Ranking crowdsourced data with curves
Saturday, October 25th, 2008 Posted in Design, Usability, Web products | No Comments »I'm a big fan of user review sites. I've been using TripAdvisor since at least 2002 to help plan my journeys, and Yelp is my new favourite site since moving to the US. Crowdsourcing information is usually a pretty good way ...
American food is killing me
Sunday, October 19th, 2008 Posted in Bay Area | 1 Comment »I'm completely addicted now. In-n-out. Krispy Kreme. Sibby's Cupcakes. Fred steaks. And tonight's indulgence? Chicago style deep-dish pizza from Patxi's. We ordered a 12", which weighs nearly 2kg (it is 2" deep). It takes 30 minutes to bake (compared to the ...
Does anyone actually notice a website being ‘free’?
Thursday, October 9th, 2008 Posted in Design, Web products | No Comments »I know that 'freemium' is a popular business model at the moment, but do everyday web users really notice this when they're using a site? Personally I always assume a site is free and am surprised/annoyed when it isn't, unless it ...
Why isn’t anyone talking about Google’s spam problem?
Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in Web products | No Comments »Sometimes when I'm searching for a particular product or service, the most frustrating thing is the way Google brings up mostly things to purchase. For example, recently I knew that a direct flight between Sydney and New York used to ...
