A quick mini-review noting that as an apeophile (that is, a fan of the Planet of the Apes series) I am incredibly pleased with the newest and final film in the prequel trilogy. If you had told me in 2010…
Year: 2017
Movies, Neglected Cinema
Remembering Robocop 3, a middling finale to a series that should have had no sequels
Geek, Movies
Becoming Bond is an entertaining look at the forgotten 007
George Lazenby was a good Bond. That is not a popular opinion, and his one-and-done turn as 007 in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is a semi-obscure pop culture punch line for the “worst career decision ever”. The full story…
Geek, TV
A celebration of Adam West
Disney, Featured Articles, Geek, Movies
Star Wars at 40
Movies
RIP Roger Moore
Movies, My Quora answers
Why do movies made by Orson Welles struggle to make money in the box office despite many of them being considered masterpieces?
Several reasons. First off, he was doing independent films for a significant chunk of his career. Because of that he did not have the studio system to promote and distribute his films, so he was facing significant headwinds even getting…
My Quora answers, TV, Twin Peaks
Will the new season of Twin Peaks be based upon Mark Frost’s book, ‘The Secret History of Twin Peaks’, that came out last year?
Somewhat. As I understand it, the book is a “backstory”/prequel that fills the gaps between the ending of the last episode and the new season. Some things that are detailed in the book (like SPOILER Pete dying in the bank…
My Quora answers, UX Articles
How does UX help a company innovate (and/or create “disruptive” innovation)?
User Experience, or User Centered Design, allows you to look at how people work and what they do. The key is to focus on the user needs, to uncover and document opportunities to support people’s workflows and therefore define solutions…
Photos
Photos: National World War Two Museum in New Orleans
I recent had the great pleasure to travel to New Orleans with my wife. While she spent much of her youth living outside the city, I had never been there. While we were only there for a weekend, we made…
UX Articles
UX Trends (I hope to see) in 2017
Here’s the article I wrote for Content Science Review last month, reposted here. In part one, I wrote about the UX Trends (I think) we will see in 2017. In this follow-up, I list trends that I hope we will…
UX Articles
UX Trends to look for in 2017
Here’s the article I wrote for Content Science Review last month, reposted here. Last January, I wrote up my thoughts on UX Trends to look for in the coming year. Looking back, these predictions were pretty accurate, but I was…
My Quora answers, UX Articles
What websites have the best new user onboarding flows?
When it comes to on-boarding new users in a web site or app, there are two ways: the old way, and the right way. The old way was akin to the setup processes that we see when you install a…
My Quora answers, UX Articles
Is design manipulative?
Great, great question. I just designed a kind of “quick start” experience that would sign users up for a series of options in one click. It looked good, tested well… But it would also take advantage of something I call…
My Quora answers, UX 101, UX Articles
Is User Experience (UX) really just where marketing meets development?
The summary answer to your question: no, it’s not. Though I can understand why you would get that impression based on the people you have worked with – people who confuse minimalism with user experience design, or are calling themselves…
Featured Articles, UX 101, UX Articles
Lessons in UX: The baseline is shifting
I had a great meeting with my team this week discussing customer expectations and needs. As part of the discussion the Kano model, which I was only slightly familiar with, came up. Created in the 1980s, the Kano model explores…