Category Archives: User Experience

Set Them Free

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Kevin Hall

Scott Karp wrote an interesting piece about online journalism. In it he makes a good point about what is often referred to as “stickiness” or how much you do to keep people on your site. Stickiness is important to site … Continue reading →

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Why a Geek won't buy HD-DVD or Blu-ray Discs

Posted on May 3, 2007 by Kevin Hall

It’s simply not worth the trouble. Ignoring the obvious ethical and social issues, DRM leads to an arms race that should never have started. And it is one that the DRM pushers are sure to lose. It costs loads of … Continue reading →

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John McCain Loses My Vote

Posted on December 14, 2006 by Kevin Hall

For while he almost had me with his maverick attitude and independent slant. His talk about compromise and ethics reforms. His sudden decision to speak at Bob Jones University without holding to his earlier pledge to tell off the racists … Continue reading →

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Websites That Don't Suck

Posted on December 11, 2006 by Brad

I recently came across a great article that gives 14 of the biggest mistakes you can make in web design. The article makes sense and in my opinion is almost dead on. The video that is linked to at the … Continue reading →

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American History 101

Posted on November 6, 2006 by Kevin Hall

You’re a large organization with divisions and departments and teams. You have vice presidents and managers and team leaders. You have a web team that manages your massive public web site. They have designers and developers and a manager. So, … Continue reading →

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One Small Step For Man….

Posted on October 26, 2006 by Brad

(via Yahoo News) Is really hard to see if you are blind. “Links list dialogue.” “Links list view.” “Your Account — Two of 164.” This is what the Internet sounds like to Chris Danielsen. Danielsen is blind. He’s using a … Continue reading →

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Good Design IS Good Business

Posted on October 14, 2006 by Kevin Hall

Brad posed the question of whether spending money for quality design work is a good business decision. I’ve been thinking on that this week and in my biased opinion it absolutely, without question, depends on the business and project in … Continue reading →

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Net Neutrality and Short Sightedness

Posted on February 8, 2006 by Kevin Hall

Google’s Vincent Cerf testified before Congress on the issue of Net Neutrality. His testimony is well reasoned and insightful. It is available as a PDF file. I recommend that everyone read it and think long and hard about this issue. … Continue reading →

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Tough Choices and Making Progress

Posted on January 27, 2006 by Kevin Hall

The world is not always the way we wish. I wrote a few days ago about how the state of Digital Rights Management (DRM) for music and movies is not where we want it. Andrew McLaughlin, senior policy counsel at … Continue reading →

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T…

Posted on January 24, 2006 by Kevin Hall

Volkher Hofmann is boycotting Sony BMG, Blue Note, and EMI. Why? Because he is sick and tired of paying to be disrespected by those labels and their intrusive Digital Rights Management (DRM) schemes. And he’s not alone. The audiophiles and … Continue reading →

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