As an independent consultant, I pitch my services a lot. I consider myself fortunate that I get the opportunity to chat with so many great companies (okay, and some not-so-great ones) about what user experience is and what value it could provide to their businesses. Without a doubt, the most difficult service for me to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Humor'
Nationwide Insurance demonstrates user research with NationPam
January 18th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Customer Experience, Humor
Bill Maher makes fun of Captcha’s poor usability
May 12th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Humor, Pain, User Experience
If you follow me on Twitter, you know I’m in love with Bill Maher. You might not agree with his politics, his ideology, or his bad language, but you’ve gotta admit that he has a knack for putting people in their place. At the end of each episode, Bill Maher gives his New Rules — [...]
What the customer actually wanted
October 1st, 2009 · 8 Comments · Design, Humor, Pain
A few weeks ago Orian sent me a hilarious but sad cartoon on the all-too-familiar process of cumulative error and product dilution during a project life cycle: customer request -> finance -> engineering -> manufacturing -> marketing -> delivery. Not only do we fail to deliver on what was proposed, but what the customer said [...]
Tags:Design·Humor·Methodology·Pain·User Experience·Web Development
Photo of the day: No Yes No No
July 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Humor, Photography
That’s her response to the question, “Can I take you home?” Found in the ladies’ room at Clery’s Bar in Boston, where the An Event Apart after party was held. Related Posts: Photo of the day: Pen Pocket Photo of the day: Do Not Disturb Photo of the day: Calorie Counts at Dunkin Donuts Photo [...]
Tags:Humor·Photography
In case of fire: Do Not Use Twitter
June 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Humor, Photography, Twitter
Last week this photo was posted to BuzzFeed and made the rounds on Twitter. It’s originally from johnpiercy on Flickr. I think it looks doctored, but John isn’t sure. It’s just too hilarious to be real! What do you think? P.S. If I was caught in or near a fire, I definitely WOULD use Twitter. [...]
Tags:Humor·Photography·Twitter
