PublicBrain

Citazioni zen, link e haiku tecnologici, così come vengono. Brainstorming pubblico informale di Alberto Mucignat.

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Italian tumblers

Dec
1st

Thu

interfaces should be completely non-blocking. Interactions should be resolved instantly; there should be no loading messages or spinners. Requests to the server should be decoupled from the interface.

The key thing to remember is that users don’t care about Ajax. They don’t give a damn if a request to the server is still pending. They don’t want loading messages. Users would just like to use your application without any interruptions.

— Asynchronous UIs - the future of web user interfaces

Nov
21st

Mon

From a sociocognitive point of view, ux design is about motivating people, where the motivation can be extrinsic (instrumental), intrinsic, or both.

— UX design: motivating users | L’uomo è misura di ogni cosa

Nov
16th

Wed

Steve Jobs’s Real Genius : The New Yorker

Nov
14th

Mon

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.

— R. Buckminster Fuller

Nov
4th

Fri

We’ve seen Minority Report already. Imagine if [Microsoft] instead spent the effort that went into this movie on making something, you know, real, that you could actually go out and buy and use today.

— Why Microsoft’s Vision Of The Future Is Dead On Arrival | Co. Design

Aug
30th

Tue

(via Testo, e il mio ROI schizza alle stelle - Andrea Cappello Blog)

(Source: kissmetrics.com)

Aug
4th

Thu

For us nerds, Android makes a lot of sense. It’s ostensibly open platform (but not really) that offers far more flexibility to the programmer, carrier, and, ideally, the user. For the “average” phone user, however, Android is a maze.

— Android’s Dirty Secret: Shipping Numbers Are Strong But Returns Are 30-40% | TechCrunch

Aug
3rd

Wed

For Google an increase in page load time from 0.4 second to 0.9 seconds decreased traffic and ad revenues by 20%. For Amazon every 100 ms increase in load times decreased sales with 1%.

— Page Load Times vs Conversion Rates | In usability we trust

Aug
2nd

Tue

Anyone who makes progress in this world makes compromises.

— The unavoidable power of compromise « Scott Berkun

Jul
29th

Fri

The only metrics that entrepreneurs should invest energy in collecting are those that help them make decisions.

— Eric Ries (Vanity Metrics vs. Actionable Metrics)

Jul
14th

Thu

Facebook and Twitter and Google, each in their own way, make networking very easy. But when everyone is networked, what will everyone do next? Don’t say content. Content is hard.

— The Death of Blogging in One Paragraph

Jul
13th

Wed

Un sito è una promessa, un sito è (come) una persona. Potremmo sintetizzare: un sito è (come) una promessa fatta da una persona. Ho l’impressione che quando ci sediamo di fronte ad uno che ci sta chiedendo di progettarlo questo sito, metterla giù così da subito ci possa aiutare a risparmiare un sacco di tempo.

— Kataweb.it - Blog - SNODI di Federico Badaloni » Blog Archive » Un sito è una promessa, un sito è (come) una persona

Jul
11th

Mon

User Experience Strategy

Beyond Gamification — Insert Coin