April 2009
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Animated Infographic
I wonder if we could start creating animated infographics like this for Pharma clients: look how many views it got on YouTube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U&feature=channel_page
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Day 1 SXSW Interactive
slc:
There was a talk today by a guy named Paul Annett who works with Clearleft (aka Elf Cartel -the elf name was an experiment in creating an anagram out of the company’s letters and it stuck, so much so I wrote it down in my notes as his company)
His talk focused on the clever examples of designs which have not just engaged, but also delighted users.
We often talk about the ROI of...
WatchCool example of Microsoft Surface - Apple Iphone synergy
WatchPhysical & Digital Performance Art Collaboration
@ The Mohawk - 03/15/09
for SXSW
The finale is pretty crazy…
WatchSXSW Interactive
DorkBot Party - ArcAttack.com
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tarala:
Fat Lab: stylez p and AZ music video
Ux team should be a sub brand
Dorkbot is awesome #sxsw
about to check out collaborative filters recommendations engine talk by digg et. al.
we need more meta data and protocols for handling it when transferring social network information across platforms #sxswfsn
it’s cool that we can do it, but we need to make managing friends/contacts types wayy easier to manage… #sxswi
Three things needed for making social networks like air: 1. Identity 2. Contacts 3. Activities #sxswfsn
need to look into ‘open stack’ protocol #sxswfsn
“chat with friends about this product” hmm.. feels weird… but maybe. #sxswfsn
interesting: current.com ran tweets over the presidential debates, but is the future just showing me my friends’ tweets? also seems odd.
“[Company] culture and brand are the same thing.” #sxswi #keynote
Apparently studies show luck is partially determined by open mindedness
above and beyond customer service wins. #SXSWi
Talking the science behind happiness. Awesome. #sxsw #keynote
Sitting in on The Future of Social Networks #sxswfsn
future view of amazon.com: reviews from friends #sxswfsn
Got to talk to Daniel Burka! …He told me some super duper awesome news, but I promised I would not share. ;) #SXSWi
in the keynote with the zappos.com guy #SXSWi
“we will fire someone for not fitting in with our culture”
bribing incoming employees to quit their training and leave in order to confirm their loyalty… interesting
at zappos.com, twitter training has helped co-workers see each other as real people: their tweets are aggregated at twitter.zappos.com #SXSW
interesting concept for phone support: no scripts, no call time, no performance goals for reps #SXSWi #keynote
training: spending a week working in a warehouse or somewhere else doing something unrelated to job function
nice: “everything that relates to the customer experience is really a marketing expense”
“we’re not trying to maximize each and every transaction, we’re trying to build a relationship”
the phone is a powerful branding tool, even for web properties.
Attention sxsw! being in texas is not an excuse to wear hideous cowboy boots
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Don't sweat the rtc ux technique
tarala:
I’m repping #SXSW for chocolate city :)
“I hate when people only include the first few lines in their RSS feed, if your design is so damn important I’d be at your website already”
moderator finally asks an interesting question.. does an art director’s role change when content is being consumed in many places: RSS, etc.
burka says he’s a little embarrassed by the cluttered nature of the ads on digg: when ads are fighting against each other, everyone loses.
lol! burka is killing it! #SXSWi
burka from digg says: the designer’s responsibility is to shape the way the users shape the site.. like a choose your own adventure #SXSWi
In “Not the Same Old Story” with the creative director from digg and design director from nymag.com.. the moderator is kinda lame. #SXSWi
that quote is from former ‘boxes and arrows’ editor-in-chief liz danzico
burka takes the ‘top users’ controversy in stride and expresses love for greasemonkey scripts that mess with the digg UI #SXSWi
lol.. moderator tries to intellectually compare niche online zines to newspapers and gets his ass handed to him by burka.. #SXSWi
has “copy become the interface” ?
alright Mr.Daniel Burka, don’t make me love you unless you’re ready to commit (and if you catch this while ego surfing, let’s talk). #SXSWi
burka: digg and twitter are not really competing with news sites. they link to them. “there’s definitely a symbiotic relationship there.”
good Q from the audience: how have you increased engagement through design? burka: auto-collapsing bad comments increased usage by 25%
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Mo' Connected iPhone
tarala:
Facebook connect for iphone