May 2012
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LEAP - End of the Mouse?
Ok, maybe not the end of the mouse, but certainly the end of the remote control.
I don’t know a lot about this technology yet - I don’t even know if this is a concept video or what - but this is one hell of an impressive demo for a touchless gesture-based UI.
I used to argue that tactile feedback was an important (almost essential) part of a successful HCI user experience, but the...
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Decrease Article-Page Bounce Rate by 43%
My friend and Director of Search Marketing, Adam, sent me a link the other day that warmed my heart.
Not only does Adam handle all of our PPC work, he also does our SEO.
We recently redesigned our article pages for our newsletter companion site and there was a bit of a debate throughout the process over the design of the page.
Some of us argued from the basis of creating a page that spoke more...
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Why Upgrade? How to Convert More Free Users to... →
I know the “freemium” model has been getting a ton of play for the last few years - and in fact, it’s been around for longer than that within the desktop software community (first paid app I ever launched on Windows was freemium) - but the data I’ve seen shows that you’re likely to get a higher ROI in a shorter period of time by pushing people directly into your paid...
"Sign up in seconds" ... and then what? - →
This is where pitching the BENEFITS of the product come into play (e.g. “Sign-up in seconds and immediately start saving money!”)
April 2012
11 posts
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Designing Effective Pricing Tables →
Great article (with additional links) on designing your pricing page…FWIW, for B2B or SaaS offerings specifically, the Pricing page is more visited than the homepage!
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Ecommerce Checkout Optimization [Slideshow] →
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Where Apple's Design Sense REALLY Came From
Everyone needs inspiration…everyone stands on the shoulders of those who came before them…1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple’s Future »
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Pretty pictures: Can images stop data overload? →
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Destroying Good Design?
Not sure how I feel about this company (link at bottom). They create website walk-through assistants for “complicated web pages” (think Microsoft Office’s little paper-clip assistant).
I’m sure there are applications out there that are extremely complex and very difficult to figure out…but shouldn’t that be a challenge for the design team? Isn’t it...
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The End of Pagination →
What do you do when you have a lot of things to display to the user, far more than can possibly fit on the screen? Paginate, naturally…
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Don't give up (you're on the right track) →
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Seth's Blog: On making a ruckus in your industry →
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Improve your startup's surveys and get even better... →
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User Experience Vision For Startups →
March 2012
7 posts
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Nail the Customer Development Manifesto to the... →
There Are No Facts Inside Your Building, So Get Outside
Pair Customer Development with Agile Development
Failure is an Integral Part of the Search for the Business Model
If You’re Afraid to Fail You’re Destined to Do So
Iterations and Pivots are Driven by Insight
Validate Your Hypotheses with Experiments
Success Begins with Buy-In from Investors and Co-Founders
No Business Plan Survives...
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9 Awesome Reasons to Use Infographics in your... →
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Simplifying Frequently Executed User Actions
I could write a looooong post on this and cite a bunch of examples, but I think that because I’m posting this using Tumblr, I’ll just stick with their masterful execution of this design concept.
“Back to the Top” Button
If you use Tumblr for your blogging needs, I’m sure this looks familiar:
It’s the helpful button Tumblr displays after you’ve...
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Storyboarding iPad Transitions →
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Sir Jonathan Ive: Interview with Apple's VP of... →
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How Shitty Design Crushed Ford's Consumer Reports... →
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Writing Headlines That Get Results →
An oldie, but a goodie…
February 2012
6 posts
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GREAT Blog on Crafting SaaS Web App Conversion... →
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Basecamp Next: UI preview →
Great explanation of some of the UI decisions the guys at 37 Signals are making for the new iteration of Basecamp
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Google's new "batshit crazy" UX →
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Meaningful Transitions - Motion Graphics in the... →
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Fact vs. Fiction: What Usability is Not →
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Breaking Through the Glass →
January 2012
7 posts
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Awesome Video : GREAT DESIGNERS STEAL by Jeff Veen...
rocketui:
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The Back Story for the $300 Million Button →
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Bodymetrics Uses AR to Solve the Online Shopping... →
Not quite what it *could* be yet, but very interesting interaction design…
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Does Price Influence Cart Abandonment? You Better... →
FWIW, our cart abandonment rate averages around 50% for $1,000+ products.
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Managing Startups: Best Posts of 2011 →
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5 Lessons From The Best Interaction Designs Of... →
December 2011
5 posts
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How to Reengage Inactive Email Subscribers →
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Getting promoted too quickly →
bijan:
“He’s a star. Thank god he’s on the team”.
“He’s not scaling, it’s time to find his replacement”.
I’ve heard that line from too many CEOs about someone on their management team.
In a hyper growth company, those two sentences can be just a year or two apart.
So what’s happening here.
…
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The Messy Art Of UX Sketching →
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5 Sketching Secrets of Leonardo Da Vinci →
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Designing User Interfaces For Business Web... →
November 2011
5 posts
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Using research to end visual design debates →
STOP SOPA, SAVE THE INTERNET - MUST READ!! →
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Worth Repeating: 8 Lessons we can learn from... →
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Marketing ROI Survey - Email Marketing Gets... →
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The Backward Landing Page →
October 2011
10 posts
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The Ultimate Cheat Sheet for Awesome Marketing... →
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Why Content Navigation Links Matter More Than... →
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The Back Story for the $300 Million Button →
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Experience Maps Identify Inefficiencies and...
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