User Experience

Former Borders Employees Hit the Streets to Sell 'Users Not Customers'

Aaron Shapiro | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Digital, Borders Books Bankruptcy, Borders Closing, Books, User Experience, Design, Users Not Customers, Technology, Ebooks, Business News
Aaron Shapiro

This week, a group of former Borders employees will be operating mobile bookstores at multiple locations throughout Manhattan to emphasize the consequences of not treating digital as the most important challenge facing businesses today.

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Why I Wrote a (Print) Book

Aaron Shapiro | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: User-Experience, Ecommerce, User Experience, Digital, Business Strategy, Business, Users Not Customers, Management, Print Media, Digital vs Print Media, Death of Print Media, Books News
Aaron Shapiro

Two-minute videos, uploaded PowerPoint presentations, short articles and blog posts are great for expressing straightforward messages. But some ideas are worth diving into to really flesh out arguments, concepts, and nuance.

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Can the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Enable Open Government by Design?

Alexander Howard | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Good Government, Gov 2.0, Government Innovation, Code for America, Government 2.0, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, User Experience, Open Government, Design, Innovation, Cfpb, Consumer Finance, Technology News
Alexander Howard

2011-07-21-heatmap.jpg The consumer bureau, a federal agency launching today, is open to new ideas about how help borrowers make informed decisions.

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Facebook Building a Socialphone -- Maybe Maybe Not

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Arrington, Third Party, Social Networking, Networking Platform, User Experience, Static Web, Popularity, Integrations, Facebook, Joe Hewitt, Current Projects, Platforms, Spokesperson, Apple, Assets, Mobile Phone, Rare Opportunity, Mobile Web, Handset, Skepticism, Technology News
Ramon Nuez

One of the many assets Facebook could employ on its socialphone is Places. An integration of Places and the socialphone could provide the company a laundry list possibilities -- not to mention an additional source of revenue.

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Google Must Stem the Flow of Android Fragmentation

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Viewsonic Viewpad, Minimum Hardware, Donut, User Experience, System Os, Mobile Network Operators, Handsets, Forecast Period, Semi Conductor, Gartner, Pillars, Captivate, Explosive Growth, Gingerbread, October 26, Original Equipment Manufacturers, Mobile OS, Share Level, Technology News
Ramon Nuez

Android 2.2 (Froyo) is on about 29% of active devices and Android 2.0/2.1 (Éclair) is on 41.7% as of September 1. Additionally, there appears to be no minimum hardware standard with handsets or tablets.

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Why Change, Not The iPad, Will Save the Magazine

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: There Were Dozens, Content Software, Print, Multimedia Content, Desperate Effort, Revenue Stream, Ms. Stratigos, Ipads, Vanity Fair, Morgan Stanley, Financial Position, Anthea Stratigos, Technology, Publication, Survivability, April, Interactivity, Flight Response, User Experience, Content Consumption, Stratigos, Business Model, Magazine, Media Landscape, Henry Photography, Anthea, Publishing, Apple Ipad, Share Information, Wired, Outsell, Alexx, Huberty, Technology News
Ramon Nuez

Interactivity of the multimedia content is a key element. Without this crucial ingredient survivability of print companies is questionable.

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