Ruder Finn Mobile Intent Index Top notch interactive visualization of various demographics' mobile intentions. Definitely file this one away for the next time you're tweaking out trying to find compelling user data for your next presentation.
Ruder Finn Mobile Intent Index Top notch interactive visualization of various demographics' mobile intentions. Definitely file this one away for the next time you're tweaking out trying to find compelling user data for your next presentation.
The team at Made by Many is building a neat little visualization tool for SXSW to give their readers a simple + visually compelling way to keep up with the team’s activities while they’re in Austin.
Not only is the mini-product idea itself clever but they’re also exposing their ongoing iterative design process to their readers as they build it. Great stuff.
To be totally transparent, I signed up for Hunch during their beta and subsequently went back a bunch of times to explore and answer questions but felt that I never really grokked the full meaning of what they were doing.
Fast forward a few months, Chris Dixon posts a link to a Hunch Census Widget on Twitter. I gave it a go and was totally delighted + fascinated with the product. Additionally, I immediately understood the importance and complexity of what they’re pulling off at Hunch.
Anyway, I wanted to give it a go here on everydayux to allow everyone to get a better sense of everyone else on the blog, and in the process try and demystify the value of Hunch to anyone out there who might be in the same boat I was. It doesn’t take much time and I highly recommend you go all the way through to get the most of it. Post your thoughts in the comments and I’ll follow up with another post showing the aggregate community results.
As far as design and product development goes, how can this list not get you totally fired up. Pow!
Nooka speaks of a world of the tomorrow that is happening right now. It seems gloriously unattainable but is here in the palm of our hands. It is optimism, it is progress, and it is our future.
Universal Communication
Nooka believes in the power of universal languages like those used in math, science and commerce to increase understanding and enable diverse groups of people to work together. The universal visual language of Nooka creates a communication tool for all, promoting the exchange of ideas across the globe through great design.
Passion
Nooka believes that constant advances in technology and cultural change necessitate originality in design. Our lust for innovation through technoculture and our childlike belief that anything is possible drive us to constantly strive for the perfect design.
Interaction
The alternative approach to everyday objects in Nooka’s designs triggers thoughts of new possibilities and examination of our surroundings. Nooka products change the brain state of anyone they touch.
Purpose
Every Nooka object is designed with intention. It has the power of clarity, the power to reach the heart of everyone who interacts with it. Nooka is committed to the belief that anything is possible. It is only through a truly open mind that we may face the challenges ahead of us.
Inspiration
Nooka sees the whole world as inspiration; it absorbs energy from it and creates new forms.
Futurism
Nooka changes how we experience technology by placing it in new contexts. The futurist believes that this process always results in progress. Nooka is a futurist brand.
“What Google lacks is not infrastructure, engineers, money, time or even great ideas. It’s the ability to delight users. What Google is missing, in other words, is strategic design.”
Great piece from Kontra showing how the flaws with Buzz began way before the botched launch last week.
Am I going to ditch my iPhone for a Puma phone? No. I am, however, really impressed by how Puma has chosen to enter a space that’s already way over-saturated. In an industry full of me-too-ing, they clearly recognized that the only chance they have to make any mark is to come to market with something genuinely different and from the looks of these demos and screenshots, they’ve done just that. This is evident from the memorable (and very well-branded) UI, the playfulness that permeates the OS and even some of the hardware additions:
That might be thanks to some of the silly stuff like a calculator that teases you when you try an operation it deems too trivial, a pet puma on the device called Dylan (who shows up on-screen when you leave your handset untouched for a while), and an audio player with a turntable you can actually scratch — but the real draw is probably the solar panel around back.
In a lot of ways, Puma is showing up manufacturers that have been making phones for years by demonstrating how even the little guy can make a splash if he’s willing to take a chance.
I really like the approach to health education GE is taking with Morsel. Naturally, the value ultimately rests in the quality of the content but as far as the way it’s presented – daily, bite-sized tips to living a healthier life that you can check off as “done” – makes it easily digestible, particularly for an audience that’s increasingly on the go.
For example, here’s today’s:
The next time you have a spare moment, exhale as you suck your stomach in for 15 seconds.
We all know that making big lifestyle changes can be really hard so I applaud GE for building something that makes it easy, and satisfying, to make a lot of little changes.
Kudos to Brooklyn’s Big Spaceship on another in a string of great recent launches.
Update: Thanks to a lovely commenter I found out that there is, in fact, an iPhone app. Get it here.
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I'm a husband, new father & owner of a lovably neurotic vizsla. Obsessed with information, design, emerging tech, sports & food. Years ago I co-founded dodgeball.com and I'm currently head of product at foursquare.
