Scattered FocusWelcome to my stream of consciousness. Hop on in!Triumph Thruxton from 'It's Better In The Wind'Love this Honda CB550via bikeexif.com
Check out the full list at Bike EXIF: Top Ten Bikes of 2011 Words are UIBrent Simmons on the new Twitter app tab labels:
Nobody wants to connect or discover. People want to talk, send email, chat, share, post to Facebook, tweet, and so on. They want to find old friends; they want to find new friends; they want to see if their brother went skiing on the weekend so they can remember to ask about it on Christmas. Words are as important as graphics and animation. Words are part of the user interface. People prefer words with meaning to words that could mean just about anything. via inessential.com
I've long been in agreement with this philosophy. I've never had as much trouble sketching a design or creating a wireframe as I sometimes have just coming up with a single word to describe a feature or god forbid a meaningful user facing error message. The New Twitter - iPhone vs. Mobile WebTwitter launched it's latest redesign today and kudos for them launching the native and mobile-web versions simultaneously. Here is what they look like side-by-side:
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For reference, this is what the old mobile web interface looked like: Well done marketing video for Cat Product Linkvia youtube.com
Overview of the Product I was Product Manager on with Trimble + Caterpillar. Pretty well done video - kudos for them showing detailed shots of the app. One of the areas I did the most user-centered design work on was the Maintenance functionality: What does it really mean to be a "Product Guy" (via Tech Crunch)
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Adobe Donates Flex to ApacheIn a move that appears to be another step away from its Flash platform, Adobe has submitted the code for its Flash-based Flex framework to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) to be managed as an independent project. via pcworld.com
Yahoo! Cocktails framework, worth keeping an eye on.If their 'Livestand' iPad app is truly written using this framework, this could be really promising. One of the first apps I've seen (besides Netflix) that presents a compelling UX using web technologies. Social Consumers and the Science of SharingWith search acting as the gateway to influence on today’s consumer, creative content creation is essential within earned and owned media channels to boost a brand’s organic search relevancy. By identifying high sharers in the most effective digital location and engaging them with sharable content, marketers can increase the dynamic of sharing, which acts as a positive amplifier leading towards a virtuous cycle of recommendation, loyalty and purchase. via bynd.com
Opportunity Ripe for Hyperlocals to Help SMBs Get Social (via Street Fight)there is a wide-open “Blue Ocean” opportunity for companies to step in and service literally hundreds of thousands of SMBs who need to develop a social marketing plan. Business owners don’t have time to get up to speed on all of this — they need a turnkey solution provider who understands their locality and their business, and is affordable. With such demand, it’s surprising to see very few social marketing agencies operating at a local level. The hurdle may be that social media marketing demands smart, local people for hands-on engagement, and the cost of procuring that talent may not scale or be too expensive in the face of small SMB marketing budgets. |
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