Strawberry season is here in Chiang Mai, a photo by Jeff McNeill on Flickr. Tweet

Now this feels like an annual event, prognosticating Social Media for the new year. First in 2011, then for 2012. Let’s see how things work out for 2013. Overlooked for 2012 First, what did we miss? Well, a year ago the whole Pinterest phenomenon wasn’t on the radar, and also the importance of Instagram (since […]

There has been a raft of poor design in the web design on important websites and applications. There is no explanation for it other than the fact that the designers are believing their own propaganda. Let me explain. Five Recent Design Disasters Evernote, Skitch, Springboard Mashable YouTube Design is Not Important Design is not important, […]

Baguette and Olive Oil, a photo by Jeff McNeill on Flickr. Tweet

Remember Vista? That version of Windows most people were able to avoid, or quickly uninstalled? Yeah. Windows 8 may be that kind of system. Windows 7 Service Pack 1 is fairly stable, so for Windows XP people, time to upgrade. For those who might need a computer in the next two years, better buy that […]

Usability is a complex phenomena, especially when it comes to mobile. Hardware, operating system, application ecosystem, all play a role. I’ve just updated an old Kindle Fire to Android Jellybean. This experience forced me to compare iOS on an iPad 2 with Android Jellybean on a Kindle Fire. Obviously the screens are different sizes. Nevertheless […]

DEAD END 2006, a photo by CHRISTOPHER DOMBRES on Flickr. Tweet

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