [...]

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Roundup of UX Applications | UX Booth

February 28, 2010 Uncategorized

Reviewed Applications

ClickTale
Crazy Egg
Chalkmark
Feedback Army

Other Applications

Silverback
UserTesting
Loop11
UserZoom
Usabilla
Five Second Test
Feng-GUI
Clixpy
Concept Feedback
ClickHeat

via uxbooth.com
Nice review of the latest UX apps. They actually didn’t mention that Camtasia is now Mac compatible too – but I like Silverback just as much.

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Why Design is a Method of Action (Eames)

February 28, 2010 Uncategorized

To whom does design address itself: to thegreatest number (the masses)? to the specialistsor the enlightened amateur? To a privilegedsocial class?To the need.
via blog.gentry.io
Nice article about Eames ideas about design. I like this answer.

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LukeW’s Social Site Use Data | Still interesting that Twitter is for 39 yr olds…

February 28, 2010 Uncategorized

Globally, social networks and blogs are the most popular online category when ranked by average time spent in December. (source)
Consumers spent more than 5.5 hours on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter in December 2009, an 82% increase from the same time last year. (source)
47% of online adults use social networking sites, up [...]

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Three reasons why you should design for Mobile first. #ixd #mobile #ux

February 28, 2010 Uncategorized

More often than not, the mobile experience for a Web application or site is designed and built after the PC version is complete. Here’s three reasons why Web applications should be designed for mobile first instead.
1. Mobile is exploding
Though the Web has been accessible on mobile devices for years, today’s smart phones are driving huge [...]

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NYT: On Wall Street, a Romance With the Curling Stone

February 26, 2010 Uncategorized

It is about strategy and precision. Curling is like chess on ice, and that, Wall Streeters say, it part of its quiet appeal.
via nytimes.com
Well said! Now if I can just persuade everyone I know this is the case…

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