July 2009
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The Case Against Adobe Flex / Flash
I’m currently in the process of preparing a document that describes FLEX’s shortcomings. Below is my current list, please challenge the list or submit shortcomings in the comment section.
SEO - All things being equal, a fully Flash based site will never outrank a HTML/AJAX based site in the SERPs. The only way to guarantee your Flash site is being indexed by the search engines is to...
June 2009
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Top 20 Coolest things in Tech
Earlier today I had the opportunity to meet with a great group people and discuss the top 20 coolest things to happen the Web 2.0 sector in the last 3 weeks. Considering how others could benefit from the list, I’ve pasted it below. Enjoy!
Apple’s New Store Design: The Cube is the Store - When looking through the wall of windows on one side, you can see straight through to the other side...
April 2009
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Focus on Search Boxes - A Story on Focus()
It’s the little things that count, a famous quote which rings true for user experience design.
Take a close look at a Google and Yahoo!’s search page and notice where your cursor is positioned after the page finishes loading. Keep refreshing until you notice how the search pages treat the cursor differently than other site’s. What you want to notice is how after the page...
March 2009
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Hulu Needs to Work on their Up-Sell
Does the image below look familiar? If you watch videos on Hulu has much as I do this image probably looks familiar - which is the image you see after you finish watching a video on Hulu.
What I find interesting is how Hulu displays a link to “Buy this episode today” right after you finish watching the entire episode. Now help me understand this up-sell tactic. After a user watches a...
January 2009
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Cap pay at $400K for Wall Street 'idiots'
I found this story “Senator: Cap pay at $400K for Wall Street ‘idiots’” on CNNMoney through nobosh and thought it worthy for a post on ForFrakSake.
This week had more news of Wall Street taking advantage of the tax payer while the government continues to send Wall Street bundles of undeserved money. The main stories of the week regarding the ‘idiots on Wall...
Sue Decker's Goodbye Memo - The Next Chapter of...
In the latest Sue Decker news, her departure memo to the Yahoo! troops.
From: Sue Decker Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 2:32 PM To: all-worldwide@yahoo-inc.com Subject: The next chapter Yahoos After almost nine incredibly rewarding years with this terrific company, I have decided that it is time for me to pursue my next chapter, just as Yahoo! is charting the next phase of its...
Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes leave until end of...
Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes leave until end of June.
Steve Jobs says health issues “more complex than I originally thought.”
For more on the story view nobosh’s Apple news feed and Steve Jobs news feed.
Updated Story Links
Breaking: Steve Jobs Taking a Leave of Absence from Apple
Steve Jobs Steps Down Temporarily For Health Reasons (AAPL)
Steve Jobs’s Letter to Apple...
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Surprise - Apple's In-Ear Headphones are not...
Over the weekend, I purchased Apple’s new in-ear headphones. I’ve always been a fan of the way in-ear headphone fit my ear and have been wishing for Apple to realize such a product. Several unsuccessful visits to the Apple Store to purchase the new headphones went unsuccessful as the headphones were always sold-out. Then, finally this weekend, the Apple Store in Chandler had several...
Yoostar - Turn your Home into Industrial Light &...
Today, I finally learned more details about the undercover start-up Yoostar. Yoostar was introduced to the public at CES today by Gary Shapiro who is the President and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association.
Yoostar allows consumers to star in their favorite movie or television scenes after buying their kit a $150.
Directly from the Yoostar press release: “The Yoostar™ system...
My Favorite IE6 Hack
I just had to use one of my favorite IE6 hacks for a project and thought I’d post the IE6 hack I’ve used before on past projects such as nobosh.
If you are having problems with widths in IE6 you’ll quickly learn that normal browsers like FireFox and Safari handle the CSS width property differently than IE6 does. Here the hack:
/* IE6 hack start*/ min-width:800px; ...
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When is the Apple Macworld Keynote?
I’ve been asked over 15 times in the last 4 hours when the Apple Macworld keynote is and thought that number justified a post to tell the world the Apple News on Macworld. Tomorrow morning, January 6th 2008 at 9 a.m. Pacific Apple marketing executive Phil Schiller will take the stage, front and center at San Francisco’s Moscone West convention center to give the Macworld keynote address...
CEOs Getting a Free Pass
With the economy getting worse by the minute, many poor performing CEOs are using the economy to hide their lackluster performance. Nearly every publicly traded company has lost a significant portion of their market share in the past 6 months due to the recession. What I find interesting is that if the economy hadn’t plummeted, several CEOs such as Bob Iger and Jeffrey Immelt would be in...
