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Bookmarks versus Favorites
Jun 25th
Once there was Netscape and its “Bookmarks”. Then came IE, with its “Favorites”. Now we’re in a multi-browser world again and everyone but Microsoft uses “Bookmarks”. Why did we un-favorite “Favorites”?
Is RSS the “vinyl” of digital media?
Jan 26th
Vinyl was supposed to be on its deathbed but it never went away. RSS was supposed to go mainstream but that hasn’t happened. Neither RSS or vinyl are ubiquitous, but both have found an important niche in their respective fields. This post looks at the similarities between them and asks if the RSS feed is the digital world’s equivalent of the extended 12″ import.
How to post your Last.fm loved tracks to Twitter
Dec 8th
Instructions on using Twitterfeed to post your Last.fm “loved” tracks to Twitter, complete with shortened links to the track’s page
The dregs of e-commerce
Sep 26th
I’m currently carrying out some research into open-source e-commerce platforms. The research is at a pretty early stage and I’m still putting together the list of packages that we’ll then go on to assess in detail. While putting this short-list together I’m visiting quite a lot of ‘showcase’ sites for each package on my long-list. [...]
Image Source – redesigned website live
Sep 1st
Since October 2007 I’ve been working on a redesign project for Image Source, a stock photo provider not unlike Getty Images or Corbis. The site went live last night. My company was initially hired to help flesh out the information architecture and design concepts. The central aim of the project was to build something that [...]
Brands that suck on Twitter
Aug 13th
Here in the UK, Twitter has yet to seriously catch on although many organisations are attempting to make use of it. But the marketing and communications departments of large US companies are becoming increasingly aware of the need to establish a brand presence in Twitter. The case of Janet, who masqueraded as an ExxonMobil spokesperson [...]
I’ve seen the future and it’s… a bit like MacOS X
Aug 11th
My friend Lindsey sent me this link earlier on today. It’s a video exploring a future user experience concept, developed by Adaptive Path for Mozilla Labs. Jill looks at the New York Times website In the video Jill, the principal user, makes use of a number of futuristic interface devices to: Interact with a friend [...]
