Eyes on the user experience (user-testing websites with real people)
Notes from a presentation by Optimal Usability at Write Limited in Wellington, New Zealand on 25 November 2011.
Dilbert and social media
(Source: dilbert.com)
Social media and you
Where should you post your status?
Map of online communities (updated)
Based on data gathered over the Spring and Summer of 2010.
A large, full size view of the image is also available.
Source: xkcd: A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.
(Source: imgs.xkcd.com)
Chance favours the connected mind
In “Where Good Ideas Come From”, author Steven Johnson discusses the questions: What sparks the flash of brilliance? How does groundbreaking innovation happen?
This is a video promo for Johnson’s book, itself an innovation.
Visit Johnson’s website at www.stevenberlinjohnson.com.
(Source: youtube.com)
Digital Trends 2010
by Jorgen Dalena nd Kristian Palshaugen
Some of the information is a little out of date now, but a good list none-the-less.
The trends:
- Social media fatigue
- Real-time search and social search
- The end of the Intranet…as we know it
- Content leaves home
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Service on demand
- User-friendly collaboration tools
- The new interface
- iPhone killers
Highlights from Day One of the ALGIM Web Symposium 2010. Presentation to team members with an emphasis on Dave O’Brien’s card sorting presentation.
“We spent $860,000 rebuilding our intranet. The most popular page on the intranet is still the cafeteria menu.”
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Within the next 10 years, the semantic web will take us from the age of information to the age of knowledge. Simple tools and services will allow individuals, corporations and governments to quickly glean meaning from the vast amounts of data they have compiled. This move from a ‘World Wide Web’ to a ‘world wide database’ will allow for hidden relationships and connections to quickly surface, driving both innovation and (unfortunately) exploitation. The impact of the semantic web will be substantial. It will help create new industries, influence campaign strategies and lead to ground-breaking discoveries in both science and medicine.”
– Bryan Trogdon, president of First Semantic
– Bryan Trogdon, president of First Semantic
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Wolowitz [about Sheldon]: How long’s he been stuck?
Leonard: Intellectually about 30 hours, emotionally about 29 years.
Wolowitz: Have you tried rebooting him?
Leonard: No, I think it’s a firmware problem.
Leonard: Intellectually about 30 hours, emotionally about 29 years.
Wolowitz: Have you tried rebooting him?
Leonard: No, I think it’s a firmware problem.
The Einstein Approximation episode - The Big Bang Theory
