bmccarthy

http://www.userdriven.org/blog/2008-userdriven-hall-of-fame-and-shame.html

Take 10 seconds right now and think of the one thing (product, service, website, software, gadget, whatever) that really works for you, that's so elegant in its design and operation it must be the result of a good feedback loop between the product designers and its intended users.

http://www.userdriven.org/blog/typing-devices-wont-die.html

Seeing fancy navigation and object manipulation demos, people forget how much of our use of computers for every day work involves typing. So great as it is, I really don't see the multi-touch screen replacing all separate typing devices.

http://www.userdriven.org/blog/self-powered-hotel-energy-savers.html

When you arrive in the room, you put your key card in the reader and all of the systems work as expected. When you leave, you take your key card with you and everything is powered off. This makes it easy and painless to be environmentally responsible without ever worrying about leaving the lights on or adjusting the thermostat.

http://www.userdriven.org/blog/dont-be-better-than-the-competition.html

http://www.userdriven.org/blog/my-introduction-to-scrum-and-agile.html

riefly, Scrum is an Agile software development methodology designed to produce higher-quality output that is more responsive to market needs. it is focused on constantly delivering value rather than on meeting a specific date with a pre-determined set of features.

http://www.userdriven.org/blog/vote-for-the-2007-userdriven-hall-of-fame-and-shame.html

http://www.userdriven.org/blog/lookout-search-plug-in-for-outlook.html

A few years back I discovered a great Search plug-in for Outlook called LookOut. It was lightning fast and it not only searched all Outlook folders at once, but it even searched designated folders on my hard drive (e.g., the My Documents folder).

http://www.userdriven.org/blog/personas-are-not-fictional-either.html

http://www.userdriven.org/blog/2007/9/19/fogbugz-is-developer-driven-thank-goodness.html

Joel and his crew are so very user-driven in my estimation because they themselves are the users.

http://www.userdriven.org/blog/2007/9/6/foleo-was-a-bad-idea-from-the-start.html

http://www.userdriven.org/blog/2007/8/6/find-your-triple-plays.html

I've recently been finding a number of win-win-win situations - triple plays, I call them - in my every day life. These are situations where I can make a lifestyle choice that pays me back in multiple ways. Usually these pay-backs are in the areas of health, wealth and ecology, but there are other benefits.

http://www.userdriven.org/blog/2007/8/2/web-20-means-user-driven.html

A lot of companies find themselves in the position of having forums, discussion groups and developer communities that are not sponsored by them or hosted under their domain. A lot of them probably don't take these networks seriously. This is wishful thinking. We've always known that word of mouth and independent opinions are more powerful than formal marketing programs. Web 2.0 is just the...

http://www.userdriven.org/blog/2008/4/13/qualitative-before-quantitative-research.html