SensoryMetrics: re-inventing the User eXperience

If organic carrots are good for you, this must be better!
The micro-brew industry has had a lot of ups and downs in the past few decades: intense consolidation and killer-legislation. As with all types of products on the long tail, producers can offer innovative products to a mass of consumers, without the costs and [...]

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The CanAm Baseball League announced a new team for Ottawa this winter. They featured a great logo, incorporating Ottawa’s whitewater river. The name was also appealing in both of Canada’s official languages: french and english (featured below).

It came as a surprise this week that before the team had even played a single game, [...]

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When designing new corporate logos, it’s wise to see what the thing looks like from different angles. Such diligence was missed by The UK Office of Government Commerce when they unveiled their new logo this week. According to the OGC
The new identity has been extremely well received, as it presents a very clean, [...]

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A few days ago I stopped by Walmart to buy some pool chemicals. I also picked up some bacon… Being in a rush I checked out using one of the self-serve stations. I bagged my jugs of chemicals, and bagged my bacon in a separate bag. After paying the friendly robot, [...]

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For our Ottawa readers: SM friend Ian Graham has confirmed that the next Ottawa DemoCamp will be held on Monday May 26. Unfortunately, our cherished Clock Tower Pub is now too small to hold the growing mass of participants. So DemoCamp is effectively homeless for the time being!
I [...]

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When you’re a pirate, the most dangerous thing out there is other pirates.
Symantec brings us this wonderful story on their blog: the Russian creators of the “Zeus” or Infostealer.Banker.C. malware are including a license agreement for those who purchase their code. Should you be in violation of this EULA, [...]

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Jaro is selling his 1972 Tatra 603. Last weekend I had the opportunity to visit Jaro at his farm and take some photos of this wonderful car while he still has it.
This car was completely restored by a Tatra factory trained technician in Czech Replic in 2002. Since that time, Jaro has driven [...]

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Of course you may have your own preferences for bottled water. It seems that companies are desperate to find new flavours. Thankfully for the protein-deprived, there’s MeatWater from DinnerInABottle . Choose from these delicious entrees: Beef Jerky, Beef Stroganof, Cheese Burger, Chicken Teriyaki, Dirty Hot Dog, Fish’n Chips, Hungarian Gulash, Italian Sausage, [...]

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If you’re waking up in either the Netherlands or Holland this morning, you’ll be celebrating Commodore Day. Yep - this is the official day of adulation for the once-proud computer maker. The day is intended to remember Commodore’s glorious past…long before the legal brothels of Amsterdam… you could occupy yourself playing endless rounds [...]

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You don’t ever see it coming… You’ve come to count on a regular dose of insight or humour from your favourite blog… but “in a wordpress minute” the blogger decides to call it quits. At about this time last year Kathy Sierra’s wonderful Creating Passionate Users was frozen in time. The reason [...]

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