http://miskeeto.comA Socially-Conscious Web CollectiveenMon, 02 Nov 2009 08:15:05 PSTCopyright Miskeeto, LLCusability,hoekman,miskeeto,rhjr,bytesTechnologyrobert@miskeeto.comRobert Hoekman, Jr.Robert Hoekman, Jr.nousability,hoekman,miskeeto,rhjr,bytesPodcast series of single-feature,single-takeaway usability critiques of user-submitted sites.Podcast series of single-feature,single-takeaway usability critiques of user-submitted sites.miskeeto/byteshttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/miskeeto/bytes/~3/yIR_VWPN6tY/Toggl.com wants its new users to dive in and start being productive — its primary purpose, in fact, is to help people track time on projects — but what happens to the first-time user once the registration process is complete? He faces the dreaded blank slate. In today's podcast, I ...robert@miskeeto.com (Robert Hoekman, Jr.)http://miskeeto.com/bytes/usability-bytes-3-fill-the-blank-slate/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/miskeeto/bytes/~3/KWtIt7vw0Hs/I recently began working with a client whose staff doesn't design together. When they walk into the office in the morning, they plug in their headphones and stare at their screens, hardly speak to each other, and forge product plans by way of short, infrequent conversations about what needs to ...robert@miskeeto.com (Robert Hoekman, Jr.)http://miskeeto.com/bytes/designers-do-it-in-groups/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/miskeeto/bytes/~3/h1uJHJOthXc/Missing in action this week, due to a persistently crashing screen-recording app, is the Usability Bytes podcast. Stay tuned next week, as we hope to have the issues resolved by then so we can bring you another fine episode of our single-feature, single-takeaway usability critiques. Thanks for your patience!robert@miskeeto.com (Robert Hoekman, Jr.)http://miskeeto.com/bytes/missing-in-action-usability-bytes-podcasts/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/miskeeto/bytes/~3/Ar8GYX_MyvM/I wondered quite a bit today what I'd write this blog post. I needed a good story. One with a solid takeaway. Something lots of people could relate to. I had nothing. Then I went to FedEx. Almost every time I walk into a FedEx shipping location, I do something wrong. ...robert@miskeeto.com (Robert Hoekman, Jr.)http://miskeeto.com/bytes/solving-the-real-problem/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/miskeeto/bytes/~3/ynUiFnLMJmE/Criteria, as defined, are rules or reference points by which something can be evaluated. A criterion for a city government is that it conceive of and implement positive changes for the people living within that city. Whether or not this occurs is, of course, debatable, and probably depends a great ...robert@miskeeto.com (Robert Hoekman, Jr.)http://miskeeto.com/bytes/design-criteria-in-action/Copyright Miskeeto, LLCRobert Hoekman, Jr.nonadult