Designing Connected Products

http://madebymany.com/blog/designing-connected-products

The dark side of ecommerce

http://econsultancy.com/uk/blog/62619-the-dark-side-of-ecommerce

Tracking the Behavioral Targeted Ad Debate

http://behavioraltargeting.biz/tracking-the-behavioral-targeted-ad-debate

How The Future Of Google Search Is Leaving iPhone Users Behind

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672463/how-the-future-of-google-search-is-leaving-iphone-users-behind

YouTube’s 20 Most-Shared Ads in April

http://mashable.com/2013/05/03/youtube-april-shared-ads

Apple Begins Countdown to 50 Billion App Store Downloads

http://www.macrumors.com/2013/05/02/apple-begins-countdown-to-50-billion-app-store-downloads

https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewMultiRoom?cc=gb&fcId=638257170

How to do a Hotel website:

http://www.bgoperator.ru/amathus/

How Do Users Really Hold Mobile Devices?

http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2013/02/how-do-users-really-hold-mobile-devices.php

Creating Savvy and Sophisticated User Experiences through Personalization

http://uxmag.com/articles/creating-savvy-and-sophisticated-user-experiences-through-personalization

Logical Breakpoints For Your Responsive Design

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/03/01/logical-breakpoints-responsive-design/

Prioritizing Performance in Responsive Design

http://bradfrostweb.com/blog/post/prioritizing-performance-in-responsive-design/

Video of the week:

A new take on the interview process: Heineken – The Candidate

How mobile-optimised sites drive conversion rates and AOVs
http://econsultancy.com/uk/blog/62222-how-mobile-optimised-sites-drive-conversion-rates-and-aovs

Using emotional intelligence to optimise conversion rates
http://econsultancy.com/uk/blog/62202-using-emotional-intelligence-to-optimise-conversion-rates

Up and Coming Mobile Design Trends
http://www.paulolyslager.com/mobile-design-trends/

Impact of Responsive Designs
http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1691

Love, Hate, and Empathy: Why We Still Need Personas
http://uxmag.com/articles/love-hate-and-empathy-why-we-still-need-personas

Ericsson Mobility Report (PDF)
http://www.ericsson.com/res/docs/2013/ericsson-mobility-report-february-2013.pdf

Friday Video:

Best bus stop ever: Are you Born Mobile?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpdcUakdQVA

Why aren’t our schools teaching code?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKIu9yen5nc

Friday Funny:

Living on a Prayer (Goat Edition):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=w0CdXaOS5_o
(Yes indeed, this is no. 1 in the viral video chart!)

 
Extreme comments ignored and few focus on negative reviews says TripAdvisor
http://www.tnooz.com/2012/11/15/news/extreme-comments-ignored-and-few-focus-on-negative-reviews-says-tripadvisor-infographic/

 
Adaptive Vs. Responsive Layouts And Optimal Form Field Labels
http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2012/11/08/ux-design-qa-with-christian-holst/

Friday Video:

Buyral – Professional Clicking

Responsive Navigation: Optimizing for Touch Across Devices
http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1649 

Measuring the Fat Fingers Problem
Excluding accidental mobile clicks lowers rates—but they’re still higher than for the desktop web
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1009470 

Using Paper Prototyping as a Tool for Participatory Design Research
http://www.paulolyslager.com/paper-prototyping-tool-participatory-design-research/

Improving Hiring for User Experience : The Applicant
http://uxmag.com/articles/improving-hiring-for-user-experience-the-applicant

Revealing unawareness in usability related decision-making
http://www.designforusability.org/work-packages/decision-making

Videos of the week:

John Lewis Christmas Advert 2012
Another winner from John Lewis, who constantly hit the nail on the head with their advertising.

