Using MySpace these days, you come across more CAPTCHAs than you do content. It’s frustrating “solving” these all the time, and sometimes downright ridiculous. In the words of my former boss, Harley Manning, “You can’t annoy someone into liking your brand.”
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Myspace, A Place For CAPTCHAs
August 14th, 2008 No Comments
Tags: brand strategy · captcha · myspace · social media · usability · user experience
Some Thoughts on MySpace’s Redesign
June 18th, 2008 No Comments
MySpace is rolling out their new re-design, as of yesterday, which the brilliant folks at Adaptive Path played a large part in. I’m always impressed by their work, but I was surprised by the screenshots of the redesign I saw on Valleywag who notes: “When Fox Interactive began interviewing Web designers for the job last [...]
Tags: danah boyd · facebook · fox interactive · friendster · myspace · myspace redesign · scobelizer · social media · undesigned · urban youth · usability · user experience
Turning A Facebook App Into A Viral Hit
June 12th, 2008 No Comments
Last month, I wrote about Jia Shen’s approach to designing killer Facebook applications. He’s the co-founder of RockYou, the makers of SuperWall (2 million daily active users). Today, I want to take Jia’s approach, and season it with some of my own thinking to see how we might redesign an existing Facebook app called “Nordsrtom [...]
Tags: facebook · facebook apps · fashion · nordsrtom · rockyou · social design · social media
