Due to a snafu in regards to handing out the comment sheets at the Ajax experience, those of us that presented on Wednesday aren’t going to be receiving many comments on our presentations. Myself included. If you attended my talk on Netflix UI and have any feedback, I would really appreciate hearing it.
Entries from October 2006
October 28, 2006
Boston
After the Ajax Experience conference, I had a couple days to check out Boston and Cambridge. Boston is one amazing place and surprisingly small. Looking at the map, Boston Logan Airport has more land than the downtown area.
I spent most of Wednesday afternoon and well into the night walking around and checking [...]
October 26, 2006
I had a great time presenting
The Ajax Experience conference was fantastic. I want to thank everyone that came to my presentation on Netflix UI. Your questions were great, and I loved getting the feedback from many of you. There were some great ideas suggested, and a few that I hadn’t considered before.
I love the Ajax Expereience [...]
October 18, 2006
Speaking at UIE Web Application Summit
I’m honored to have been invited to speak at Jared Spool’s UIE Web App Summit in Monterey January 21st – 23rd. My talk will be similar to the one I am giving next week in Boston. I am excited about the Web App Summit. Having the opportunity to hear how things are [...]
October 7, 2006
Ajax Experience Presentation
I’ve finished preparing my case-study presentation, Building Great UI, the Netflix Way for The Ajax Experience. The development approach and challenges faced implementing several of the Netflix Ajax features are central to the discussion. Each case-study gives great insight into the goals, issues and results of developing each feature. The [...]
October 4, 2006
Poor Performance – My initial thoughts on Tivo
So my Tivo arrived, and I am disappointed. I can’t help but compare it to my old ReplayTV. To give it credit, the setup process was very simple, and the wizard was very easy to use. However, it did take quite a long time and the status indicators had a tendency to [...]
October 3, 2006
No DVR, No Way
I tried a full week without my ReplayTV DVR. In the end, I think the Comcast navigation drove me more crazy than the billion ads. I now hold the menu system up as a great example of a poor user interface. Seemingly very simple actions, like looking at the channel guide during [...]
