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3 views of Polygon’s responsive website

Posted on 17/01/2013 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

polygon.com is a great responsive website. Checkout these screenshots from their web, ipad and mobile views. The idea with responsive is for the website and content to adjust to the device viewport for a smooth experience. The smaller the screen,…

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LinkedIn’s redesign, 3 key changes

Posted on 15/01/2013 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

I’ve been covering LinkedIn’s mobile app redesign here and here. Their website redesign has taken a revolutionary, slow and quiet approach as well and it’s working for them. A few things to note: No more tabs – Tabs are so…

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StumbleUpon and Pinterest

Posted on 14/10/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — 1 Comment ↓

StumbleUpon beta has a new, Pinteresty design. I hate even mentioning that website that lets you just refashion existing content because StumbleUpon breaks me out of my normal search patterns. If you’ve never tried it StumbleUpon can show you websites…

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The power of no

Posted on 08/10/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Since September 2011 I’ve been marketing Dirt and Rust and that work is now starting to bear fruit. Unfortunately, till the end of the year I’m not taking on any client work, but isn’t that always the way. Till the…

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LinkedIn updates their iphone app again

Posted on 10/09/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

I wrote about LinkedIn’s iphone app being changed slowly, and the masses don’t seem to be complaining at all, which seems to be proving my point. Small changes win! The app now has more sensible icons for Updates, You, Messages…

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Change your UI without losing users

Posted on 14/08/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Just finished reading this post on UX Mag about Overhauling a UI Without Upsetting Users. It discusses in great detail how companies like Facebook and Twitter, and even Google, have riled user with large, wholescale design updates. I’ve discussed the…

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5 reasons why Newsmap.jp is still the bomb

Posted on 04/08/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

There’s more than one way to get your news There are websites and apps out there a plenty that show you news. Flipboard is a great example of news taken to its logical conclusion. But before it came Newsmap.jp and…

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A usable website makes you feel something

Posted on 13/05/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

This article I just found on SearchEngineLand.com goes into great detail about how Emotional Design and SEO can cohabitate, and it explores why websites that elicit emotion are effective but it gets lost in the woods and misses the point.…

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Usability testing – Is your great design actually making things worse?

Posted on 16/04/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

Is your great design making things worse? Usability testing can help you find out. First, you need to know what is usability so you can make most effective use of the data you collect. More on usability Jakob Nielsen, usability…

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Are we there yet? How the Four Hour Workweek applies to Usability

Posted on 12/04/2012 by Nathaniel Flick — No Comments ↓

I’ve started reading The Four Hour Workweek and while the title is overly catchy, there’s some truth there. I first heard about the book and the author Timothy Ferriss in The New Yorker magazine (thanks mom!) and the principles therein…

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