Archive for the ‘User Focused’ Category

If you’re going to “drive traffic” be a good chauffeur

Messaging is often pointed at a “target” (ew) and notably focused on the demands and desires of brands. “Let’s drive traffic” is heard on a near infinite loop.
I wonder what it’d look like for these “campaigns” to focus on accomplishing their goal as a good chauffeur would.
image via gamikun

Google Notebook

I have been using Notebook since the Summer of 08. Dan, fellow Skip Wisconsin blogger and all around solid guy, made a short introduction video to Notebook. I think you’ll find both the introduction video and the service helpful.
View his original post here
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The wall is down?

There is a wall… what does it take to take it down? Then what?

Story Telling = Confidence?

Story Trainers… we need more story… who is going to step up?

Sliding Note Pad in OS X

Sliding note pad from the side of the screen. Make it kinda like adium or the dock when it hides. I would love to have that.

Little Speckles

Ceiling fixing is a total mess and a huge market. There are so many ceilings that need fixing. Lets make it easy — huh?

It is not only what we are going to build

Do customers actually want what you are building or do they settle for it?

Newspaper ad positioning

Newspapers: Lets presort the ad inserts for the user! Stick all the electronic ones i.e. Best Buy and Circuit City in one place inside the newspaper, e.g. the sports section. Ladies, lets have the Target ad and the Wallmart ad right inside the home section. What do you say?

Bus Use Made Simple?

Bus as Car Replacement Transportation? Not quite yet, but it could be.
I got on a Metro Transit (Minneapolis and Saint Paul) bus not knowing where it was going or how to use it a number of times in the last month. I have never ever had the problems I have had in my own city [...]