Here i am, in the final stretch, last blog im going to write and it will be simplest.
What is your favorite design on a phone? Flip, slide or open faced?
What would be the pro's and cons of it?
At this moment, i prefer the flip phones, because it reduced the amoung of phone calls that my phone does while in my pocket!!!!
its simple, small and unique. I can screen calls better and do less mess ups!
Con would be... that from the 3 flip phones ive had, they have all died! broken and something has been faulty with them...
sucks huh...
what do you guys think? would be the best phone for you? and why does it work for you?
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Flaws with ITUNES!!!! it cant be?
The mighty itunes with issues,
Other than it being a huge hogger of memory on Windows machines,
it has one major flaw that has really gotten to me over time.
Look at the power search option whem buying music:
Other than it being a huge hogger of memory on Windows machines,
it has one major flaw that has really gotten to me over time.
Look at the power search option whem buying music:
Can I search by year? NOPE!!!!!!!!
its really annoying when you want just to search by a genre and year... well its impossible on itunes....
now is this jus me?
Airline Websites
I have been trying to book a hotel and flight throught the major websites that offer them services.
All of which are the same, offer almost identical pricing, packages and everything else.
My question is:
what makes cheaptickets, travelocity, orbitz, priceline, or whatever unique from each other?
how is their competition when its all the same nonsense?
Only thing different is a color scheme...
what makes them unique?
All of which are the same, offer almost identical pricing, packages and everything else.
My question is:
what makes cheaptickets, travelocity, orbitz, priceline, or whatever unique from each other?
how is their competition when its all the same nonsense?
Only thing different is a color scheme...
what makes them unique?
Simplicity is amazing sometimes
I look around on a daily basis and i see nothing but interesting things that catch my eye. Most of the time its the simplest design that make me want to buy something.
For instance the sexyness and simplicity of the iPhone. It does a million things, and yet it doesnt look it. Now everyone wants one of theme phones.
Also, when the iPod nano was released, i was one of the first to buy it! loved the simplicity, loved how small it was and how powerful and useful it could be. Couldnt get over my newest toy that i had purchased.
Now that being said, what products have tons of great things but due to the poor design of it, it made it fail dramatically.
It happens with cars, systems, TVs, and basically anything that comes out in the market nowadays. The sexual appeal of something needs to be great in order to purchase a product. If its ugly first hand, something will fail. Im sure that is obvious, considering throughout the quarter we have talked about this same topic.
This is just a random rant, but i have thought over my lifetime of products that i bought that were really nice and failed because most folks thought it to be unappealing. I have always been a weird kid though...
The sega cd attachment to my sega genesis, a big flop.... due its huge design flaws. Big/monstrous cd player with defective materials... heated up and it skipped from time to time...
But i bought it!
it had some really nice games on it! I have all of the games produced on the Sega CD!!! (im a big nerd) which were aorund the teens...
Samething happened to the sega saturn, incredible system, didnt heat up as much as the playstation.
Loading time was less than the playstation...
but the remotes were heavy, obnoxious, and the system was a bit clunky and white!! over time it didnt look as attractive!
Opposed to the playstation weightless remotes, and flat design that could fit where your dvd player could fit! AMAZING!
Both systems had the same games over time, the occasional one that was unique to the system but it was pretty much the same.
One prevailed due to the nice add campaign and positive designs on the remote.
Which as a gamer, is extremly important! bad remote means folks wont buy the system.
Look at the first version of the XBOX with its montrous 70 pound remotes!!!
what items that have you grown up with that have been great to you, but since their design wasnt as great... it faltered.
Thanks for reading!
this was another rant from the man in a cubicle at this moment!
For instance the sexyness and simplicity of the iPhone. It does a million things, and yet it doesnt look it. Now everyone wants one of theme phones.
Also, when the iPod nano was released, i was one of the first to buy it! loved the simplicity, loved how small it was and how powerful and useful it could be. Couldnt get over my newest toy that i had purchased.
Now that being said, what products have tons of great things but due to the poor design of it, it made it fail dramatically.
