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everydayUX morsels for March 15th – March 16th

by Alex Rainert on March 16, 2011 · 0 comments

A VC: Airbnb
Great story on how Fred Wilson missed out on Airbnb and how he's trying to avoid letting it happen again.
startuptools / FrontPage
An amazing wiki collection of tools that various startups are using.
DropboxAddons/Dropbox Droplet – Dropbox Wiki
Nice little DropBox hack to make it work more like CloudApp.
Android Design Guidelines
Thorough walk-through of various Android UI conventions. Bookmark it for your next Android project!
Commandeering public video screens: real or fake? – Hack a Day
Turns out is was a fake!
It Doesn’t Matter Which Pill I Take; I’m Already in the Matrix. « Curiosity | GSD&M Blog
A great post that captures the essence and nuances of being a UX designer better than most I've seen.

by Alex Rainert on March 15, 2011 · 0 comments

Kevin Rose – blogg – Apple’s Role in Japan during the Tohoku Earthquake
Good story during an incredibly difficult time.
Pitches, by nature, are succinct. They’re all…
Great post from @bryce on how not all pitches can fit in an elevator.
Android Interaction Design Patterns |
iPhone pattern sites are easier to find so it was great to find this sexy Android one.
Daring Fireball Linked List: Anatomy of a Crushing
Amazing post from Pinboard the day Delicious threatened to go away. Lots to learn here.
Design Then Code ~ iPhone & iPad Interface Design Tutorials
Great looking tutorials to get you started designing and building iOS apps.
YouTube – how to hack video screens on times square
If it's real, it's totally rad.
foursquare playground
Neat isometric representation of the foursquare world from the folks at Microsoft.
Caterina.net» Blog Archive » FOMO and Social Media
Fear of Missing Out is a powerful motivator.
(Sri)ously | Why Trending places in foursquare 3.0 is a big deal!!
This guy gets it.

by Alex Rainert on January 25, 2010 · 0 comments

quotes on marketing, culture, and digital / what consumes me, bud caddell
Great collection of quotes on marketing and culture collected by Bud Caddell. Good one to bookmark and follow as it grows.
Deliverables vs. Delivery – 52 Weeks of UX
An expose on the "Theater of Deliverables" that so many agencies (and clients) seem to be enamored with instead of focusing on activities that relate directly to what you're trying to make.
Internet 2009 in numbers | Royal Pingdom
Great collection of internet usage numbers from 2009. Time to update those decks!
Feature Update: New Email Designs!
Nice dissection of what is a complicated, and very important, problem for Aardvark to solve.
Apple Service Might be a “Game Changer” | Inside Digital Media
The repercussions of Apple going with this (rumored) new approach to content subscription could make things really interesting.
Glue Labs: Revised LIKE Button
Good dissection of a UX problem + nice solution.
Logic+Emotion: The 5 Reasons You’re Failing In Social Media
It's really not more complicated but the truth can hurt.
The iPhone Inspired DIY Kitchen Touch Screen Project
Awesome DIY home kitchen appliance.