September 2011
A First Look at BankSimple | BankSimple Blog →
Sneak peek at what looks to be a truly disruptive product to the banking system. Looks great so far, hope I am one of the first customers when they open up.
How Whole Foods "Primes" You To Shop | Fast... →
Speaking of fruit, you may think a banana is just a banana, but it’s not. Dole and other banana growers have turned the creation of a banana into a science, in part to manipulate perceptions of freshness. In fact, they’ve issued a banana guide to greengrocers, illustrating the various color stages a banana can attain during its life cycle. Each color represents the sales potential...
Target.com Redesign →
The new Target site IS awesome.
cameronmoll:
Wow, how’d I miss this news about this? I’m pretty sure someone made an argument like this at some point in the design process — and won:
Look, everybody uses the search bar or those big fat categories strung across the top anyway. So, why not have a little fun with the rest of the page?
How Long Do Users Stay on Web Pages? (Jakob... →
Something that most people who work in the internet industry intuitively grasp, but now there are real numbers from a wide reaching study to back it up.
“The result: the time users spend on a Web page follows a Weibull distribution. … The researchers discovered that 99% of Web pages have a negative aging effect.”
Are You Building The Right Product? | TechCrunch →
hat tip @msuster. Great guest article by Eric Ries. Read it. Now.
The three secrets of business analytics (no rocket... →
Every good product manager should be best friends with data and this is a good primer to starting that friendship if you haven’t already.
Gamestorming » Blog Archive » 6-8-5 →
Very interesting. I will have to try this out.
“6-8-5 is intended to help players generate many ideas in succession, without worrying about the details or implementation of any particular idea. It’s designed to keep players on task by limiting them to sketch in small boxes and work fast in a limited amount of time. 6-8-5 can be used on any product or concept that you want to brainstorm,...