As a product design guy, I try out a lot of iPhone apps however the list of apps I actually use everyday is quite small. To keep things interesting I’ll skip built-in apps like Mail, Phone, and Calendar to focus on 3rd Party apps (especially appropriate as most expect Apple to hit the 1 billion…
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Back of the Napkin
I’ve mentioned Dan Roam’s visual thinking approach here before and you haven’t heard of him you should check him out. Congratulations to Dan on releasing his first book: The Back of the Napkin (available March 13th). He shared a pre-release copy with me in the fall and I must say it is going to be…
New Interactions Magazine
On my flight to the Interaction Design Association’s first conference in Savannah, GA I found it fitting to flip thru the revised Interactions Magazine. Richard Anderson and Jon Kolko, the new editors of the magazine, did a bang up job bringing in an assortment of new contributors which I found quite refreshing. Notably I really…
Email as an Input Method
I’ve noticed a number of services are popping up that use email as an input method in very creative ways. Here are a few examples: Tripit (Travel site aimed at organizing your itineraries) Users can forward any confirmation email (e.g. from an airline, hotel, rental car company, or travel site) to a unique email address…
Yahoo’s Elegant Interaction Design in Search
I read in Techcrunch about Yahoo!’s new improvements to search results. What caught my attention was how elegant the search suggestion widget operates. Unlike other search suggestion sites which annoyingly get in the way all the time with their smarts, this one senses hesitation in the search box and only then displays the results—that way…
Haas moves up to #2 in WSJ Poll
I’m very happy to announce that UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business moved up to #2 in the 2007 Wall Street Journal annual survey (up from #5 in 2006) of corporate recruiters. This is a testament to the high MBA education that we’re receiving at UC Berkeley and I’m thrilled to see the WSJ recognize…
Making Meaning
After working with Darrel Rhea of Cheskin for the past few months, we invited him to speak to our design team this week on his recent book Making Meaning (co-wrote with Nathan Shedroff and Steve Diller). At the core he speaks about how companies have three ways to create a long term strategic competitive advantage:…
eBay To Go
Last month eBay launched a new embeddable widget called eBay To Go which allowed bloggers to add a preview of an item or a search. Now eBay’s expanded that set to include a Seller and Store widget which is pretty cool. This allows eBay’s trading platform to extend to the far reaches of the blogosphere….
UX role within Corporations
One of the sessions I attended last week at CHI2007 I found useful was moderated by Richard Anderson on the increasing the role of User Expeirence teams within business. He was joined by the following on a panel: Jeremy Ashley (Oracle), Justin Miller (eBay), Secil Watson (Wells Fargo), Shauna Eves (Blue Sheild), Jim Nieters (Cisco),…
Event: CHI2007 Next Week
CHI is returning to San Jose for their 25th anniversary and I’ll be attending for the fourth time. While the conference at times is more academic than I would like there are always some good sessions. Here’s what I’m most excited about: Mon 8:30 – 10:30AM: Opening Plenary speaker, Bill Moggridge, who will hopefully talk…