Indie-folk singer Gabrielle Aplin provides the soundtrack for The Journey, the retailer’s almost traditional blockbuster Yuletide campaign with her version of Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s 1984 hit The Power of Love – The Guardian

Jimmy Kimmel iPad Mini Advert Spoof

Paul Bloom: The Psychology of Everything

Designing What’s Never Been Done Before
 http://www.uie.com/articles/never_before_design/

The psychology of discounting: Something doesn’t add up
http://www.economist.com/node/21557801 

Responsive e-commerce design
http://www.cxpartners.co.uk/cxblog/responsive-e-commerce-design/ 

Situational Awareness: A Method for Mobile Content Planning
http://johnnyholland.org/2012/07/situational-awareness-a-method-for-mobile-content-planning/ 

Shell’s Social Media Campaign Backfires:

http://www.buzzpatrol.com/is-shell-social-media-campaign-troll-the-best-ever/

Shell’s Trolled Social Media Campaign

Perception Strategy: The Emotional Side of User Experience Part Two
http://www.forumone.com/blogs/post/perception-strategy-emotional-side-user-experience-part-two

The New Airbnb Focuses On Pretty Pics Rather Than Searches
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670158/the-new-airbnb-focuses-on-pretty-pics-rather-than-searches#1

The Beginners’ Guide to Benchmarking User Experience
http://www.userfocus.co.uk/articles/guide-to-benchmarking-UX.html

The State of Mobile Commerce: How Facebook Is Losing The Retail War
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-state-of-mobile-commerce-how-facebook-and-pcs-are-losing-the-online-retail-war-2012-6

The 7 Biggest Creativity Killers

http://www.fastcocreate.com/1680919/the-7-biggest-creativity-killers

Mobile technology is literally changing the way we think
http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/05/10/top-scientist-susan-greenfield-says-mobile-technology-is-literally-changing-the-way-we-think/

Content Quality Over Content Quantity
http://experiencematters.criticalmass.com/2012/05/09/content-quality-over-content-quantity/

User experience is strategy, not design
http://www.peterme.com/2012/05/04/user-experience-is-strategy-not-design/

Quote of the Week:

When you’re a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you’re not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You’ll know it’s there, so you’re going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.
- Steve Jobs

When you know your content is bad
http://blog.braintraffic.com/2012/05/when-you-know-your-content-is-bad/

6 Persuasive Product Design Steps to Get Conversions
http://www.zurb.com/article/960/6-persuasive-product-design-steps-to-get-

Responsive web design: a project-management perspective
http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/responsive-web-design-a-project-management-perspective/

A/B Testing: It’s not about the results, and it’s definitely not about the why
http://37signals.com/svn/posts/3169-ab-testing-its-not-about-the-results-and-its-definitely-not-about-the-why

Quote of the week:

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.

- Steve Jobs

Video of the week:

http://mashable.com/2012/05/04/texting-behind-the-wheel/

How Mobile Technologies Are Shaping a New Generation
http://blogs.hbr.org/erickson/2012/04/the_mobile_re-generation.html

UX Immersion: The Mobile Frontier
http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1546

5 Ways to Create Better iPad Applications
http://uxmag.com/articles/5-ways-to-create-better-ipad-applications

Behavior Change as Value Proposition
http://dev.adaptivepath.com/ideas/behavior-change-as-value-proposition

Clicks Don’t Count!
http://www.neurosciencemarketing.com/blog/articles/clicks-dont-count.htm

Usability testing video games with biometrics
http://www.spotlessinteractive.com/articles/usability-research/usability-testing-video-games-biometrics.php

Quote of the Week:
“Being a geek is all about your own personal level of enthusiasm, not how your level of enthusiasm measures up to others. If you like something so much that a casual mention of it makes your whole being light up like a halogen lamp, if hearing a stranger fondly mention your favorite book or game is instant grounds for friendship, if you have ever found yourself bouncing out of your chair because something you learned blew your mind so hard that you physically could not contain yourself — you are a geek”

- The Mary Sue (via Curiosity Counts)

Video of the Week:

- Viral Video Chart