Hooray for Elisabeth Moss for best actress Emmy nod! She was fantastic on #madmen this year. # And Andre Braugher better win for best supporting actor for #menofacertainage or I'm flying back from Sydney and raising hell. #emmys # Same…
My Quora answers, UX Articles
Is the explosion in demand for User Experience experts a trend or a bubble?
It's definitely a trend but it CAN become a bubble. I'll explain. Over the past five years I've seen UX go from an isolated discipline to a field where UX talent is in high-demand. The primary reason this happened is…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-07-14
Just watched the trailer for the second Sherlock Holmes. Just what a Holmes movie needs: MORE EXPLOSIONS! #rollseyes # My video review of the new Star Trek PADD app for the iPad is now up at trekmovie.com http://t.co/9IUiGw6 # RT…
Apple, My Quora answers, UX Articles
What problems do you experience/encounter when you search for apps on the iOS App Store? What are the main flaws of the Genius for the iOS App Store?
Auto-complete/suggestions on app search can be frustrating. If I am looking for a particular app by name it's great, but if I am searching by a type of app or a free-form term then I get lots of false or…
Apple, Geek, Technology, Trek
Video Review of the Star Trek PADD app for the iPad
My pal Anthony Pascale from Trekmovie.com asked me to do a quick video review of the new Star Trek PADD app for the iPad and, since I’m on holiday, I was able to put together one. Here it is:
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Twitter Updates for 2011-07-13
The Dark Knight Rises, The Thing teaser posters http://zite.to/plQgih # Dropped by the office today, to catchup and say hi, and got blasted by the summer heat. The temperature here in Atlanta is exausting. # Just read that Gilligan's Island…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-07-12
Apple to reportedly add second iPad manufacturer to meet ‘iPad HD’ demand this fall http://zite.to/ql9GF3 # The 2012 London Olympics trying to get Paul and Ringo to perform together, is reportedly offering them $3000 #obscure http://t.co/a2fi2VM # Ran errands all morning…
Disney, Movies
Cars 2 dazzles but ultimately disappoints
The streak is over. Cars 2 isn’t a bad film by any measure. It’s visually dazzling, it has some fine action set pieces, and it has a breakneck pace that is far from boring. It also features a witty spy…
My Quora answers, UX 101, UX Articles
What is the most enjoyable part about being a UX/UI designer?
Solving problems that people never knew they had. I go back to what Henry Ford said, when asked about his "horseless carriage": "If I had asked what people wanted, I'd have made a faster horse." I have done numerous user…
My Quora answers, UX 101, UX Articles
What are the specific parts and pieces in a UX Architecture?
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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Twitter Updates for 2011-07-11
Hours later “Is This You?” DM phishing scam still flooding Twitter » Twitter http://zite.to/opkEgF # My answer on @Quora to: Who is the protagonist in Hitchock's "Psycho?" http://qr.ae/7p43o # For @mfrost11 here's a great article on the biggest "choke" in…
My Quora answers, UX Articles
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…
Movies, My Quora answers
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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Twitter Updates for 2011-07-10
OK, I slept on it, and my revised impressions of Google + is that its not there yet, but its getting there… # Some of the most useful Google + tools: http://t.co/ju3KceO # OK, the "Sparks" feature in Google +,…
Movies, My Quora answers
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…
Movies, My Quora answers
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…