Nov 8, 2013

"Internet is the Future" - 1996

A class presentation from 1996 for a Ugrad marketing class... Some people in the class didn't know what the internet was!



Nov 4, 2013

Penis. I mean Pencil.

Today I helped a friend/colleague research how eComm sites display search results. We were documenting the results page for terms like "shipping" vs "skirts" and "returns" vs "tory burch".

It was towards the end of a long day (goodbye daylight savings time) and my colleague found herself at this page:




To the Left. To the Left. There's a Broken Image in the Box to the Left.

I tried to sign up today with my company's paycheck provider, but found myself unable to complete this required registration field...

(Title references Beyonce's Irreplaceable lyrics)


Nov 3, 2013

You Can Flip It. But Don't Try To Use It.

I'm sure the designers thought that they were really clever in designing this 2-in-1 remote. But you have to wonder - did they actually watch a user use it?? It's nearly impossible to not accidentally press a button on the flip side.

Side 1
My friend modelling side 2