Let’s start with two quick facts: 1. Google recently refurbished Google Bookmarks (after neglecting them for a couple of years), giving them more importance in search and allowing us to share them wit...
Knowing how much I enjoy indie games, a dear friend of mine bought me a new treat for Christmas. It’s called Machinarium, from Czech-based Amanita Design. We just finished it today, and although it wa...
In Milan, like in many other cities, public transport tickets have a magnetic strip on the side that is used to check their validity by means of electronic readers. Even now, some years after the intr...
Here’s an insightful excerpt from Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox, September 21, 2009: Users don’t care about design for its own sake; they just want to get things done and get out. Normal people don’t love ...
I can’t tell how many times I registered on a website since I started surfing the Internet, and I bet it’s the same for you. We’ve been through countless registration forms, and we had to choose a use...
Your experience with some products starts as soon as start you tearing the shrink wrap around them. This is what happened to me last week. I just bought a MacBook and I had been second guessing my cho...