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Coffee break for Feb 1st – Feb 9th

by Alex Rainert on February 9, 2012 · 0 comments

Everything you need to know about buying a camera | The Verge
Skip College, Work at a Startup With Enstitute
It might not be *this* idea but I feel like something like this becoming a legit option is going to happen.
Original Foursquare Investor Pitch Deck 2009
Awesome to see this today.
The Spoon and Trowel :: An Accidental Radical
Great piece on how little changes in your life can turn into a new direction, in this case, relating to one's eating habits.
Coding Horror: Listen to Your Community, But Don’t Let Them Tell You What to Do
Swole.me – The automatic diet planner
Unique take on a diet app.

Coffee break for Nov 27th – Nov 27th

by Alex Rainert on November 28, 2011 · 1 comment

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The Social Graph is Neither (Pinboard Blog)
You Don’t Have to Tweet to Twitter « abovethecrowd.com
Really smart post.
Here’s The Information Facebook Gathers On You As You Browse The Web
Wee!
The RunKeeper Roadmap: Building A Successful Startup Through Community and Data
Love the team at RunKeeper and really excited about how they're tackling their grand vision.
John Ciancutti’s answer to Is there a better alternative to the 5-star rating system? – Quora
Awesome post on a much discussed topic.
Lefsetz Letter » Just like the iPod killed the Walkman, tablets are going to devastate PCs, it’s just that most people don’t know it yet.

everydayUX morsels for July 4th – July 23rd

by Alex Rainert on August 16, 2011 · 0 comments

Rands In Repose: Bored People Quit
Making Desktop Webapps in Lion – Andy Ihnatko’s Celestial Waste of Bandwidth (BETA)
Tips to get basic native Fluid-like functionality in Lion. Pretty neat. > Making Desktop Webapps in Lion
How to Combine Foursquare and Your Loyalty Program | Inc.com
WhatWasThere – Put history in its place!
Awesome Google maps mashup overlaying old photos onto maps.
Christina Cacioppo : The art of community management
Best description I've read.
User Interface Galleries | Konigi
The Faux-Vintage Photo: Full Essay (Parts I, II and III) » Cyborgology
Fantastic post on the rise of the faux vintage photo and the nostalgia for the present.
An open letter to speakers « Scott Berkun
Best list I've read on the subject.
Save Our Inboxes! Adopt the Email Charter!
Sign it or don't sign it but please live it! Also, is "NNTR" a thing? If so, I LOVE it.
Google’s SOE (Strategy of Everything) | Monday Note
Good piece on the challenges of trying to be everything to everyone.

everydayUX morsels for February 7th – February 12th

by Alex Rainert on February 12, 2011 · 1 comment

Smart Gamification: designing the player journey
Lots of great info in this deck.
Near Field Communications: a technology primer
Great great primer to get yourself up to speed with NFC.
HTML5 Is An Oncoming Train, But Native App Development Is An Oncoming Rocket Ship
Great piece on a long standing debate.
LukeW | An Event Apart: Shepherding Passionate Communities
Some great lessons for both community mgmt and product development.
The Seven Deadly Sins That Choke Out Innovation | Co.Design
Lots of good nuggets in this one for those trying to build and manage creative teams.
(4) Twitter Inc. (company): What is the on-boarding process for new employees at Twitter? – Quora
It's fascinating to see how companies onboard new employees. It's something you should always be improving, particularly at startups.

EverydayUX morsels (March 6th – March 7th)

by Alex Rainert on March 7, 2010 · 0 comments

OO – High Definition Wireless Projector | Design You Trust
Stunning industrial design. Beautiful demo video.
ManageMyLife.com – Home Improvement Projects, Owner’s Manuals & Home Management Tools
Interesting DIY/project sharing community brought to you by Sears. Nice to see big old brands come with something new.
15 Amazing Interactive Installations – Noupe
Some pretty amazing, inspirational stuff in here.
saying no is a powerful service to offer clients / what consumes me, bud caddell
GREAT post. Amazing how hard it is for some agencies to say no to anything, even when everyone in the room knows it's the right thing to do.
The UX Canon: Essential Reading for the User Experience Designer
Comprehensive reading list for the upstart UX Designer.
Choosing pagination tap zones – Instapaper Blog
DO sweat the small stuff.
Apple Getting Serious About Near Field Communication on the iPhone – Patently Apple
Love to imagine the possibilities of context + proximity-aware devices.
Chris Harrison – Skinput
Awesome demo of UI projected on your skin. Rad.

