http://eatongolden.com/blog user experience consulting Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:12:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The workers at EatonGolden breathed a collective sigh of relief as the repairman walked through the office with his box of tools and headed toward the arcade in the Safari conference room, aka “The Fun House.” For months workers had been trudging through the workday without the promise of Space Invaders ... http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=310 So, if only 8% of people know what a browser is, how many know about Firefox Add-ons?  It can't be many, but that's a shame. Add-ons are easy to install, generally free to use, and can literally change the way you work.  Only one problem -- there are too many from ... http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=288 Facebook Is Now the Fourth Largest Site In The World An extremely improbable rise to success. http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=303 In a project by Google Creative Lab, an interviewer asked people on the streets of Time Square in NY – “What is a browser?”. Some of the answers gave me a good laugh. Turns out that less than 8% of those asked the question knew what a browser was. Watch ... http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=278 This could turn into a very big problem rather quickly: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/07/social-insecurity-numbers-open-to-hacking.ars http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=275 The news on the web today is that Twitter may be heading to Hollywood. Variety reported that a Twitter TV project was announced by Reveille and Brillstein Entertainment yesterday, May 25th. According to the Twitter Blog, they have merely a  "lightweight"  agreement with the producers, although there are a lot of ... http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=260 The nominees for the 13th Annual Webby Awards were announced last week! I have always been a fan of The Webby Awards since I feel they truly judge and award the work as a whole and not just based on one accept. There are four main sections of The Webby Awards: ... http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=244 Have you heard of OpenTable.com? I'm hooked. This FREE online restaurant reservation tool takes the guesswork away from getting a table. Simply enter your location, type of cuisine, and your desired reservation time. In a jiffy a list is revealed with Restaurant Name, Neighborhood, Cuisine, Price, and Available Times. Find ... http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=234 A few weeks ago, I had the good fortune of attending the interactive portion South By Southwest. I attended almost 20 panels, keynotes and conversations over 5 days. The discussion that gave me the greatest pause as this: Who will check your email when you die? I never thought about long ... http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=232 Many of us recognize the name Lifetouch as the school picture pros. But what you might not know is that their talented photographers do senior portraits, as well. Lifetouch National School Studios partnered with EatonGolden to provide the site strategy, information architecture, design, and development of the new site. We built a ... http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=231 Love you Dear Chess With Friends, You are one of my favorite iPhone apps. You let me play chess with my friends and we don’t even have to be in the same room. I think you’re the best thing since maple syrup and I’m hopelessly addicted to you. Hate you Really, Chess With Friends? You're ... http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=230 Granted, enterprise-wide content management systems can be lifesavers for massive transactional web sites with content that requires uniform and regular updating across many divisions. They provide a ton of functionality such as managing workflow, publishing schedules and asset management to name a few. The problems with many large-scale CMS tools become ... http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=228 Aoife (pronounced Eee-fa) has been tweeting ever since one of my roommates finished his internship and found himself with more time on his hands than usual. It's pretty funny: http://twitter.com/aoifecat http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=229 Sometimes in our business we just need to make the best darn process we can. I know it's not glamorous, but it's REALLY important! And it's quite the passion of mine. So when I encountered this particular question on a recent survey for a major retailer I was happy to grab ... http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=226 As Annette said in a previous post, we just spent two days in Denver at WebDirections North with some of the web's brightest minds. The conference itself was tightly organized and highly professional, which is always a relief. One of the main themes throughout was to define the "state of ... http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=225 Greetings from Denver, Colorado – this week Tony and I are in Denver attending the Web Direction North conference. This conference covers the full range of interests for web professionals which is supported by some great speakers. Today’s sessions included: Progressive Enhancement & Intentional Degradation 2, Beyond usability: How to ... http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=224 I recently attended the voice-over recording session for a demo that EatonGolden created for a client. The studio's acoustic set-up is amazing. I don’t remember the technical details.  All I know is what I heard, and it was perfect. Mike Olson, the owner and technician, joked that his friends refer to ... http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=223 Last week I attended the MIMA event on Digital Reputation Management. The panelists made many interesting, thought provoking points. One of the issues discussed has been central to my recent thoughts and conversations: When it comes to social media, where is the line between personal and professional? Steve Bendt, Social Technology Activist ... http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=222 We’ve been searching for the perfect bug tracking tool for some time, but most of them were overkill for how EatonGolden operates.  We work fast, and don’t ever want our tools to slow down or bloat our process. What did we want?  Something that would make the process more interesting, less ... http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=220 Mozilla Labs is creating a plug-in for Firefox that will allow everyday users of the browser to assist in testing new features and give feedback on tasks involving the UI. All of this data will be used to further refine and tweak the user experience in future releases. It seems ... http://eatongolden.com/blog/?p=219