June 2010
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The Local Maximum →
In his latest article on 52 Weeks of UX, Joshua Porter once again nails an important aspect of UX:
One strategy we might employ is to optimize until we reach a point of diminishing returns: design until changes just aren’t having a big effect. Then, stop optimizing and return to other kinds of analysis to figure out the next steps. Conduct interviews. Do user testing. Give surveys, ask...
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“The best software has a vision. The best software takes sides. When someone uses...”
– Jason Fried, Getting Real
This quotes latest reincarnation appears in Mike Rundles excellent article Kill The Settings, Build Opinionated Software and is still very true.
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iPhone OS Service Menu →
Chris Clarks excellent idea delivers functionality, which remains discoverable, fits into the existing workflow and solves one of the remaining problems of copy’n’past in the iPhone OS. What’s not to like about it?
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Sexy Skills of Data Geeks →
In his excellent article on the rise of the Data Scientist, Nathan of Flowing Data writes:
Even if you’re not into visualization, you’re going to need at least a subset of the skills […] if you want to seriously mess with data. Statisticians should know APIs, databases, and how to scrape data; designers should learn to do things programmatically; and computer scientists...