Archive for July, 2009

10 Must-Have Firefox Add-ons

10 Must-Have Firefox Add-ons

Posted on 31. Jul, 2009 by .

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This is my collection of ten must-have Add-ons for Firefox, what are your favorites? 1. Adblock Plus Ever been annoyed by all those ads and banners on the internet that often take longer to download than everything else on the page? Install Adblock Plus now and get rid of them. Watch a quick overview. 2. Xmarks Xmarks [...]

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Become a Virtual Tourist with 360Cities.net

Become a Virtual Tourist with 360Cities.net

Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by .

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360Cities is a breathtaking virtual tour, showing thousands of panoramas made by hundreds of photographers. The stunning photos are interactive, spherical panoramas which beg you to explore them. This can be done by dragging your mouse around, and zooming in and out.  For best viewing, use full-screen mode and for alternative views, right-click to expose the views menu. [...]

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New Twitter Homepage Days Away

New Twitter Homepage Days Away

Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by .

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Despite the recent surge in Twitter’s popularity, there are still many folks out there who don’t understand the concept of Twitter.  With a homepage redesign, Twitter has two primary goals: 1) Communicate to users that Twitter is a place where people can discover what is going on in real-time. 2)  Provide the opportunity for a user to try it [...]

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Interview: Amy Buckner on Mobile Usability

Interview: Amy Buckner on Mobile Usability

Posted on 23. Jul, 2009 by .

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With mobile devices being used to perform an ever increasing number of functions and tasks, mobile usability has never before been as critical as it is today. Jakob Nielson recently posted an article about mobile usability and concluded that there is a lot of room for improvement. Enter Amy Buckner, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of [...]

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New camera enables focus after snapping shutter

New camera enables focus after snapping shutter

Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by .

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Refocus Imaging, Inc. is an early-stage company headquartered in Mountain View, California. Refocus is taking the next big step in photography, transforming the camera into a powerful computational platform. A Refocus camera can do things that have been considered impossible since the invention of photography. The ability to focus a picture after you take the [...]

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10 Books to becoming an Idea Generating Machine

10 Books to becoming an Idea Generating Machine

Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by .

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 Good ideas are the foundation for all effective products, experiences and story-telling. And yet coming up with these gems can be one of the toughest parts of the creative process. These ten books will help put you in the right mindset to start generating original ideas. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die | [...]

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Twittering from the Womb

Twittering from the Womb

Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by .

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Corey Menscher, a father-to-be, has constructed a device called the Kickbee that notifies him when his unborn baby kicks inside the womb. The Kickbee is a stretchable band with attached sensors, and is worn by a pregnant mother over her stomach. A microcontroller in the band then captures the movement of the baby kicking, and transmits the signals wirelessly to an application on [...]

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49ers Redesigned Site Now Live

49ers Redesigned Site Now Live

Posted on 16. Jul, 2009 by .

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A completely redesigned and re-architected San Francisco 49ers site went live this afternoon. The 49ers now join the Bills, Seahawks, Titans, Bengals, Panthers, Chargers and Vikings on NFL’s club technology platform. Congrats to all who made this possible. We hope the fans love their new 49ers home.  Check it out, and all comments are welcome: http://www.49ers.com

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Caution: 5 Common Usability Testing Mistakes to Avoid

Caution: 5 Common Usability Testing Mistakes to Avoid

Posted on 15. Jul, 2009 by .

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Usability testing is not an easy thing to perfect. However, a good starting point is to identify where most mistakes are made throughout the process. And through this awareness, you should fine-tune your approaches to planning, moderation and analysis, in order to attain truly insightful findings. 1. Recruiting Unsuitable Participants It’s vital that you validate a design through the eyes of [...]

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New Official Vikings site leaves dock

New Official Vikings site leaves dock

Posted on 09. Jul, 2009 by .

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A completely redesigned and re-architected Minnesota Vikings site went live this afternoon. The Vikings now join the Bills, Seahawks, Titans, Bengals, Panthers and Chargers on NFL’s club technology platform. Congrats to all who made this possible. We hope the fans love their new Vikings home.  Check it out, and all comments are welcome: http://www.vikings.com

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Top 5 Visual Search Engines

Top 5 Visual Search Engines

Posted on 09. Jul, 2009 by .

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Visualizing search results can tread a fine line.  A fragile line that separates usefulness and gratuitousness.  To some degree, this judgement is subjective depending on the orientation of a user’s brain. The visual folks out there will  be drawn to visually rich interfaces, and in this case, search results. Take a look and let me know what you [...]

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