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Category Archives: Usability

Alpha-testing the new SocialThing

June 10, 2008 – 7:49 pm

I had a chat with Matt Galligan at the Web 2.0 Expo about the new version of his social network aggregator SocialThing. And now, just a few weeks later, the alpha is up for QA.
The new SocialThing looks much more advanced than it’s rival FriendFeed.

The next generation of the site now groups all of your [...]

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My Facebook wish list

May 26, 2008 – 9:46 am

Dear Facebook,
Before you launch your new redesign, consider the following improvements. They shouldn’t be hard to implement.

Events tab. Facebook’s event application is great if you have large groups becuase you can message all members.

Smaller app invite icons. Make the important icons (friend requests, event invites, photo tags) larger, and the developer app invites a lot [...]

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My muxtape is ready

April 10, 2008 – 4:38 pm

I have been playing with Muxtape for a few weeks now, but only today I am satisfied with my first tape.

Cyan had a shower thought about Muxtape: they should let you buy the songs through iTunes or something and give a profit to the artist.
Kinda cool. Beware, my muxtape may not be the kind of [...]

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Music Vote wins on simplicity, timeliness

September 5, 2007 – 12:41 am

Most Facebook apps are annoying. They take up profile space, and they require too much interaction to be fun.
mp3.com’s Music Vote application is a successful app because it’s easy to use, it’s updated daily, and it doesn’t intrude on one’s Facebook experience.

CNET’s Robert Balousek, Jonathan Zuckerman, and Garrick Cheung have put together a simple yet [...]

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Facebook for your iPhone

August 15, 2007 – 12:43 am

I don’t have an iPhone, but now I really want one.
Facebook has launched a slick new interface for the iPhone: http://iphone.facebook.com
It uses Joe Hewitt’s powerful iUi, and it’s even simpler than their web client. You can view your profile, wall, or messages with just one tap. It even has a photo gallery.
I love this simplified [...]

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Highlights from WordCamp 2007

July 23, 2007 – 2:07 am

Unconferencing is one of the reasons I moved to San Francisco. They are free, geek-infested, and very enlightening. The open source software community is probably my favorite group of folks to hang out with here.
I spent my whole day at WordCamp 2007, hosted at the Swedish American Hall in downtown SF.

The event was [...]

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