It happens with cars, systems, TVs, and basically anything that comes out in the market nowadays. The sexual appeal of something needs to be great in order to purchase a product. If its ugly first hand, something will fail. Im sure that is obvious, considering throughout the quarter we have talked about this same topic.
This is just a random rant, but i have thought over my lifetime of products that i bought that were really nice and failed because most folks thought it to be unappealing. I have always been a weird kid though...
The sega cd attachment to my sega genesis, a big flop.... due its huge design flaws. Big/monstrous cd player with defective materials... heated up and it skipped from time to time...
But i bought it!
it had some really nice games on it! I have all of the games produced on the Sega CD!!! (im a big nerd) which were aorund the teens...
Samething happened to the sega saturn, incredible system, didnt heat up as much as the playstation.
Loading time was less than the playstation...
but the remotes were heavy, obnoxious, and the system was a bit clunky and white!! over time it didnt look as attractive!
Opposed to the playstation weightless remotes, and flat design that could fit where your dvd player could fit! AMAZING!
Both systems had the same games over time, the occasional one that was unique to the system but it was pretty much the same.
One prevailed due to the nice add campaign and positive designs on the remote.
Which as a gamer, is extremly important! bad remote means folks wont buy the system.
Look at the first version of the XBOX with its montrous 70 pound remotes!!!
what items that have you grown up with that have been great to you, but since their design wasnt as great... it faltered.
Thanks for reading!
this was another rant from the man in a cubicle at this moment!
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Buying a car can be difficult!
Which one is easier to buy a used car in?
autobytel.com
cars.com
carmax.com
craiglist.com
NO clue, they are a pain in the ass! Sorry for the vulgar language... but its not a pleasant experience in getting a used vehicle...
Autobytel has one main issue.
http://www.autobytel.com/content/Buy/used/index.cfm?id=4;ABTL&dontStoreVehicle=True
Can you search by a certain make? just the make and not caring about the model?
hmm... nope!
which is extremely annoying.
What if a user s looking for any toyota around the price range of 5 grand. A user may know the quality of toyota vehicles and wishes to buy any toyota.
Under the autobytel process, its more time consuming. Check model by model is truly a headache...
Cars.com on the other hand, may understand that mentality. They made their search engine run in that manner.
http://www.cars.com/go/index.jsp
im happy with it, seemed reasonable.
All the other information, well i dont read it... other than the top 10 area.
Pretty much everything else is pointless to me. Might loads of good information, but
it doesnt catch my eye.
Craiglist, well its not good, but its bad. Its just a classifieds area.
Its easier to get in contact with people to buy their respective vehicle. There is no need to get a news paper with craigslist, but you dont know which vehicle has already been sold. Since! most ads are keep for a week i think.
If a car is sold, well you have no idea.
Carmax took buying a car to another level.
Show me all of the makes, models, SHOW ME EVERYTHING!!!! type of approach. Which i appreciate.
they simply tell you this:
let me show every car in my lot!
May not the best approach, but if you do a search based on a price range lets say of 5k,
then they simply tell you this:
let me show every car under 5k!
narrowed it down, and you feel better. A user can compare makes and models, just about everything.
Isnt it lovely?
http://carmax.com/
once again, all the extra information gets overlooked though. I have yet to explore the whole website...
i dont think i will ever either. If i want a used car, well i know where to go and thats pretty much all i wanted to do.
Well, what do you folks think?
anybody search for a used car online before?
autobytel.com
cars.com
carmax.com
craiglist.com
NO clue, they are a pain in the ass! Sorry for the vulgar language... but its not a pleasant experience in getting a used vehicle...
Autobytel has one main issue.
http://www.autobytel.com/content/Buy/used/index.cfm?id=4;ABTL&dontStoreVehicle=True
Can you search by a certain make? just the make and not caring about the model?
hmm... nope!
which is extremely annoying.
What if a user s looking for any toyota around the price range of 5 grand. A user may know the quality of toyota vehicles and wishes to buy any toyota.
