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Design Better Professional Relationships
We under invest in relationship infrastructures.
– Alla Zollers
I enjoyed a great talk from Alla Zollers, a UX Consultant who helps companies, teams and individuals achieve greater clarity, meaning, performance and success. “We spend 90% of time communicating and building relationships in our jobs”, said Alla. And I cannot agree more. Then, how to design better professional relationships?
Continue readingThe Mobile Playbook
Check out this great guidebook The Mobile Playbook by Google if you are still wondering how much smartphones are going to disrupt industries such as hospitality.
Continue reading“Users Are Selfish, Lazy And Ruthless.”
I love Nelson’s description for online readers. We have a reason to be selfish, lazy and ruthless in this overwhelming information era. Most of times we quick scan web pages, pick words/sentences that pique our interest and ignore the rest.
Continue readingVideo Demo! “Better Speech” iPhone4 App
This is a 4-min quick video demo for my “Better Speech” iPhone App fun project, enjoy!
Continue readingA Great Night with Chinese Entrepreneurs
I had a great Friday night with a group of Chinese entrepreneurs and over 200 people who are passionate about innovation, the Internet and Chinese start-ups. I was very impressed by the enthusiastic young founders, their demos, and the panel discussion about innovation and start-ups in China vs. US.
Continue readingTry “Better Speech” iPhone4 Prototype
A few weeks ago, I did a web app prototype called “Better Speech” for my Coursera HCI class, now I am happy to announce that the “Better Speech” iPhone 4/4S app prototype is ready for testing! For those who don’t know about “Better Speech”, it is a platform for public speaking lovers/learners to help each other improve speaking skills.
Continue readingBook Notes: The Power of Why
I simply cannot say enough how much I love this book. I read it three times and listened to its audio version at least twice. Lots of inspiring and exciting stories. Most importantly, it reminds me to keep the root causes of my actions in mind – not just what to do or how to do something, but also why I do what I do.
Continue readingNative, HTML5, Responsive, or Mobile Site?
I got to read an excellent article from David Thompson comparing four popular strategies if your want to go mobile: native app, HTML 5 (with native wrapper), responsive web design and mobile site. I’ll explain a little more if you are not sure about these concepts.
Continue reading5 Ways to Find Latest Updates of Your Favorite Topics
Do you feel overwhelmed by information sometimes? I do. It’s so hard to stay with the latest news of my favorite topics, but I figured out 5 great ways to get them: Google Alerts, subscribing email newsletters, RSS, checking websites/social networks and search. Hopefully they can be useful to you, too.
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