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  • Jun
  • 30
  • 2008

Yahoo Rocks my World! (Sorry,

A look back to when and why Yahoo rocked my (and other people’s) world.

In what I feel is a great example of the Yahoo approach to excel in user experience is their Search Assistant. As I enter my search into Yahoo Search they automatically provide me with suggested auto-complete phrases. When the search runs, I…

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  • Jun
  • 27
  • 2008

Making the switch … back!

Why “thinking different” is thinking linux.

You touched on similar feelings to mine. I’ve played with Mac OSX on multiple occasions, and found it extremely resistive. It’s very pretty, it’s clean, and little zippier, but in some ways more clumsy. I found…

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  • Jun
  • 26
  • 2008

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lego

Do you wanted to know how many bricks are produced per minute? How many bricks have been produced in history? What’s the best-selling set ever? What has been the worst? Do they recycle? You sent the questions and here you have the answers: Here’s the definitive mega-reference, straight from Lego.

We are always working to improve the assortment of pieces available through our Pick a Brick service. Right now we have over 900 elements available. Unlike the traditional toy retail business, its more difficult for us to project which…

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  • Jun
  • 23
  • 2008

Extreme Usability: How to Make an Already-Great Design Even Better (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox, June 23, 2008)

The 1% of websites that don't suck can be made even better by strengthening exceptional user performance, eliminating miscues, and targeting company-wide use and unmet needs.
99% of readers can stop here; this column is for people who have a great website or intranet.

Certainly, if your design ultimately works for your test users, you don't have high-priority usability issues. But miscues are still symptoms of something you ought to correct (once you've fixed the design disasters, of…

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  • Jun
  • 09
  • 2008

Oh ‘g’

Google is undergoing a tumultuous branding exercise. This has become most apparent in their recent exercise of changing the tiny icon that appears in your browser’s address bar — the Google ‘g’.

What can you doWhen presented withThis new and.. um … blueWholly out of placeUnchanging, so longStaring in your faceThis supposedlyPart of a big planNew lowercase g

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  • Jun
  • 03
  • 2008

Acrobat.com is SAASy

This is how Acrobat.com, which has all the yummy goodness of Flash and AIR, makes me FEEL.

Adas Technologies - Software & Web Development Company. & Multimedia, e-commerce, dynamic web development & Cheapest Web Development Company,& Promotion of Delhi Mart.Adas Technologies Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, India

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  • May
  • 31
  • 2008

The Product Guy’s Weekend Reading (May 30, 2008)

Have a great weekend leaning about the value of Twitter’s consumer loyalty, the importance of credibility within design, and the role of Interoperability within Modular Innovation.

On Modular Innovation…http://www.feld.com/blog/archives/2008/05/no_api_you_suck.htmlA cornerstone of Modular Innovation is Interoperability (e.g. via API’s). Without Interoperability, today’s new product, or…

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  • May
  • 27
  • 2008

PBwikis. Sticky for almost 500,000.

PBwiki is just about to host its 500,000 wiki. Take a look as The Product Guy checks to see if now is the right time for you to nibble on some PBwiki.

(part 4 of 7) Wikia, Wetpaint, PBwiki, Google Sites, and Versionate. There are literally hundreds of different wikis available, each offering unique online experiences and presenting different interpretations of what it means to be a wiki….

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  • May
  • 26
  • 2008

Samsung Announces New 256 GB SSD

Largest SSD To Date!

Why not 8 32GB SDHCs? That's be cheaper. Sandisk has them, but not price my guess is only $300….Either way you slice it Solid State aint cheap!!! Especially when compared to 3.5″ and quite a bit when compared to 7200RPM 2.5″…

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  • May
  • 22
  • 2008

Happy Birthday Web 2.0!

The web is currently 2.0. Its birthday song is beginning to be sung. From semantic to simply 3.0 the harmony of voices can be seen, in parts, beginning to emerge.

SORRY!, I HAD TO!, tho i did enjoy it, but i’m SOOOO against the “WEB 2.0″. For reasons that i have’nt blogged about yet, but i actually REALLY SHOULD, and very soon!.

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  • May
  • 16
  • 2008

Got Skype? Want Skype?

“Do you want Skype?” Now a question being discussed amongst the likes of Google and eBay; remains an common, onerous question asked amongst friends, and new acquaintances.

wanna talk on fone?can u talk on fone?do u have a fone?is it plugged in? can u dial?can u connect?can u try again?how about now? is there a dial tone?is the echo gone?is the echo gone?where ya from? long with fone?just get fone?stuff with fone?is…

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  • May
  • 12
  • 2008

Threnody of Netscape

With the next generation of browser wars in full swing, one may look upon the browser wars of past, and reminisce over the passing of Netscape.

I used Netscape,It was good and it was great. They A. Online,Did not see the good in time. We everyone,Do know there are more to - come. October 13, 1994 - February 1, 2008

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  • May
  • 06
  • 2008

Wonder Wikis… they are Free and they are Hosted!

With so many wiki choices available, how do you choose? The Product Guy explores and ranks the free, hosted wikis available to both the individual and company. Read on to find out which is the ultimate wiki.

I’ve been using PBwiki for a couple of months now. I find it to be a great way to keep track of information in a central location that I won’t lose. I’ve been using it particularly to keep track of projects and also…

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  • May
  • 01
  • 2008

seven seven 49B

It may be in private beta, but zenbe has brought harmony to my life (of emailing).

NeverWillGetToTheOneLastMessageLedByATonLestINowDoMigrationWithNewLikeGmailDotComButBetterAndMostMoreFunWithPagesAndEmailDoneIHaveItDidEnlighten

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  • Apr
  • 27
  • 2008

Oh Twitter!

to tweet the PERFECT tweet

To you Who I love to speak In time Tersely shared Tweeted tweeted tweeted - TWEET Everyone who does do follow Really all hoping for business model