Clients from Hell bugs the hell out of me. Take this recent post, for example: Me: “We did some research that indicates that the registration may have run out. Your organization registered and managed the domain name, so I can’t help with this since we have no involvement in managing the domain name.” Client: “[very [...]
Find out: http://www.designz23.com/ I’ve seen dozens of sites like this over the years and my reaction is always the same: after the initial luls die down, I can’t help but wonder if the joke’s on me, the Professional Web Designer. These sites satisfy a need.
The Times discusses a new milk jug design adopted by Wal-Mart and other big box grocers which cuts distribution costs dramatically. One problem, though. Did anyone try to use it? But if the milk jug is any indication, some of the changes will take getting used to on the part of consumers. Many spill milk [...]
Brand Tags asks people to describe a brand with a single word. The results are aggregated, painting a picture of how various brands are perceived. I was struck by how unaware most people are of some of the most popular internet sites and services. Look for the giant ? symbol: WordPress TechCrunch Flickr Gawker It’s [...]
Two quick—and only tangentially related—reads for Wednesday morning: On imagining Steve Ballmer embracing Firefox 3: But it’s also a nice little “thought exercise.” It is impossible to imagine Ballmer acting with this kind of initiative, imaginative or vision. (I’m not suggesting that what Briggs proposes is a good idea. Only that it is hard to [...]
I found myself riveted to this scathing writeup of the MTA’s Hudson Yards plans, announced today. (For those outside of NYC, the Hudson Yards is a large piece of undeveloped property in Hell’s Kitchen (or “Midtown West”), basically the last large piece of undeveloped property in Manhattan. As you might guess, it’s valuable. The Metropolitan [...]
The organizational psychologist in me loves to read insider accounts of life at innovative organizations like Google. 10 Insights From 11 Months Of Working At Google | Occam’s Razor by Avinash Kaushik Avinash’s blog and book are must-reads for anyone interested in web analytics.
Steve Jobs gives a legendary keynote at Macworld SF every January, launching products and giving a state of the union view of things at Apple. I wondered what effect the Jobs keynote had on Apple’s (AAPL) stock price in the short term. What if you invested $10,000 the day before the keynote, then sold at [...]
I’m no marketing expert. But if the goal is to build positive buzz for a product many feel is doomed to fail, perhaps you should only invite people who, oh, I don’t know, are able to use your product. Episode 9 of House, available nowhere.
I walked into my G train stop Friday morning and noticed that the Rider Report Card placards had arrived, complete with unused surveys littered all over the ground. Hooray! Time to give the MTA some real talk about the much-maligned G train! Before I get into G train improvements, though, let’s look at the insights [...]
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