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daily bizcard 043

on July 9, 2010 by Benton Barnett

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the official design processwhat it actually feels like

The Design Process

on July 8, 2010 by Benton Barnett

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Yes

on June 17, 2010 by Benton Barnett

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Books for Tall People

on June 16, 2010 by Benton Barnett

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“I want the car culture to fall down tomorrow, and I no longer care who knows it. I want the end of…”

I want the car culture to fall down tomorrow, and I no longer care who knows it. I want the end of single-occupant vehicles, and the end of suburbs that force us to drive 30 or 40 miles to get to a job. I want the end of plastic food produced in a factories thousands of miles away rather than grown in local community gardens and on nearby farms; and an end to clothing made in China by poverty-wage workers and shipped overseas, instead of sewn by us at the kitchen table. I want the end of over-programmed childrens’ schedules that force us to schlep the kids all over hither and yon, and jobs that require so much of our time away from our homes, gardens and families that we no longer have time to live as deliberately as our great-grandparents did.

unpolitic via Mattly

Posted June 15, 2010 by Benton Barnett

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The unimportance of product names

In Business on May 21, 2010 by Benton Barnett

I found this on the internet: The unimportance of product names

One thing we learned early on talking to Basecamp customers: Many of them didn’t even know that the app was called Basecamp. They called it “GroupHub” or “ProjectPath” because that was their project URL. Didn’t stop them from using it (or paying for it) though.

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The State of UX

In Business,Web on May 20, 2010 by Benton Barnett

UX Magazine posted a fantastic summery of the state of User Interface Design. A great overview of what the industry is trying to accomplish.

Some points it brings up:

I am beginning to think that the whole idea of attention is a key to designing an engaging UI. I’ll write more in future articles about that. Grabbing and holding onto attention, and not distracting someone when they are paying attention to something, are key concerns.

People look to others for guidance on what they should do, especially if they are uncertain. This is called social validation. This is why, for example, ratings and reviews are so powerful on websites.

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I will Italian cat, I will.

on April 27, 2010 by Benton Barnett

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Mirrors by Addiction

on April 26, 2010 by Benton Barnett

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The Garden of Cosmic Speculation

on April 24, 2010 by Benton Barnett

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