fritzism: Archive

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14 FREE Tools That Reveal Why People Abandon Your... →

IMHO this falls squarely in the UX camp as well as it helps us understand (albeit anonymously) where at least potential problems lie in the experiences we create. Some of these very interesting tools you’ve heard of but some I’m almost sure you’ve not (at least I hadn’t). Enjoy!

Sep 24th

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9 Scientifically Proven Ways to Get ReTweeted on... →

Seriously you say? Yes seriously it’s come to this. Read if you don’t believe me. (Courtesy of Fast Company)

Sep 22nd

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Learning from Games: A Language for Designing... →

Very interesting piece from the good folks over at @JohnnyHolland. I think the psychology of gaming and game mechanics will continue to permeate (witness Foursquare) as we continue to look for challenge, surprise and acknowledgment (as we get better) from even the most mundane of digital interactions (widgets, webapps, brand messages). Good piece covering how to design for this world. My...

Sep 21st

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Sep 18th

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Agile + UX: 6 strategies for making agile + user... →

Woke up with Agile still on the brain and just read this so anxious to give it go. Anyone with experience to share? Read.

Sep 17th

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UI Patterns.com, am I the last person to hear...

I mean I swore (and still swear) by Martijn van Welie’s great collection of Interaction Design and Jennifer Tidwell’s awesome site and increasingly Bill Scott’s & Theresa Neil’s Designing Web Interfaces site (which is great for RIA as well as websites) but for some reason missed this (which I’m sure is probably bookmarked in NetVibes). Anyway good stuff...

Sep 17th

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Sep 17th

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On Interaction Design Synthesis | IxDA Library →

20min of Jon Kolko covering how to synthesize all that data we (designers) clamor for (incl me) before designing, if you follow you’ll be smarter for it + he’s funny. Shut up & make somethin’. Kudos @jkolko & @ixda! Watch.

Sep 16th

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Sep 16th

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Sep 12th

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Demystifying Usability : What's next in mobile... →

Very good read on the coming of Augmented Reality (AR) which has been covered on that all important industry sieve Techcrunch see here and here. Can’t wait for this become a mainstream reality and to design for it. What are the potential downsides of this? How do you make it accessible I wonder? Hmmm, thoughts.

Sep 10th

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Facebook, Twitter integration comes to iTunes |... →

Yet another example of how social media is becoming just media, how what we think is separate (social) is actually the DNA of what the Internet is (thus not separate). Read. From CNET.

Sep 10th

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5 Pixel Popping Techniques | Tutorial9 →

Something I’ve been looking for, for sometime. Mastering these 5 techniques alone can go light years to polishing your web UIs. Visual design matters. Kudos to @theLeggett!

Sep 10th

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Sep 9th

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Sep 9th

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Vitaminwater Gets Facebookers Brainstorming on a... →

Interesting read on what VitaminWater is doing in the social media space. What is interesting to me is how fast they’ve been able to reach the six-figure mark of fans on FB. I stand by what I say social media will not reinvent a crap product but it can at least let you know it’s crap and how to change it. For great products the same applies except you have 400,000 people (as in...

Sep 9th

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Scientific Speed Reading: How to Read 300% Faster... →

Not sure if this works but it seems very plausible, plan to give it a try. Will post.

Sep 9th

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Five classic clutter-busting strategies from... →

Key things we all need to know to live just that much more free-er in a very real sense and if you don’t believe just look at this clip of an episode of Hoarders on A&E, scary stuff.

Sep 8th

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“There’s a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17. The path of the...”

– Jules, Pulp Fiction

Sep 5th

“The night of the fight, you may feel a slight sting. That’s pride fuckin...”

– Marcellus Wallace, Pulp Fiction

Sep 5th