Monthly Archives: December 2006

Online Shopping Impacting Retail Sales

That’s it. All done. We’ve wrapped the 2006 holiday season. How did US retail sales fare? Well, it depends who you ask. Ecommerce sites such as Amazon.com, CircuitCity.com and BestBuy.com have seen pretty impressive growth this holiday season. According to Hitwise, ecommerce sales are up …

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All I Want for Christmas is More Social Media

The Coca-Cola Company has released an e-greetings campaign through YouTube this holiday season. The “Holiday WishCast” allows a viewer to select from a variety of Coca-Cola holiday commercials and user-generated videos and send them to a friend with a personalized holiday message. This adoption of …

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Jack and His Friends Are on the Move – Cingular and MySpace

MySpace is finally mobile! If you are one of the many that might ask, “Why in the world would someone need to have remote access to a social website like MySpace?” you might be dating yourself. MySpace is far more than a place to host …

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Lipstick on a Pig (The Impoverished Role of Science in User Experience Research)

Sometimes, we are successful not because of what we do – but in spite of what we do. I think of that often as I watch the user experience industry grow. While user experience training programs are emerging, sound research methodology is not often emphasized. …

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We the People… In Order to Create a More Perfect Internet

You are famous. I am not sure if you realized that until this week when TIME Magazine put you on the cover (literally on the cover – it only took 6,965,000 pieces of Mylar). You are the Person of the Year. You contribute to YouTube, …

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