Archive for November, 2009
Currently: Watching, Listening and Reading
Currently Watching: Beautiful Losers A film about youth, creativity and insight into the culture of art. It’s now available on iTunes if it’s not playing in a theater near you. Currently Listening: Raditude (Weezer) Weezer’s newest album which does have the same feel as their older songs but has a new attitude. My favorite song [...]
In: thoughts · Tagged with: listening, reading, watching
Enhance user experience by auto-selecting location
A few days ago I did something I’ve never done before, get take out from Applebees Restaurant. (I am in no way endorsing Applebees, just merely writing about an experience I had with them) Upon visiting their site something sparked my attention. Highlighted on the image above is the closest Applebees location to me. I [...]
In: thoughts, user experience · Tagged with: applebees, geolocation, ip, location, retail, usability
MSU World Usability Day 2009 Wrap Up
Yesterday I attended the MSU World Usability Day which focused on usability and accessibility not only for the web but for the physical world. The theme of this years World Usability Day was sustainability. One of the main themes throughout the day was there is a large difference between things appearing to be usable and their actual [...]
In: event · Tagged with: #wud2009, conference, day, event, msu, usabilty, world
LinkedIn and the WSU identity crisis. #fail
There are quite a few WSU’s out there, Wayne State University (where I am from), Washington State University, Wichita State University, Wright State University, etc. So referencing WSU on the web doesn’t always work. Today I received a LinkedIn invitation from someone I did not know in person. So I checked out her profile and [...]
In: fail, thoughts · Tagged with: fail, linkedin, washingtonstate, waynestate, wsu