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Start with a warning

1 Jun 2011

Start with a warning

While creating a new google group I was directed to the newly formed group page. I was pleasantly greeted by a warning and disclaimer that a feature that I have yet to use will be deprecated in a few months.

I wonder if it would have taken them much more time to add some logic to only display this if a) the group has used this functionality and b) it’s not a brand new group.

Additionally, if I click on the “Download Pages” link… my browser happily downloads a zip file, which contains an empty index.txt file.

…it’s unfortunate that they’re deprecating this useful functionality.

Article  |  UX

WebVisions 2011

1 Jun 2011

Allison, Brian, and I attended WebVisions in Portland, OR on May 26-27. It was a great event, and I appreciated that time limits for speakers were mostly set at 15-30 minutes. This made for a more energetic conference than most, and speakers needed to get to the point quickly or risk not getting time to make one at all.

I attended as many design related presentations as I could, and this year the talk in web design has shifted from visual design to emotional and interaction design. What makes a user return? What excites them? How can you guide them through your site? Having a pleasing visual design isn’t a big deal anymore, because now that’s just expected.

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Quality Assurance

25 May 2011

Quality Assurance

While wrapping up an iteration for a client, the team was caught testing out one of the new video chat features.

Article  |  Development

Google Apps transition Help Center

22 Apr 2011

We recently received notification that our google apps account was transitioning to be more like a regular google email address. It contained this wonderful line:

“The Help Center also has answers to many common questions (note that you won’t be able to view the full Help Center until you’ve been transitioned).”

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It's the little things

30 Mar 2011

It's the little things

In preparation for leaving the country for a few months, I’ve been canceling a few of my subscriptions. As I was about to cancel my Netflix subscription, I was prompted with this screen, which gave me the option to put my account on hold versus cancel it. It’s the little things like this that impress me.

…now if I could only do that with my gym membership and phone plan.

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Goodbye Pearl...

26 Mar 2011

Goodbye Pearl...

We’re definitely going to miss having the basketball court across the street. However, we’re moving on to bigger adventures!

(Eric shoots… Carlos watches)

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