Social Networks Aren’t Products: On launch day, I found that traffic was very strong, but hardly anybody was signing up. I literally got more e-mails from people saying “what a great site!” than I actually got sign-ups. Same for the following few days. So I decided to try an experiment. I put up a preview… Continue reading Social Networks Aren’t Products
Day: November 21, 2007
Product pages: so much suck, so easy to fix
Product pages: so much suck, so easy to fix… We’ll get to the practicum in just a moment but first, let’s talk — very briefly — about some super basic UX tenets: Be nice to your users and customers (and potential customers). Design as if your main goal is to inform and educate. Be honest… Continue reading Product pages: so much suck, so easy to fix
SpiralFrog Loses $3m in 3 months: Not “Getting It” is Getting Expensive
SpiralFrog Loses $3m in 3 months: Not “Getting It” is Getting Expensive: That’s a whole lot of money to throw away but it shouldn’t come as any surprise. The SpiralFrog model is awful. Users get free downloads of DRM laden songs that they can listen to in Windows Media Player, but they have to periodically… Continue reading SpiralFrog Loses $3m in 3 months: Not “Getting It” is Getting Expensive
An Open Letter to Comcast and Every cable/Telco on P2P
An Open Letter to Comcast and Every cable/Telco on P2P: Thats not to say there isnt a place for P2P. There is. P2P is probably the least efficient means of distributing content in the last mile. Comcast, Time Warner, etc should charge a premium to those users who want to act as a seed and… Continue reading An Open Letter to Comcast and Every cable/Telco on P2P
