Help Users Choose by Reducing Choices
Let’s face it, you probably won’t be surprised if I tell you that you’re faced with hundreds, maybe even thousands of choices a day. We are all increasingly aware that our lives have become busy messes and decision making has…
SpeedyMarks Background Color Changer
I’m testing out new functionality on Flickr, that allows me to immediately post Flickr photos to my blog. I thought I would test this out by posting a screen shot of a new website I recently stumbled upon (http://www.stumbleupon.com/).
Keep Users Engaged with Motivational Design
Intrinsic motivation, it’s what makes us want to do something because the activity of doing it in and of itself is is enjoyable. Extrinsic motivation on the other hand, is when we are motivated by things outside ourselves, like money. It is…
How does this make you feel?
We are by nature social animals. This is one of the reasons social networking is so huge and has had exponential success. We like to know that others are thinking about us, wondering about us, concerned about our feelings. We…
Visualizing Information: The Netflix Network
Recently I came across the Visual Complexity website thanks to Adaptive Paths signposts for the week ending March 5th. A particular graphic by Christopher Hefele popped out at me called the NetFlix Similarity Map. Having written a paper on the intelligence of…