February 26, 2013
by deCadmus
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After years of being among “the world’s best hermit crabs” by repurposing others’ leftover bits of real estate, Google is considering building its own Googleplex “from scratch”. How to design such a space? By accumulating data, of course. Google studied, … Continue reading
February 7, 2013
by deCadmus
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“There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.”
—KEN OLSEN, CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation“There is no reason that anyone will need to do that on mobile.”
—YOUR COMPANY, PROBABLY
—Karen McGrane, in Content Strategy for Mobile
February 5, 2013
by deCadmus
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I’ve been diving deep into the well of web content strategy as something of a progression of my user experience practice. It’s yet another series of intimate intersections and convergences: usability with copywriting, content management and information architecture, analytics and … Continue reading
August 4, 2011
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With 100,000 subscribers, The New Yorker is enjoying better sales on the iPad than its sister Condé Nast publications — including Wired Magazine. But wait… Wired is all about technology — and in particular all things digital — and the … Continue reading
October 6, 2008
by deCadmus
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I’ll admit it: the usability geek in me is smitten with the coolest doodad of the political season, CNN’s live dial-testing of a focus group during the debates. There it is in real-time — the collective response of a group … Continue reading
April 7, 2008
by deCadmus
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I’m taking a day off. Yes, really. In lieu of the new and stunningly original piece of pith (I could have phrased that better, I’m certain) you were expecting to find in this space today, I offer this from the … Continue reading
March 28, 2008
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From the Bloggle Archives, circa March, 2002. I wrote this as an antidote to what struck me as a surge in misplaced web design ideals; ideals that, in fact, turned out to be the beginning of ‘Web 2.0,’ for all … Continue reading
March 13, 2008
by deCadmus
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When there is a confluence of links — when not one, but two sites I visit every day features links to the very same interesting new thing — I can’t resist. And so I learned of Lollyphile, and their Maple-Bacon … Continue reading