http://interfacethis.com UX Commentary, Software, Web Apps, Rants Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:33:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After dinner a few Thanksgivings ago we got bored. So we did what anyone would do: create a short spoof Civil War documentary with Legos. I should've posted this ages ago. http://interfacethis.com/2008/your-lego-mom/ http://interfacethis.com/2008/how-do-i-get-myself-into-these-things/ I would advise against simultaneously updating your Facebook status from Twitter and your Twitter status from Facebook: http://interfacethis.com/2008/whoops/ They say a picture is worth a thousand words. But are all pictures created equal? Wouldn't a block-long mural be worth more than a toolbar icon? After extensive research I've found the answer to this critical question. As you can see, pictures hit the 1000-word mark at just under 1 megapixel. ... http://interfacethis.com/2008/how-many-words-is-a-picture-worth/ Stanford's B.J. Fogg is redefining simplicity. Not in the marketing sense (The Widget 3000: Redefining Simplicity!); this is something useful. That simplicity equals good user experience is a common perception, and rather than challenge it he and his team are examining exactly what it means to be simple. This comes at ... http://interfacethis.com/2007/dux-07-what-is-simplicity/ In the beginning, there was the answering machine. Its operation was simple. Some people wouldn't leave messages, claiming they "don't like to talk to machines," but I never met anyone who couldn't figure out what to do with one. I took a lovely hand-me-down answering machine to college. It sported the ... http://interfacethis.com/2007/iphone-voicemail/ Woke up in North Carolina. (No sausage gravy this morning, but man was it tasty yesterday.) Stopped long enough in Philly for a cheesesteak ("wiz wit") at Pat's with Erich. For dinner, crepes on Union St. in San Francisco. I feel so well-traveled. Looking out a week it's Boston, the Gunks, ... http://interfacethis.com/2007/raleigh-for-breakfast-philly-for-lunch-san-fran-for-dinner/ ...and really a significant upgrade from MSN Napkin 2006. http://interfacethis.com/2007/my-favorite-microsoft-product/ Job: check. Apartment: check. Internet: check. TV...working on it. Megan: visiting Friday. Things could be worse. The sun is shining and I'm writing from my cushy seat on the Yahoo! commuter shuttle bus. Despite the rumors, hunting for an apartment in San Francisco isn't really that different from hunting for an ... http://interfacethis.com/2007/california-the-first-week/ Zirrus has continued its explosive growth in the last week, expanding to over 3500 registered users. We've received a lot of useful feedback; if you submitted comments and haven't heard back yet, we're working through it as fast as we can. Today we're excited to announce one major improvement and one ... http://interfacethis.com/2007/zirrus-international-characters-and-rss/