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What is the future of the UI?

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

I’m sure most of you have watched Minority Report and thought that the computer interface they use in it is pretty awesome. But have you ever wondered how long it will be until we have a system like that available for the average user?

This talk by John Underkoffler at TED shows that the technology is available today:

9 Funky April Fool’s Day Pranks

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Here are a handful of some of the cool April Fools Days Pranks I saw today. Enjoy :)

Dr Peppers Chatroulette cheerleader prank


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This is why Dr Pepper is my soft drink of choice. It is by far the best April fool’s day prank in this year.

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Are tags on a blog post a waste of time?

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

I recently received a question regarding why I have taken down the tags on my posts. The reason was because watched a video from google (Also embedded below) which made me wounder how much they are benefiting (and being used by) my users. After a brief test (I watched how many people were using the tag pages) I found that very few users actually were using them.

The best way to summarize what I found would be:

For every 246 human users clicking a link on a page, 1 would be clicking a tag link.

Widget Sets for Socialize This

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

I’ve just finished a quick update on my wordpress plugin Socialize This which increases the functionality of the Widget Sets. If you want to try out a few new Widgets in Socialize This take a look at the Widget Sets page.

Also, if you have made some Widgets and would like them listed on the Widget Sets page, contact me.

Video: Stop Sign Designed by Committee

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

My motto is “Clients are idiots”, though if you let them know this odds are you will not be paid. I tend to find this motto is true 90% of the time in the Design/Development field, mostly because clients see you as someone who is paid to make something the way they want to, not in a way that will look good & be functional. Here is a video which pretty much sums up why clients suck.

Click here to go to the original source of the video.