A few basic things that Nokia messed up:
1) The display of apps based on your phone type seems inefficient. There’s apps that I can use on my E71 that don’t show up. Surely it would make more sense to do it by OS version (e.g. Symbian S60 v.3)?
2) The “missing apps” issue. http://friendfeed.com/rjt/23c51fb9/on-ovistore-getting-few-sorry-this-item-is-no
3) The search doesn’t work. I know the Gravity twitter client is in there somewhere but I can’t find it by searching. Ditto the cricinfo app.
May 272009
Apr 062009
For the beta launch of a relatively niche product, the new friendfeed is generating an extraordinary amount of noise on twitter. It’s taking on #gfail proportions and I’m sure there’s a massive numerical gap between the user base of these products. Well done friendfeed in getting the digital masses stoked about your product!
Classic mistake at http://www.polarisindustries.com/ If you offer the option to build something online, inform the user registration is required at the START of the process or prominently on the site, not after they’ve begun the process by selecting an item. The registration page also fails to explain the benefits of registering – another practice that I think helps users.
Mar 262009
I really ought to start keeping a list of WordPress plugins that should be installed as standard on every client blog I help set up and configure. At the moment, it’s a bit haphazard, with me searching for plugins that fill these roles: a plugin for social media (bookmarking/ sharing a post), for SEO (adding meta data) and one to work with Google Analytics (if the site is using that).
I think one reason I haven’t done this to date is that I had not settled on my “favourite” plugins for each of these roles. However, I’ve been happy with All in One SEO Pack and that’s pretty much a default choice for me. On the last blog I worked with someone on (though I had limited input on the design itself – I’m working on the Social Media side), I’m trying out Ultimate Google Analytics and Social Bookmarks.
Mar 092009
Politicians twitter while the country burns. MPs are trying to look in touch by using the latest webtools. But all they reveal is how insecure the political elite has become. (from The Times)
I haven’t read a sufficient numbers of tweets from UK politicians to make a judgment on what they tweet but found the thoughts of the writer muddled, which was exemplified by the psychologist she quoted – “Nobody would Twitter if they had a strong sense of identity.”
I found that an astonishing quote. Twitter is a medium (an online, micro-messaging, networked service) and he appears to think of it as a specific lifestyle based on the way some people use it. I seem to recall people having the same attitude to blogging in its early days. I don’t the article makes a sufficient distinction how some people to use twitter and twitter as a communication tool.
Mar 042009
http://techrigy.com/ makes my eyes hurt. I think it’s the way the name and tagline, the techcrunch article and the Sign Up all compete for the same space on top. Too much critical information lumped together without allowing for the proper spacing. Aside from that, the service looks very interesting.
