The greatest out-of-the-box experience
Why would you order your pens and inks from anybody else? Thank you Alex and Randall at Goulet Pens. ...
Make lists, not war: Why I love Workflowy
WorkFlowy is an online outliner with a delightful and addictive user experience. Workflowy’s central concept is a single, hierarchically organized list for all your brain-dumping needs. The magic of WorkFlowy is the mix of focusing, filtering through tags and searches, and expanding/collapsing to tame the complexity. WorkFlowy is very similar to TaskPaper, except that...
The coolest kitchen in the world
Alan Cooper , one of my user-centered design gurus, was the first to teach me that often, products that have been inspired by a specific need of a specific group of people end up being broadly successful (the rolling suitcase is a famous example). I’ve always loved this concept. I love it even more...
The social life of humans and machines: How to design for the social interaction
Solitary designers, lonely geniuses, and isolated creative teams: it’s time for you to think about social interaction for your user interfaces. No, I am not talking about social software, user-created content, or Web 2.0. I am talking about any old-fashion user interface: because for us human beings any interaction is a social interaction–even when...
Perceived costs-benefits and (online) behavior
Often I hear these broad blanket statements on what people do or don’t do online: “people don’t read,” “people don’t scroll,” “people don’t wait.” It’s usually from those who have just enough knowledge of usability to be dangerous, but sometimes, alas, I’ve heard usability people uttering them. When I hear statements like this I’ll...