We labeled 2007 the Year of Multi-touch and a big part of that is the iPhone release this June 29th. The New York Times has an excellent review of it today, and it brings up several points regarding the clear benefits of UI “beauty” and a positive user experience. What’s sweet about the phone: “Phone [...]
Filed under: Emerging Technology, Mobile, User Experience on June 27th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The BBC had an article about a study that found that the populations of facebook and myspace may indicate a social divide . The study was by PhD student Danah Boyd from the School of Information Sciences at UC Berkeley. The research suggests those using Facebook come from wealthier homes and are more likely to [...]
Filed under: Social Media, Social Networking, Web Business on June 25th, 2007 | No Comments »
Microsoft recently announced the release of their $10,000 behemoth Surface. The release of the iPhone is just a week away. And this past week Microsoft Research Cambridge’s Steve Hodges has taken multi-touch interface and applied it to a laptop. But you haven’t hear the last about this year’s buzzword technology – multi-touch interfaces. Haven’t seen [...]
Filed under: Emerging Technology, Usability, User Experience on June 24th, 2007 | No Comments »
As you develop your marketing strategy aiming at the coveted 25-35 year old generation consider this description of a typical generation y’er as stated in BusinessWeek Consider Brazilian Fabricio Zuardi, 27. He grew up 180 miles from São Paulo and found a job via the Web with Silicon Valley tech startup Ning Inc. Zuardi now [...]
Filed under: Emerging Technology, Marketing Strategy, Social Networking, Web Business on June 22nd, 2007 | No Comments »
Creating a customer-centric website does not have to be rocket science. In fact, it’s rather easy (sorry user experience industry!). Just follow these three easy steps and you’ll be on your way to having customers as raving fans. 1. Assume you know nothing Ignore what you think your customer wants, including your own preconceived notions [...]
Filed under: Marketing Strategy, User Experience on June 22nd, 2007 | No Comments »
A question that comes up often during project prospecting is why the need for ongoing search engine optimization. If it was built right — why are there ongoing fees simply to report on performance? Search engine optimization has the challenge of trying to show causation — that the changes improved rankings — when the consequences [...]
Filed under: SEO, Web Business on June 3rd, 2007 | No Comments »