EverydayUX morsels (February 10th – February 13th)

by Alex Rainert on February 13, 2010 · 0 comments

Featured Mobile App Makers | TheyMakeApps.com – Home of the Finest Mobile App Makers
Slick directory of mobile app developers. If you make apps, get listed!
Conversation with Metafilter Founder Matt Haughey « sood
Excellent interview with the founder of the community that has always stayed true to itself.
LukeW | Web Form Innovations on Mobile Devices
Nice primer for best practices for mobile form design.
UX Case Study: Designing a user-focused web app
Excellent walkthrough of the user feedback > design process for one little web app.
UX Case Study: Designing a user-focused web app
Excellent walkthrough of the user feedback > design process for one little web app.
How Google Buzz for mobile will change your life
It's still early for Buzz but I think it will be a hit on mobile devices first – this piece highlights some interesting mobile uses.
YouTube – Augmented Reality Game Example – Future of Augmented Reality Gaming
Wow. That's all. Wow.
Google Buzz: "Are You at Work? How About a $.99 Big Mac From McDonald’s, Three Blocks Away?" | Technomix | Fast Company
"Are You at Work? How About a $.99 Big Mac From McDonald's, Three Blocks Away?" A thought experiment looking into the potential dark side of Google Buzz.

EverydayUX morsels (December 23rd – December 28th)

by Alex Rainert on December 28, 2009 · 0 comments

10 Rules for Increasing Community Engagement
Great list of things to consider when building out a community. All won't be relevant to everyone but you're bound to find one or two that fit what you're doing.
Analyzing Facebook’s Forthcoming ReDesign – GigaOM
Nice walkthrough of the upcoming Facebook redesign.
The Vile History of Gift Cards and How They Came to Destroy Christmas – Presents – Gizmodo
Funny history of the gift card and it's role in the holidays.
Strapped to Android, HTC Takes a Dizzying Ride to the Top | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
So impressive to see how far they've come in such a short time. Shows a nimbleness some of the incumbents would kill to have.

EverydayUX morsels (September 12th – September 15th)

by Alex Rainert on September 15, 2009 · 0 comments

Functioning Form – Data Monday: Networked Consumer Devices
A great collection of usage numbers across networked devices.
So Appy Together: iPhone and Android Apps, Visualized [Pic]
Nice data on app downloading habits.
just in teractive: GameLayers from PMOG to Dictator Wars
Nice piece on the evolution of PMOG.
The Farmers’ Market, Reimagined as a Neighborhood Food Truck | Sustainability | Fast Company
Recent;y I've been a little food truck-obsessed. Even still, I LOVE this idea.
Nokia’s Sad Augmented Reality | TechWatch | Fast Company
If we're going to go ahead and make up the future, shouldn't we do a better job envisioning it?
Crowdsourcing 101: Why Vitaminwater’s Facebook App Can’t Lose | Culture Buffet | Fast Company
Interesting example of a brand crowdsourcing a new product.

EverydayUX morsels (April 28th – May 4th)

by Alex Rainert on May 4, 2009 · 0 comments

Why text messages are limited to 160 characters | Technology | Los Angeles Times
Neat piece of history behind a constraint that has shaped so much of our mobile behavior today.
Eucalyptus: The Library, to go – on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
Perfectly executed demo for an iPhone app. (via @kontra)
Flickr: Norby’s Photostream
Clever use of the Flickr photostream.
Kickstarter » Projects
Excellent looking, crowdsource approach to getting projects funded. Beautiful execution. Now go get your ideas on!
An interactive map of vanishing employment across the country. – By Chris Wilson – Slate Magazine
Good visualization of recent job losses. Watch Detroit. (via @flytip)

EverydayUX morsels (March 7th – March 9th)

by Alex Rainert on March 9, 2009 · 0 comments

Tapping the Portable Social Graphs – Advertising Age – DigitalNext
Excellent piece highlighting the potential innovations (and pitfalls) of brands entering the social media world.
Will Real-Time Change Facebook User Behavior?
For me, Facebook is potentially a a much more attractive avenue for this than Friendfeed (and to a lesser extent, Twitter) BECAUSE you need to be connected to people to share content/statuses with them.
The Altimeter by Charlene Li: Skittles bravely lets social media take over the homepage, redefines branding
The UX Tribe: many campfires, one village | Blog | Nick Finck
Great quote: "I don’t think information architecture is at all the same as interaction design, one is about strategy and structure the other is about design and interactions."
8 Little Things We Still Can’t Stand About the iPhone
Good list here.