As I've created a couple of these in my time, I think I have a pretty good take on what should be in a UX Architecture. Here's the highlights: Foundational Research: How did you come to the design direction that…
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Are personas necessary for smaller web projects?
Should you develop them for a small $10,000 project? No. Should you use them if they have already been developed and are appropriate to what you are doing? Absolutely. That being said, if you can spend any time at all…
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Who is the protagonist in Hitchock’s "Psycho?"
There are two protagonists. The first is clearly Marion Crane, who we invest our emotional energy in as she attempts to steal the money and start a new life with her boyfriend Sam Loomis. Then… after a shower that goes…
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What is the best action movie of all time?
With all due respect to the surveys, the best action movie of all time is Raiders of the Lost Ark. It has the best script, the best action sequences and the best action hero (besides James Bond) of all time…
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What is the best "date movie" of all time?
It's not one movie, but three: I nominate the Lord of the Rings trilogy. You have romance, fantasy, swordplay, drama, suspense, visual effects, and you also have classic literature (being an adaptation of the classic J.R. Tolkien work). It's the…
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What is the best movie trailer of all time?
Best movie trailer of all time? Was going to say the extended trailer for Psycho, but then I realized that in space, no one can hear you scream. The teaser trailer for 1979s ALIEN is just fantastic. It tells you…
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What is the best way to validate the market/usefulness of a mobile app idea/concept with test users?
Joseph Dickerson, I'm a practitioner and advocate of User Experie… First, question yourself. Look at your idea as a tree, and you are a lumberjack. Take an axe to it, and try and knock it down. If it's a great…
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Who are the top 5 stand-up comedians of all time?
Lenny Bruce was one of the groundbreaking standup comics. He took more chances than his contemporaries (though Mort Sahl was pretty daring) and he was persecuted for it. If there’s a Patron Saint of standup, Lenny is it. He was…
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What are the best underappreciated television series of all time?
Homicide: Life on the Streets is a fantastic series, with three great seasons and exceptional episodes throughout the run. It is also based in the writing of David Simon, who also created The Wire. Arrested Development is a fantastic surreal…
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Does iCloud only work for Apple to Apple device file syncing?
No, though it may work that way initially. Apple has made APIs available that allows any developer to integrate thier apps with the iCloud service no matter what the platform. When it rolls out this Autumn it will "just work"…
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What is the best software for scriptwriting?
Final Draft is the industry standard and top notch… If you're on a budget and want to dabble, I suggest that you try Scrivener for the Mac: http://www.literatureandlatte.co… It has some great features for building out a story and it…
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How do you build a great social product?
Big, open-ended question, but I have some ideas. First, think mobile first. Mobility and social is where a lot of the opportunity is, especially if you can integrate location and context into your offering. Some of the best social apps,…
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Will there be a default search engine in Apple’s iCloud?
No, iCloud is a behind the scenes seamless integration of users data to their devices. Any default search engine would be in the device itself, and right now, that is Google on all Safari browsers. That should not changed when…
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Should I buy a MacBook Air now (May 2011) or wait a bit more for a new release?
The rumor is a new MacBook Air will be released in the next few days, using the Sandy Bridge processor and MAYBE adding Thunderbolt. If so, I'll be buying (a second) MacBook Air myself. Wait a week. See question on…
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What are the best "guilty pleasure" movies?
The answers are obvious. Flash Gordon. The best of the best, the one that rules them all. "Flash, I love you, but we only have 14 hours to save the Earth!" "No, no, not the boreworms!" Do I need to…
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Why was the Prisoner in The Village?
Let’s go to the clues in the show, shall we? In the first episode Arrival, the Prisoner (I will call him the Prisoner because that is what his character is named in the scripts) is told by the New Number…