Posts Tagged ‘Design’

08/29/2011

Why I don’t share on Google+ much

#Fail

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01/20/2011

Would you pay a premium for simple & flexible?

I would. It is hard to find things that combine simple and flexible these days.  There are plenty of “single purpose” web services and apps these days, but they sacrifice flexibility. And anyone that’s used Ebay lately will tell you that the other end of the spectrum is the only thing worse. Recently it was [...]

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12/04/2010

Skip the splash screen in your apps

Someone reported a “bug” in GoodDay that they “didn’t like the splash screen” I used: And I admit that I’m not a designer, but I thought this was a clean screen to show while the app was loading.  Until… I started playing with the built in Apple apps and realized they don’t use a splash [...]

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03/28/2008

Design the little things that stand out

Good products tend to pay attention to the little details. Not all the details, but enough to make you notice. Lately I’ve noticed that the list of supporters or fans or whatever you want to call them on Facebook pages seems to always show a few people that are in your social circle, or friends [...]

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03/20/2008

Lost and Found – Mint.com: Why Design Matters, Too

Not important to the story, but just an interesting side note is that I found this through a friends facebook update since they had shared the link with google reader -> feedheads in facebook -> facebook news feed -> me ->you.  Not important, but interesting how things travel now.   Mint.com: Why Design Matters, Too [...]

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03/19/2008

Anti-Permission Marketing – Why I stopped using Windows Live Mail

About 9 months ago I stopped using Windows Live Mail completely.  I switched to gmail.  I actually liked WLM a lot better at the time.  Having been a lifetime outlook/OWA user the swanky new interface they had rolled out was comfortable and worked great. Kudos to their development team.  Why did I switch? I switched [...]

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03/12/2008

Seriously, all I wanted to do was upgrade messenger

No, I don’t want to change my home page, improve windows live, or change my default search provider.  This stuff is evil on an upgrade experience.  Stop doing it!

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02/27/2008

Facebook Gets More Orderly: Multi-Tab For Profiles

I applaud facebook for continuing to improve on what started as one of their core strengths… the cleanliness of the application when compared to the competition. I’m not sure how great tabs within tabs are, but the effort is not going unnoticed.  a multi-tab profile that separates personal information, wall posts and photos into separate [...]

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