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Jul 24, 2006
Branding

Never Forget About Fun

I just read a blog post from Robert Scoble about Zillow, the super-hot real estate start-up based here in Seattle. Robert discusses Zillow underpricing his Bothell, WA house’s value by $30,000, and why it’s best to buy a house in Half Moon Bay dur...

Jul 24, 2006
Vista

Channel 9 Interview with Jenny Lam, the Windows Ux Poobah

This is an oldie, but a goodie. Jenny Lam, Creative Director for the Windows Ux organization, MSX, did an interview with Robert Scoble for Channel 9 a while back, where she chatted with him about “this whole Experience thing.” You can see the 40 ...

Jul 24, 2006
Branding

Brand, Identity, and Snarky Commentary

I just stumbled across the Identityworks website, by way of Digg. Although I’ve never seen Identityworks before, it’s rapidly becoming a new favorite. Dating all the way back 1998, the site catalogues brand and logo changes from across the Fortune...

Jul 23, 2006
Apple

The Gold-Standard for UI Guidelines

For as long as I’ve been involved in UI design, I have considered the Apple Human Interface Guidelines to be the gold-standard of User Experience guidelines. They are available on Apple’s developer website, and are well-worth reading, regardless o...

Jul 23, 2006
Flash

Flickr Tag-Based Picture Browser

Felix Turner, a Flash developer at Brightcove, built a super-nifty swirly, spinny “web 2.0-ish” Flickr picture browser that searches upon tags and returns its results in a nifty little UI. Perhaps not mind-blowing, but it is fun, especially the w...