Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
One small benefit of spring: reading
It’s now warm enough to carry a book in my hand to and from the bus stop without freezing my digits. Time to read :)
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
Switching costs… and Grey’s Anatomy
Once, a couple years ago during a college business class, our professor (whom I respect very much) lectured about the importance of understanding customer switching costs to understand a market. Switching your search engine… not too bad, just stop typing Google.com and start typing whateverNewEngine.com. Switching email addresses, a bit harder… gotta tell all your […]
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Moments that make you feel alive
Sometimes you find yourself walking in the rain, cold and shivering. Sometimes you have to get in front of a group of people to give a speech, or (worse yet) sing and you’re so nervous your knees keep twitching. Sometimes you find yourself running mile 24 and the last two miles seem the longest of […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Designing for others: that perpetually late friend
My Nokia is definitely designed in a culture that’s more punctual than mine. And by my culture, I mean me, not necessarily any socio-economic or geographical culture I belong to. If I have a meeting from 4pm to 5pm, at exactly 4:01 that meeting has disappeared from my homescreen, replaced by the next meeting after […]
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Things we force users to remember
When pulling up window blinds, you move the pull string under the blind’s drop path to lower it, move it away from the blinds to have it catch. Though this has become second nature to many of us who have to use blinds on a regular basis, it’s something that’s totally arbitrary, learned with difficulty […]