When I originally checked out Get Satisfaction, I was immediately impressed. However, it wasn't until I needed to get in and use it for myself that I really began to appreciate the depth of thought apparent in the interface.
Comments: 3 (view/add your own)I wanted to have an open-ended chat with anyone that's interested in the issue Tracker. We'll be talking about the status, progress, features, ideas, and anything else that comes to mind.
The perfect storm of events happened yesterday,my entire file system reverted to a state from many hours before. I was only mildly concerned until it happened again this morning.
Comments: 11 (view/add your own)The Onion comes through with a laugh. Kevin Cornell helps me dress better, and maybe decorate better too unless I can control myself. And Garrett, the other one, reminds me that Apple makes me cry a little bit inside.
The format of my site doesn't really allow for quick little links, so I thought I'd start sharing some noteworthy links for sites and products that I've used, enjoyed, or pre-ordered. It's an easy way for me to share things without writing a detailed post about each one.
Webmaster Jam Session is right around the corner, September 21st through 22nd. There's a great lineup of speakers, and if it's anything like last year, it should be plenty of fun. I'll be doing a session on application interface design as well if you're into that sort of thing.
If you've visited the site in the last week or so, you may have noticed that I'm experimenting with Campfire as a replacement for comments. This is a quick retrospective about how it's gone.
One of the easiest ways to improve an interface is to use ambient indicators to help set user expectations and effectively communicate and reinforce simple concepts. OS X does this rather elegantly with its close buttons on windows.
We take a good look through SimpleLog, a Ruby on Rails weblog application that does less. It's designed to be simple, as the name indicates, and focuses on writing above all else.