March 2011
By Jeff White: Mar 25, 2011
Filed Under: Development
Facebook, as we’ve discussed at some length, loves to test new interface paradigms. A few months back they released a gallery ‘improvement’ that causes all photos to open in a lightbox instead of within the main interface. This screen has all the same links and functions of the old Facebook, but breaks expected functionality. Aside from that, it’s just ugly and lightboxes are often a hack for viewing images that limit access to the rest of the interface. Read More »
By Jeff White: Mar 16, 2011
Filed Under: Design, Jobs
We’re on the hunt for a ridiculously talented web designer to join our agency full-time in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. If you’re passionate about design, obsessed with the web, and enjoy creating elegant user interfaces people love, we should talk. Read More »
By Jeff White:
Filed Under: Design, Jeff
Facebook is forever testing new user interface paradigms. And they usually release them on an unsuspecting public, generally to mass uproar. Facebook rarely responds to these protests, and generally speaking people seem to adapt and move on.
This morning, they released a particularly insidious update to the service. They’ve removed the ability to create paragraphs by hitting the return key in comments. You can still use the shift-return key combo to generate a soft return. But it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to change how such an important key works. Read More »
By Carman Pirie: Mar 14, 2011
Filed Under: Carman, Strategy
Much has been said about Chrysler’s firing of their social media agency this week after a road rage faux pas by a junior agency staffer. Beyond questions of whether the firing was justified, as organizations build out their social media marketing efforts this story points to a recurring challenge for marketers:
In a world that favors speed (which often comes with increased errors) and, supposedly, authenticity, what happens when someone authentically makes a mistake while being authentic? Read More »
