Competitively compensated

 

Peeling a peel

Have you ever considered that we use the work peel to refer to the outer layer of a banana as well as the action of removing the outer layer of a vegetable.

This wonderful person is peeling the peel of a banana.  

Perfect date?

So, what's your idea of a perfect date? 

YYYY-MM-DD. I find other formats a bit confusing. 

What do you think the perfect date is? 

Color Blind Test

To gain a better sense of what it is like to have color blindness, here is a online text.  

https://www.color-blind-test.com/images/huetest/Farnsworth100.html 

Product features vs User Needs

Sometimes what product team thinkgs the user needs is not actually what the user needs. 

 

Cat parents, is this true? 

Ketchup UX / UI

Difference between User Interface and User Experience

This illustration compares the interface of a classic ketchup bottle and the experience of a modern ketchup bottle. 

https://www.patrickhansen.com/ 

Front-end vs Back-end view: Guardians of the Galaxy

Here are side-by-side photos of the movie, Guardians of the Galaxy. The character Rocket is a Racoon. The actor playing Rocket is wearing a suit. The work that goes into making the front-end is often messy and looks nothing like the final product. 

 

Netflix billboard

Don't give up on your dreams. We started with DVDs. 

 

Coaching Michael Jordan

This is a reminder that even Michael Jordan - the greatest basketball player of all time - still had a coach. 

Who is your coach? 

Zoom: I'm not a cat

Lucid Chart: New Experience

When I launched LucidChart.com this was displayed: 

500 page: MaxPreps

This 500 page used a creative on-brand graphic.

Unsubscribe page: Headspace

After clicking unsubscribe a company has a chance to make an impression. 

Headspace has a nice on-brand unsubscribe page.

Conference Call Bingo

With the sudden rise of remote meetings, you might find yourself getting a bingo.

404 page: Owler

https://corp.owler.com/

Tooltip: Kroger

This tooltip appeared without clicking. 

Gif vs. Jif

Article on Verge
https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2020/2/25/21147389/jif-peanut-butter-giphy-settle-gif-pronunciation-debate

Get your Giphy Jifs here: https://giphy.com/jif

Reports available: Optical Illusion

I saw this graphic on a website. The two fields of green in the background meet at an angle and make it seem like the entire graphic is sloped downward. I don't think it was intentional.



Be aware of how your graphics may cause optical illusions.

Leap Year 2020

For some reason capturing the calendar on Leap Year seems novel to me. 

Sorry, Not Sorry: Alternatives for saying sorry

Credit: https://twitter.com/danidonovan

Powerpoint: New Feature: GIFs

Word: New Feature: Dictate

Powerpoint: Subtitles feature

I clicked "Slideshow" while connected to a projector and this pop-over was displayed.
I was about to start my meeting so I didn't have time to tinker with it.
This really isn't the best time to tell me about new features. Worse off, if I happened to be interested, but not able to explore they didn't offer any information about how to get back to this.

The button label was off-center. I clicked anyway.


This pop-up was displayed.


Notice the bottom-right corner has a system status label "listening."


Here is a detailed view of the pop-over:


I clicked the "Got it" button, and this was displayed:

Again, why is the button label off-center?
The feature seems interesting, but that is not the time to tell me about it.
Perhaps a learning mode or check my calendar, it is integrated.

Knoll Monitor Arm is Very Clever

The monitor arm is a great way to free up space on your desk. 

The tension needs to be adjusted on a rare occasion and that is the moment you wish you had the right size of Allen wrench at hand. 

Knoll's monitor arm has an Allen wrench holder built right in.

Very clever.

Google Sheets: Cmd+1

Excel has a keyboard shortcut of CMD+1 to open the Format menu. 

If you press CMD+1 while using Chrome typically the first browser tab is displayed. 

However, when using Google Sheets the application recognized it as a desire to format the cells. 

Great UX!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets

User types CMD+1, and this is displayed: 

If user clicks "Show me how" then this is displayed:

YouTube: New Look

Clicking the Learn More button opens this webpage:

Zoom: Auto-launch

I clicked a link from an email to join an event. 

Zoom was the video conference platform. 

It is nice that the webpage tries to launch the application, however, it does not seem to work very well on Mac. 

There should be a checkbox option that allows the user to opt-out of auto-launch. 

Powerpoint: New Features: Ink-stant Replay

Confluence: New Features

Clicking "Show me" opens this webpage:


https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-Cloud-articles/What-s-New-in-Confluence-Cloud-September-2019-Edition/ba-p/1173670?utm_source=Confluence_Cloud&utm_medium=EP_inproduct&utm_campaign=Confluence_CSAT_fy20q1&utm_content=a

OneNote: New Feature: Cloud files

Excel: New Feature: Resolve and Sketch

Pocket: Highlight feature

Highlighting text in an article will cause a tooltip to be displayed. 

If you click on "Highlight" then a left pane appears with a highlight. 

The first time it happened a tooltip appeared to explain. 

If you click the pane it expands to reveal all highlights. 

If you click the meatballs (3 dots) then you can delete or share.

Great UX!

https://app.getpocket.com/