Category Archives: Usability

8 Lessons Learned from Zynga about Virality

Posted on June 17, 2010 by amit

Editor’s Note: I’m almost embarrassed to say I actually had to play Frontierville and Farmville to write this post.  These games send notifications constantly and I wasn’t entirely comfortable with all my friends knowing how my pigs were doing. Therefore, I had to go … Continue reading →

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2010 Mobile Web Research: India and the World

Posted on April 22, 2010 by amit

We’re looking to develop mobile versions of the product suite I’m working on.  I know nothing about the mobile web and had some really basic questions.  Below is some research I did in Q&A format: Q. How big is the … Continue reading →

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The Razorfish Consumer Experience Report

Posted on November 29, 2008 by amit

Every year Ave A/Razorfish puts out a yearly report highlighting research and trends in digital marketing. The focus this year is on the expanding role of social apps and how people use them. Not only is the report extremely insightful … Continue reading →

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Examples of Good, Usable Websites

Posted on August 5, 2008 by amit

So while there are a ton of lists ripping apart websites that have poor usability. I’d like to ask for people’s opinions on websites that they think demonstrate good, intuitive design. Besides Google and Apple, here are my favorite two: … Continue reading →

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Why free software usability tends to suck

Posted on August 4, 2008 by amit

Generally open-source/volunteer/free software tends to have poor usability. Since becoming a Ubuntu user, I have been diving deeper into the open source world and generally agree with the overall themes of this article. Expanding on a few the author’s points: … Continue reading →

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