Category: Communication

Campaign Monitor – When it comes to opting-in for email, un-checked is best
Pretty simple don’t force people to uncheck a box to sign up for your cruddy newsletter, opt-in is a better design and better user experience.
January 16, 2011
Alex Payne – Shortchanging Your Business with User-Hostile Platforms
Cross platform means it does nothing great and everything sub-par at best.
January 16, 2011
Inc. – How to Kill a Bad Idea
Start learning to say no and push back against bad ideas.
January 12, 2011
Signal vs. Noise – There is no place for just shitting all over other people’s work
Vitriol isn’t helpful, valid criticism is.
January 11, 2011
Subtraction.com – Blu-Ray Blues
I’ve thought about purchasing a Blu-Ray player but I keep avoiding it due to crap like this.
January 10, 2011
UX Movement – Why Your Form Buttons Should Never Say Submit
While submit describes a generic case of what the user is doing (ie. submitting a form) it doesn’t really help the user know what the button is for.
January 8, 2011
SmartlyEdu Blog – Ugly Software Gives Education a Bad Name
Education software has to be the software that I hear most widely and routinely criticized, especially by people who otherwise have little to no opinion on the design of software in general.
January 8, 2011
Daring Fireball – Uniformity vs. Individuality in Mac UI Design
I’m in the fence about this, certain elements should retain their conformity for ease of use by users.
January 8, 2011
Panic Blog – Panic on the Mac App Store
The Mac App Store opened up today and Panic is all on there.
January 7, 2011
UX Myths – Myth #29: People are rational
The post is an awesome read and ends with a nice list of books to read to explore the subject further.
January 6, 2011