The 1 millionth video of the “shit xyz says” variety, and like most of the “me too” variants it’s not as funny as the first one, but still offers some uncanny parallels to, err, my life.
I’m trying to buy a frame. I’ve bought one from Rahmenwerk before for a lovely print by Gavin Harrison I got for Christmas a few years ago. Now I received another print by Harrison and would like a matching frame. Found it on the website, put it in the cart. Since I was there I figured I could just as well look for a passepartout and a frame for Ms Muffinhead, who was given to me by a friend. Found the right size for the passepartout, put it in cart.
Was then shown this page, which told me that I can’t put something from a different brand in the same cart. WTF? And why does the cart list my order? Never mind, I need that first frame anyway, I don’t care if the passepartout is 3 or 5 bucks… Ended up choosing another passepartout from the same brand that made the frame. Add to cart. Same message. Double WTF.
So what’s happening now? I’ll take my business elsewhere, that’s what’s now, because this kind of stuff really irritates me. Ms Muffinhead will move into the old frame, and the Harrison prints, well, they need something new. So any recommendations for good online frame shops (or a proper shop in Berlin) are welcome.
This presentation was held a month ago at the German IA conference. Enjoy!
If you like this presentation, there are some others around this topic on Yiibu’s slideshare.
via The Hot Strudel - thanks, Jan!
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I don’t know how I can have worked in user expereince for over five years and not have come across this term! Basically, to “satisfice”describes the fact that users don’t make optimal choices but click whatever seems reasonable first. The term itself is a merger between “satisfy” and “suffice” - basically, it means something is good enough. which is a familiar enough concept in usability… But of course satisfice sounds so much smarter!
Read more: Smashing Magazine, Wikipedia
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Taking all these greasy little fingerprints as a source of information is a great idea, and the photos George Kokkindis took have their own beauty (I wonder is the iDraft image a self-portrait ;-)?).
Interestingly, the results mirror heatmaps that are often generated to analyise websites with expensive eyetracking tools. You can even sense how much pressure is applied to individual areas on the screen.
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Very cute video about what it actually is that a UX designer does.
via Robert’s facebook (thanks for posting!)
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Cute idea that was built at Foursquare hack day: Sign in with Foursquare and it will send you a daily mail telling you what you did on this date a year ago.
(A bit of gushing: love the URL, love the little logo.)
via @Mari18
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The principles were written in 1995, and the team at Inksie went out to illustrate these principles and put them into today’s context. (via)
Visit Vitsoe’s website for a simpler overview Rams’ design principles.
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