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This isn’t a rant about the proliferation of mobile devices and how they are going to do everything except change your cat’s litter box in the future. It’s simply about improving your design chops. I’ve decided that new feature work should start with ...read more

When you can delete a friendship or start a call depending on a slip of a pixel… Posted to Design and tagged as tokbox , buttons , ui Similar Posts Tellitip 27: Create default friends for new users in Community Server Anti-Permission ...read more

It gets your content up higher by default.  Those of you on UI design threads with me at Telligent know that pushing content down is a pet peeve of mine. IE8 Chrome Same content in 1/2 the wasted pixels with OOTB defaults.  Posted to Design ...read more

Your ROI may be based on new member registrations, but you can’t forget about treating your existing members better.  They are going to be your strongest advocates.  Done poorly… Linkedin – Requires new page loads and extra clicks for existing ...read more

This post highlights the tools you need to be a PM today in order to ideate & define the products & specifications you own.  If you need more than this you are doing it wrong.  The idea is to clearly communicate the goals & intent ...read more

There are plenty of good lessons to take away from the following deck by Randy Farmer . Context Is King: Lessons from Online Communities View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: communities incentive ) To me, a big ...read more

One of the most thrilling aspects of purchasing the 3G iPhone was seeing the size of the power adaptor.  Seriously, having been a Zune/Blackjack user for the last year, it was a relief to find out that the adaptor was lighter & smaller than the ...read more

Here are two bits from the user registration process at Digg that makes them a little more human. and Posted to Design and tagged as digg , registration , ui , fun Similar Posts OCS 2007 - On Crowdsourcing Are You Ready for Smarter ...read more

I don't know why, but lately I'm a sucker for things like this... Posted to Design and tagged as ui , text Similar Posts Anti-Permission Marketing - Why I stopped using Windows Live Mail They advertise the hell out of scrabble ...read more

Something that's never really discussed in the visual age is the voice of your product or Community. Words are just as important as important as the visual design and layout. The language of your product educates, informs, and sets the tone of the ...read more

Don't tell my dev team's but today is the first day I've felt like I could catch my breath since taking on the challenge of building up a Program Manager foundation at Telligent. That means that it's a good time to talk about what I've ...read more

I love this touch of personality... especially considering this tool is made for something that's traditionally boring... ...read more

I’ve been thinking about the differences between developing social and traditional applications. What’s the difference, for example, between developing Word and Facebook? The obvious difference is that one is social and one isn’t. But what does that really ...read more

I love little things like this. It seems silly, but goals have been proven to motivate people. They don't work alone, but when combined with other compelling expereinces goals can put your user's average time on site through the roof. A recent ...read more