Is group chat making you sweat?
Is this you? Are you making other feel like this? Group chat is like being in an all-day meeting with random participants and no agenda. In 2006 we launched Campfire, the first modern SAAS group chat and messaging tool for business. Since then, quite a few business chat and messaging tools like Hipchat, Flowdock, Slack and others have sprung up. And we’ve since rolled group chat and instant messag
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I hate being late for appointments. I got that from my father. He’s been drilling that punctuality sermon into me since I was young. My wife, on the other hand, seems to have no problem leaving for a 10am appointment at 9:59am. I love her, but it drives me nuts. My wife hates being early. I hate being late. Last night we had a reservation at a restaurant—Geja’s Cafe. Geja’s is located in a congest
Dangerous UI elements and the ejector seat analogy
The Opposite of Fitts’ Law [via Berserk’s comment at the spiky button post] asks: “What should we do with UI elements we don’t want users to click on? Like, say, the ‘delete all my work’ button?” The possible answers given: Make the button hard to click, offer an undo, and/or show a confirmation alert dialog before proceeding. The piece also highlights Alan Cooper’s interesting “ejector seat lever
Aggressive, spiky button vs. rounded corner button
The Science of Aesthetics by Keith Lang (video) is a talk Lang gave at UXAustralia in 2009. In it, he talks about how some shapes are naturally friendly looking, like the rounded rectangle, while other shapes are harsher and more unfriendly. Here’s a cool example of how a UI could take advantage of this by using an aggressive, spiky shape: Interesting idea. People would definitely think twice befo
Illustrating REWORK (Part 1 of 2)
This is a guest post by Mike Rohde. We hired Mike to illustrate original art for REWORK. Each one of the 90 essays in REWORK is accompanied by an illustration that captures the key message of the essay. We asked Mike to share the illustration process with you here on Signal vs. Noise. This post is part 1 of a 2-part series. Part 2 will be posted within the next few weeks. In September 2009, I bega
Profits = Freedom
There are many reasons why someone would want to start a company. There’s the pursuit of wealth, glory, and fame, but above all, I believe most founders are searching for freedom. Freedom to run things the way they see fit, freedom to be the masters of their own domain. But until you have profits, until you’re self-sustainable, you won’t truly have that freedom. As long as you’re beholden to other
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The unimportance of product names
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Illustrating REWORK (Part 2 of 2)
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Two-faced shoe design
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