We cancelled DirecTV this past spring. We then got an HDTV. Which was nice. But, while we love PBS, after a while, we realized we missed a few of the ‘other’ channels. So, we signed up for satellite service again, this time giving DishNetwork a shot.
Of course, the very week we did that, the Boxee [...]
There seems to be a number of open-source ecommerce packages gaining in popularity this past year, upgrading and coming out of beta. Just as Drupal and Joomla are dominating the open-source CMS market (along with one of my faves, CMS Made Simple), the ecommerce arena may soon have a few dominant players. (Or maybe not.)
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U.S. News gives us a pleasant reminder that the work we do is fun, valuable, and overall pretty cool.
“Whatever you call them, their job is to help ensure that products, especially technical ones, are easy and pleasurable to use.” - Marty Nemko
Happy Holidays.
Seth Godin has put out a call for you to spend 6 months with him. It’s not an internship. It’s not an MBA you have to pay for but it’s something in between. He’s coined it an Alternative-MBA.
This is the core of the experience that he is looking to provide, the best part is you [...]
Last night’s UX Meetup was about using Axure. Fred Beecher and Lori Baker brought examples to illustrate the capabilities of Axure as an interactive prototyping tool — exciting stuff! The notes are below.
We were welcomed by a student soon to be looking for a job in the field of IA, so we spent a little [...]
I’d like to put up a simple website for myself — perhaps 5 pages — and would like to find someone to design and develop the site.
I know, for something so small, I should tackle it myself. But, frankly, I’m so focused on the content that I’d like help in the design and development area. [...]
Hello UX folks –
The next Twin Cities UX Meetup group will meet TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2 at the Monte Carlo. In the past we’ve talked about prototype tools such as Axure, but given its popularity, we will discuss actually USING Axure. How do you get started? What is the model for using Axure for creating interactive [...]
Pete from WolfMotell asked about offering the MNteractive events in hCal.
Seemed like a good opportunity to remind you that all the events are available in an iCal.app and Google Calendar compatible url: http://mnteractive.com/wp-ical.php
For iCal, Go to: Calendar -> Subscribe and enter in the above url.
For Google Calendar, Click ‘Add’ in ‘Other Calendars’, then ‘Add [...]
Minneapolitan Rails developer Bruno Bornsztein’s Curbly site has sprung a few offspring…er…siblings…er…well, he has some new sites:
weebabystuff.com
teacherly.com
He has a write up of the weebabystuff back end development on his blog.
Nice work, Bruno!
Locally, there are passionate fans of iRise and Axure. Personally, I haven’t used either - too many deal breakers on both sides.
The latest deal breaker, iRise Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Axure Software Solutions 10 weeks after it receives a software patent (a questionable idea itself). Awesome.
Let’s say, iRise wins: eradicating Axure and leaving [...]