Under the autobytel process, its more time consuming. Check model by model is truly a headache...
Cars.com on the other hand, may understand that mentality. They made their search engine run in that manner.
http://www.cars.com/go/index.jsp
im happy with it, seemed reasonable.
All the other information, well i dont read it... other than the top 10 area.
Pretty much everything else is pointless to me. Might loads of good information, but
it doesnt catch my eye.
Craiglist, well its not good, but its bad. Its just a classifieds area.
Its easier to get in contact with people to buy their respective vehicle. There is no need to get a news paper with craigslist, but you dont know which vehicle has already been sold. Since! most ads are keep for a week i think.
If a car is sold, well you have no idea.
Carmax took buying a car to another level.
Show me all of the makes, models, SHOW ME EVERYTHING!!!! type of approach. Which i appreciate.
they simply tell you this:
let me show every car in my lot!
May not the best approach, but if you do a search based on a price range lets say of 5k,
then they simply tell you this:
let me show every car under 5k!
narrowed it down, and you feel better. A user can compare makes and models, just about everything.
Isnt it lovely?
http://carmax.com/
once again, all the extra information gets overlooked though. I have yet to explore the whole website...
i dont think i will ever either. If i want a used car, well i know where to go and thats pretty much all i wanted to do.
Well, what do you folks think?
anybody search for a used car online before?
Boom or Bust
The famous Playstation website. Good or bad?
http://www.us.playstation.com/
I like it, i find the simple design to be an ease on the eyes. Opposed to the information pumped madness that most gaming websites have, this one seemed to take a little simpler.
Two large pictures with the news games that are coming out this month. Beneath the two pictures are the three different systems that they are offering at this moment. Which is the PS2, ps3 and PSP. Click on then and it will take to a dedicated page of the system chosen. From games, to accesories to everything that you need to read about a particular system. Then A HUGE image of the PS3 to get more info on the system games and any other aspect, The top left corner with menu buttons are simplistic and easy to spot, and at the very bottom the upcoming games/new games/top game/ news/ event promotions are displayed in chronological order.
I like the placement, the have placed things in order of importance.
First their new system, then their newest games, then basically some news on anything involving the playstation market.
I enjoyed it, i liked the way it looked, i found it easy to get some information, i no issues with distracting areas and hard to read sections. All in all, i found to be pleasant experience when roaming around in this website.
http://www.us.playstation.com/
I like it, i find the simple design to be an ease on the eyes. Opposed to the information pumped madness that most gaming websites have, this one seemed to take a little simpler.
Two large pictures with the news games that are coming out this month. Beneath the two pictures are the three different systems that they are offering at this moment. Which is the PS2, ps3 and PSP. Click on then and it will take to a dedicated page of the system chosen. From games, to accesories to everything that you need to read about a particular system. Then A HUGE image of the PS3 to get more info on the system games and any other aspect, The top left corner with menu buttons are simplistic and easy to spot, and at the very bottom the upcoming games/new games/top game/ news/ event promotions are displayed in chronological order.
I like the placement, the have placed things in order of importance.
First their new system, then their newest games, then basically some news on anything involving the playstation market.
I enjoyed it, i liked the way it looked, i found it easy to get some information, i no issues with distracting areas and hard to read sections. All in all, i found to be pleasant experience when roaming around in this website.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
A joke, then a serious matter
First off look at this:
At three minutes and four seconds after 2 AM on the 6th of May this year, the time and date will be
02:03:04 05/06/07.
Isnt that interesting?
I thought so. This is what amuzes people when they are working in a cubicle for to long... i miss windows and sunlight!
Anyway, this week was intense with researching for a good design. It smacked me in the face when I discovered I had already several good websites to discuss on. Lately I have been looking to invest in real-estate. I have been searchin from website to website and gathering information.
Some where a whole lot better that others....
Then I realized that would be a perfect blog to write about it!
Here is what i discovered in my research for a new business.