Meg Whitman now ready to Run for California...
Have you heard today’s Meg Whitman news? The WSJ has reported that Meg Whitman stepped down from the boards of Procter & Gamble Co., eBay Inc. and Dreamworks Animation SKG Inc. effective December 31.
This is the latest in a series of moves by Meg Whitman making it very clear she is preparing to run for governor of California. Whitman’s spokesman, Henry Gomez continues to decline to...
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Visual News Sites
Are you a visual learner? Are you tired of the news being packed together with bullet points splattered across the page? Sick of the pages with irrelevant, uninteresting content squeezed between the advertisements? I and a growing number of people were getting tired of broken news sites which is what led me to create nobosh which covers, current business news, news on technology, current health...
Steve Jobs isn't Going Anywhere!
For those of you who haven’t heard today’s Steve Jobs news, let me the first to tell you that Steve Job’s doctors have identified his health problem which has led to his extreme weight loss. Earlier this morning, Apple released an open letter from Steve Jobs himself to address questions about his health and his future with Apple. What’s interesting about the Jobs Letter is...
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Bill Richardson Exits the Commerce Secretary Job...
Barack Obama’s friend Bill Richardson has asked Obama “not to move forward” with his commerce secretary job nomination. The Bill Richardson scandal comes after the investigation of a California company that won municipal bond business in New Mexico after having contributed money to various Richardson causes. Bill Richardson has therefore asked Presidential Elect Barack Obama to...
November 2008
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October 2008
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Sarah Palin Running in 2012?
Rumors our building that governor Sarah Palin may be gearing up for a run at the White House in four short years. All I can say to that is go for it Sarah, you continue to energize not only the Republican party for the Democrats.
September 2008
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August 2008
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Interesting Links...
My lack of recent posts is attributed to my busy schedule and working to redesign nobosh - bear with me. I want to take the time to make sure everyone read these interesting links: Wireless recharging one step closer to reality - The next revolutionary wave in electronics Avenue A Deal Could Give WPP, Microsoft What They Really Want - Relevant as I love all things related to my friends at...
July 2008
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Amazon S3 - When in Doubt Reboot
I, like many others aren’t thrilled with Amazon Web Services at the moment. Amazon’s storage system (S3) was down most of the day Sunday, and brought down many sites alongside. Amazon has stated that they will investigate the cause of the outage and report back to the community. Over 24 hours later, there is no real update. What we have learned from Amazon is that their cloud...
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The AT&T USBConnect is HUGE - In a Bad Way
I recently purchased an AT&T USBConnect 881 device, allowing me to connect my Macbook Air to the internet on AT&T’s 3G BroadbandConnect and EDGE networks. The service provided by AT&T in Phoenix was pretty decent, no complaints.
On the other hand the USB device has a huge battery. Help me understand - why does a USB device need a battery the size of a credit card? I’d...
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June 2008
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UX Rule #2 - Always Link Your Header Logo
Nearly every web site has their logo in the header of their website, aligned to the left. Take a look at Twitter, Facebook, CNN - all which follow this unspoken rule by having their site’s logo in the header, aligned to the left. The majority of the sites on the internet (again, Twitter, Facebook, and CNN, just to name a few) also have the site’s logo linked to the site’s landing...
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UX Rule #1 - All HTML Form Control Elements...
For those of you who might not know, Control Elements are items inside a form that are intended for user interaction. The most common controls are checkboxes and radio buttons. A important UX Rule, that is often forgotten is to assign a label to every control element.
Lets take a look at facebook’s login form. You’ll notice there is a checkbox next to the “Remember me”...
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Twitter - Pull it Together!
By now, every regular Twitter user is aware that the microblogging service is constantly down. Twitter actually acknowledged that they will be fighting to remain operational as they reengineer their systems. All the major blogs have responded with exhaustive posts that criticize Twitter’s failed infrastructure and platform choice (Ruby on Rails) and discuss rumors surrounding fired Chief...
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Google Sites - Oh so Easy, Just Don't Press the...
Its no secret that I’m a fan of Google Sites, hell I even wrote about my love for Google’s latest web app the other day. Despite my moving to Google Site’s for my company’s wiki, I can’t get over the lack security around protecting and backing up a wiki’s data. Google Sites offers no way to backup your data, which normally would be fine. However, in the case...