Archive for February, 2010

Sync your files across multiple computers seamlessly

Posted by dhammy0110 on February 24th, 2010 filed in UX Interaction Design

For many years I have emailed files to myself, copied them to thumb drives, and cobbled together my own FTP syncing scripts.  All very complicated and error prone.  Enter 3rd-party syncing services – easy as pie to use, magically work in the background, and they come in pretty colors. There are a ton out there, [...]

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Push email is a harbinger of the productivity apocalypse of 2012

Posted by dhammy0110 on February 8th, 2010 filed in UX Interaction Design

OK, so maybe it isn’t REALLY the end of the world. But the following article echoes the sentiment that the number and speed of modern communication channels reduce focus and enable procrastination. 
Researchers at Loughborough University found that it took an average of 64 seconds for a person to recover their train of thought after [...]

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