I found that it was extremely easy to find some prices and get some information on the market on this website:
http://www.realtor.com/
It gave me a damn good idea on certain homes and areas. But nothing commercial. It gave me all sorts of details on certain houses. Estimated monthly payment, interior descriptions, pictures and if i wanted to contact a realtor to buy the home. For example :
http://homes.realtor.com/search/listingdetail.aspx?lid=1077238266&fhv=1
Interesting if I wanted to buy a home, but not for investing in property to create some good ROI.
Now, this website:
http://www.cityfeet.com/pittsburgh/
Was a little less sophisticated and pretty annoying in certain occasions. Looked like a cheap version of the previous website. But it still had some valuable information. Has great property information
For example:
http://www.cityfeet.com/CommercialRealEstateForLease/DetailedListing.aspx?PartnerPath=Pittsburgh/&UserListingId=494278
But it wasnt as friendly or well designed as the previous website. Is it because the other is aimed for families and these for any random fool with money to waste in some property?
My favorite, just because of the amount of foreclosure properties they had, was this website
http://www.realtytrac.com/freeSearch.asp?accnt=68991&StateSel=IL
but it has several pop-ups.... which were really annoying!
but for the young investor, i think it works out just fine.
Give everything you need to know to get some good property and at good price:
http://www.realtytrac.com/freePropDetails.asp?pageNum=1&propId=12053227&accnt=68991&selstatus=D
Now how does this compare to the family friendly website that i mentioned at the beginning... hmmm...
would it be the same audience? honestly not sure...
Seems reasonable to believe it. but somehow a family thats looking to invest 700k in a house would visit the first website, and a family that can only manaage to afford around 250k would look at this website.
Or even real-estate companies to destroy a building and make more condos of course.
well thats my review for the week!
thanks for reading
At three minutes and four seconds after 2 AM on the 6th of May this year, the time and date will be
02:03:04 05/06/07.
Isnt that interesting?
I thought so. This is what amuzes people when they are working in a cubicle for to long... i miss windows and sunlight!
Anyway, this week was intense with researching for a good design. It smacked me in the face when I discovered I had already several good websites to discuss on. Lately I have been looking to invest in real-estate. I have been searchin from website to website and gathering information.
Some where a whole lot better that others....
Then I realized that would be a perfect blog to write about it!
Here is what i discovered in my research for a new business.
I found that it was extremely easy to find some prices and get some information on the market on this website:
http://www.realtor.com/
It gave me a damn good idea on certain homes and areas. But nothing commercial. It gave me all sorts of details on certain houses. Estimated monthly payment, interior descriptions, pictures and if i wanted to contact a realtor to buy the home. For example :
http://homes.realtor.com/search/listingdetail.aspx?lid=1077238266&fhv=1
Interesting if I wanted to buy a home, but not for investing in property to create some good ROI.
Now, this website:
http://www.cityfeet.com/pittsburgh/
Was a little less sophisticated and pretty annoying in certain occasions. Looked like a cheap version of the previous website. But it still had some valuable information. Has great property information
For example:
http://www.cityfeet.com/CommercialRealEstateForLease/DetailedListing.aspx?PartnerPath=Pittsburgh/&UserListingId=494278
But it wasnt as friendly or well designed as the previous website. Is it because the other is aimed for families and these for any random fool with money to waste in some property?
My favorite, just because of the amount of foreclosure properties they had, was this website
http://www.realtytrac.com/freeSearch.asp?accnt=68991&StateSel=IL
but it has several pop-ups.... which were really annoying!
but for the young investor, i think it works out just fine.
Give everything you need to know to get some good property and at good price:
http://www.realtytrac.com/freePropDetails.asp?pageNum=1&propId=12053227&accnt=68991&selstatus=D
Now how does this compare to the family friendly website that i mentioned at the beginning... hmmm...
would it be the same audience? honestly not sure...
Seems reasonable to believe it. but somehow a family thats looking to invest 700k in a house would visit the first website, and a family that can only manaage to afford around 250k would look at this website.
Or even real-estate companies to destroy a building and make more condos of course.
well thats my review for the week!
thanks for reading
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