Monthly Archives: October 2011

∞ Web site usability and user experience testing tools

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Usability and user experience testing is vital to creating a successful website, and only more so if it’s an e-commerce website, a complex app or another website for which there’s a definite ROI. And running your own user tests to find out how users are interacting with your website and where problems might arise is completely possible.

Great list of tools. I didn’t know about most of the services and tools on the list.

∞ TechStars, Lies & Videotape

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In just the three episodes that have aired thus far, it has become clear that Bloomberg had a character in mind for each of us – and edited footage according to the story they choose. I happened to get it the worst in Episode 3, but I’m sure another victim will emerge in future episodes.

And that’s reality TV.

∞ Ozone 5 and Ozone 5 Advanced mastering suite

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iZotope has greatly expanded Ozone 5’s modules with a focus on pristine sound, enhanced DSP, optimized workflow, and an updated interface. Ozone 5 Advanced builds on the product line’s reputation for superior sound quality with extended features and controls, including new innovations in visual feedback.

I know a lot of people that use Ozone and like it a lot.

∞ Whole Lotta Love

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Many of you will remember Michael Winslow from movies like Police Academy. Amazing voice and sounds.

∞ 'My boss is calling'

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Masayoshi Son, CEO of Softbank:

Son said, “I visited Apple for the announcement of the iPhone 4S [at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California]. When I was having a meeting with Tim Cook, he said, ‘Oh Masa, sorry I have to quit our meeting.’ I said, ‘Where are you going?’ He said, ‘My boss is calling me.’ That was the day of the announcement of the iPhone 4S. He said that Steve is calling me because he wants to talk about their next product. And the next day, he died.”

Steve was involved until the end.

∞ Justin Bieber could go to prison

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freebieber.org:

A new bill in Congress makes posting a video containing any copyrighted work a felony — with up to 5 years in prison.But wait… didn’t Justin Bieber get famous by posting YouTube videos of himself singing copyrighted R&B songs? Yep. If this bill passes, he could get 5 years in jail.

Um…

∞ Generation X is sick of your B.S.

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Mat Honan: But Generation X is tired of your sense of entitlement. Generation X also graduated during a recession. It had even shittier jobs, and actually had to pay for its own music. (At least, when music mattered most to … Continued

∞ Specific words

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Shadoe Huard: I thought it would be interesting to compare Android and iOS not by a checklist of features, but rather by a checklist of the words their developers choose to use on their presentation slides. From that alone so … Continued

∞ iOS 5 Weather app includes hourly forecast

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I’ve been using iOS 5 for a few months and I never noticed a change to Apple’s built-in Weather app. A friend sent me an iMessage this morning and asked if the hourly was new. Sure enough, there it is. … Continued

∞ All Things D's Swisher hospitalized with 'mini stroke'

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Kara Swisher, co-executive editor of the All Things D blog owned by Dow Jones, suffered a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) traveling to All Things D’s AsiaD event in Hong Kong earlier this week. AsiaD is the organization’s first international conference, … Continued

∞ Comparing analysts on Apple earnings

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Philip Elmer-DeWitt, for CNN Money: The cluster of green at the bottom of the chart at right tells the story: This quarter, for the first time since we’ve been monitoring them, the bloggers got clobbered. And not just by a … Continued

∞ Motorola copies the iPod nano

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Dana Wollman comparing the Motoactv to the iPod nano at Engadget: With its square shape, 1.6-inch touchscreen and raft of fitness features, it’s impossible not to draw that parallel as soon as you even read about the thing. Without the … Continued

∞ Fantastical 1.1

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Included in this update are two of the most requested features by users: editing and deleting events and notes support. Also included in this update is support for iCloud calendars along with various other improvements and enhancements. Great update from … Continued

∞ Apple earnings charts

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If numbers aren’t your thing, these charts may help you with Apple’s earnings. Really well done visuals by MacStories’ Federico Viticci.

∞ Get Siri to pronounce your name correctly

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Leanna Lofte at TiPb: However, many of us have names that Siri does not how to pronounce correctly. Or perhaps you don’t even want to be called by your real name. Great tip to get Siri to either pronounce your … Continued

∞ Big bad iMessage

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Stephen Shankland for CNET: Here’s what I don’t like about iMessage, though: it’s yet another proprietary service. But when it comes to sending tidbits of text here and there, I don’t want lock-in. I want a standard. I’ve been spoiled … Continued

∞ Study: 1 in 6 cell phones contaminated with poo

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Time.com: Researchers analyzed 780 swab samples — 390 from mobile phones and 390 from the hands that used them — in 12 U.K. cities. They found that 16% of both hands and phones were contaminated with E. coli, potentially illness-causing … Continued

∞ Apple tried to buy Dropbox

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Victoria Barret for Forbes: What Houston does is Dropbox, the digital storage service that has surged to 50 million users, with another joining every second. Jobs presciently saw this sapling as a strategic asset for Apple. Houston cut Jobs’ pitch … Continued