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EverydayUX morsels (September 15th – September 18th)

by Alex Rainert on September 18, 2009 · View Comments

Hey Marketers, Make iPhone Apps Like These
Nice list of useful branded iPhone apps.
sam lessin: modest proposals – a log on information, privacy vs. publicity, communication, change, people
AWESOME data from foursquare habits. Really interesting to see what a large percentage of venues are not actually bars.
Designing for the iPhone 3G: Tips and Tools « Theresa Neil
A great iPhone stencil kit gets updated.
Free iPhone Keynote and PowerPoint templates help get you from thought to finish
Not sure how useful this will actually be but it's another one to add to the quick ideation iPhone design toolkit.
Microsoft’s vision for a “next-gen newspaper” looks like TweetDeck » Nieman Journalism Lab
MSFT's stab at the Future of the Newspaper starts to get at the right mix of content but the execution is so clunky.

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.

Are Banner Ads Poised for Creative Renaissance?
Intersting new take on making the banner ad far more engaging.
Pattie Maes demos the Sixth Sense | Video on TED.com
Awesome take on the potential of augmented reality in everyday life.
Presentation Tips
Nice, simple tipsfrom your friend, Edward Tufte.
AppleInsider | Apple exploring Magic Wand controller for next-gen Apple TV
Still think the next version of Apple TV will be the one to get. Rumors like this make that possibility even more exciting.
IPhone app or iPhone site or both? – Mobile Marketer
Excellent piece outlining the choices and tradeoffs when considering building a native mobile app, a mobile web site or both. Must read. (thanks, Rich)
10 Ways Newspapers are Using Social Media to Save the Industry
Good list if you find yourself working for one of these potentially struggling properties.
Verizon Unveils their Vision for the Web-Connected TV – ReadWriteWeb
Well, well, well… Verizon looking to do some potentially innovative stuff. Friends and I had been discussing this very kind of feature/app.

Microsoft’s glimpse of the future | Beyond Binary – CNET News
"In the future, maybe Entourage won't suck…" jokes aside, this is a neat future vision piece from Microsoft. What actually comes out of it remains to be seen.
Thinking Visually | Blog | Nick Finck | UX/IA Pro, Speaker, and Community Cultivator.
Nice Armano presentation on visual thinking.
Mounting a Mac Server | QuickSnapper.com
Auto-mounting a networked drive at login. Something I have wanted to do multiple times and can never find the solution. Here it is. Bookmark it.
Death Of Print: Only a Cable Guy Could Come Up With Newsday ‘s Pay-Only Scheme
Wow.
Mobile Web 2009 = Desktop Web 1998 (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
Our old friend, Jakob on the mobile web.

by Alex Rainert on February 22, 2009 · View Comments

Designing with RFID
Great presentation from the folks at nearfield.org.
A foot and a half: Finally, A Use for Twitter
Awesome story. Between this and hearing about his middle of the night, Santa-like trips to Wal Mart, I've really started to like Shaq a lot.
Nicholas Felton: Curating Personal Behavior — School of Visual Arts — MFA in Interaction Design
Interview with the man behnd those slamming annual reports and Daytum.com.
Micro Persuasion: The Newspaper Reporter of the Future is Here Today
Great post on what journalism should look like these days. Also a shoutout to Peter Abraham, my favorite Yankee beat writer.
ShareThis.com Aims to Become A Big Data Platform in the Next Web – ReadWriteWeb
Having practically become the defacto way people share content on the web, Share This has a ton of interesting data to use and finally seems to be doing something with it. I'm looking forward to installing the new widget as soon as I can.