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EverydayUX morsels (August 15th – August 30th)

by Alex Rainert on August 17, 2010 · 0 comments

YouTube – Steve Jobs Oldie but Goodie
Great, simple, talk on branding from Jobs here.
Brands@Foursquare | 24 Big Brand Campaigns | Social Commerce Today
Nice roundup. I love me some Catch A Choo.
157 App Stats You Should Know About – Daniel Lammon’s Posterous
Bookmark this one, dawg!
Dark Patterns: Black Hat, Anti-Usability Design Patterns
A great collection of patterns that make up the dark side of user interface design.
calvetica – The fast calendar for iPhone
Really nice looking.
Three Common iPhone to Android Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
Great list for those thinking about experiences that need to run on both iPhone + Android.
Penny Arcade – Lego Creationary
This is exactly the kind of game I can't wait to play with my daughter.
5 Projects Google Abandoned Before Wave | Listicles
Seeing that dball screenshot makes me nostalgic.
10 Ways Geolocation is Changing the World | Max Gladwell
If you had any doubt how transformative geolocation will be, this post is for you.
Visualize your Foursquare check-ins | WeePlaces.com
My favorite foursquare-related dataviz project yet.

by Alex Rainert on December 5, 2009 · 0 comments

A Collection of Useful Web Design Wireframing Resources : Speckyboy Design Magazine
Exceptionally robust set of UX + Design tools/resources. Get your bookmark on!
Playback Graphics | Mark Coleran Visual Designer
Mark Coleran designs UIs that you see in movies and this site catalogs
them. I wish there was more background to each of the designs but this is neat nonetheless.
Web Community Photoshops a Happy Memory [PICS]
Touching story.
10 Brands That Will Disappear In 2010
If the over under is 5, what do you take? I think I'll take the under (but it won't be pretty).
digg labs / 365
One of the best visualization tools I've seen in a while. Beautiful.

by Alex Rainert on September 21, 2009 · 0 comments

Interbrand | Best Global Brands List | 2009
Would love to let some visualization junkies loose on this data.
Effective Twitter Backgrounds: Examples and Current Practices « Smashing Magazine
Nice compilation of creative treatments for Twitter pages.
Marco.org – Subway gadget survey
I feel like I'm always creepily observing what kinds of different devices people on the train are using so it's good to hear I'm not the only one. I love this stuff.
Net Promoter Community : Paul Marsden’s Blog: Social Media / 10 Brands Doing it Right
Great list of companies that get it.
Watch Hulu With Your Facebook Friends
Interesting pairing + social experience. Wish it still wasn't tied to a laptop.

by Alex Rainert on July 21, 2009 · 0 comments

The Tweeting House: Twitter + Internet of Things
One man's version of the connected house.
Best Buy Twelpforce MMR
More innovation from the folks at Best Buy.
Social Media Brand Engagement Database – ENGAGEMENTdb
Database cataloging how brands participate in social media.
Announcing the NYT API Tool – Open Blog – NYTimes.com
Neat tool to visualize the data you can pull from their API.
10 Things Twitter’s Stolen Docs Taught Us
Nice high level summary of what we learned from the TechCrunch + Twitter brouhaha.

by Alex Rainert on April 16, 2009 · 0 comments

The best social media marketing. | From The Head Of Zeus Jones
Great resource in case you forgot the canonical examples of successful social media initiatives.
scottberkun.com » How to call bullshit on a guru
I love this post.
Hyper Island Grooms the Next Generation of Digital Media | Fast Company
My friend Dan was telling me about Hyper Island recently. Sounds super cool.
A Collection of Gestural Interfaces, Spring 2009 edition
Great collection.
PhoneGap Seeks to Bridge the Gap Between Mobile App Platforms
With the multitude of platforms out there, the smartest bet for developers may be on the browser after all.
Facebook: Vote for the Terms of Use You Want
Crowsourcing your Terms of Use = very interesting. Great way to leverage a community that really cares about the service. Curious to see where this goes.
Oh Snap Attack (ohsnapattack) on Twitter
Reason #21345 I love the internet. A Twitter account that dynamically re-tweets any tweets containing the words "Oh Snap". (via @dens)

by Alex Rainert on February 11, 2009 · 0 comments

Facebook In Talks With Nokia – MobHappy
If true, this is an interesting (and smart) move by Nokia.
Twitter / Evan Williams: Loving how @missionpie is using Twitter …
Nice local business Twitter usage.
Requested Reading Recommendations — School of Visual Arts — MFA in Interaction Design
Great list covering a good range of areas.
Google’s First Real Threat? Twitter. – beyond 140 for @lewmoorman
This is right on. Social Search is where it's at.
graphpaper.com – The Myth of the Ignorant Client
Great post on how much things have changed in the past 8 or so years. Being an agency is no longer about leading the blind and the sooner people adapt to what is in fact a partnership, the better the work will ultimately be.
Presenting: 10 of the Smartest Big Brands in Social Media
A great list of who's actually doing something interesting with social media.