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Beagle Desktop Search: The app that UX forgot

March 21st, 2007 Baxter 1 comment
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Beagle has been around for a few years - they're a desktop search app for your pc... They just released version 0.2.16 (can't anybody actually commit a version 1 anymore???) You would think they would have worked on the user experience by now... it's still a dog's breakfast for linux-heads only!! Having ...

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Bones of Contention: Quit your social mediatatin’ and just find me a pub already!

March 21st, 2007 Baxter No comments
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As a dog, I'm prone to mood swings. That's why I can't understand those people wasting their time on Facebook, when they could be on Unthirsty - searching for the nearest "Happy Hour". It seems that it's mostly a west coast thing right now. But, they do have a mobile edition (in case you're walkin' ...

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Nasty PayPal Phishing Scam

March 20th, 2007 Jobe Roberts No comments

I just received this nasty email with the title "Dispute Transaction". It just triggered within me an instant reaction. I guess I never trusted PayPal that much so when I saw the email I figured, "Darn those guys! They've messed up again!" So I instantly hit the 'dispute this' link and then started putting my ...

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mobiface: Timeline-based UI for mobiles

March 20th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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mobiface has created some time-based concepts for a mobile user interface that organizes information based on events. Giving users different perspectives for content and event management is important - especially in a compact mobile environment. Traditionally, opearting systems restrict users to browse by categories - a forced hierarchy that does not provide the ...

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Microsoft gets ‘call context patent’ heading towards presence?

March 20th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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So Microsoft wants to be part of the Voice 2.0 rush after all! Today, it was granted a patent for an Integrated telephone call and context notification mechanism. Although the MSFT patent cites our own call context patent as prior art, I really fail to see any additional innovation here. It's basically a complete re-write ...

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From Whooiz to Whoowaz Popular sites for sale

March 20th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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Clarke Scott, the Australian creator of two popular social net sites - whoois and blogarate has put them up for sale today. In a rather interesting twist (at least in the hyper-entrepreneurial world of web 2.0) Clarke is selling those sites for lifestyle reasons - returning to a Buddhist teaching institute in Italy. It will be ...

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Jaiku out-twitters: A fun, mobile presence aggregator

March 19th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois 2 comments
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Why should you have to tell Twitter "what you're doing"? With Jaiku, your micro-posts are blended with all your other RSS-fed content: Flickr, blog, Twitter, and any other favorite Location Based Service... If you find any value at all with Twitter, Jaiku is worth checking out. The service was launched a couple ...

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Profilactic: Preventing an online identity crisis

March 19th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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It's so funny that you might mistake it for a web 2.0 parody site. Profilactic is a "digital life aggregrator" which let's you keep all of your online profiles in one place. It also enables you to mash-up your content from various sites. You can stream your friends' aggregated content too, ...

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Baka Chong: User Experience success metric

March 19th, 2007 Mitch Brisebois No comments
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Baka Chong? A new comedy team formed after Cheech left?? According to the Urban Dictionary , it refers to usability nirvana. A baka chong design, product, system etc is easy to understand and use, regardless of the user's experience, knowledge, literacy, or numeracy. Example: Baka Chong Camera, or Baka Chong GUI. So, ...

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