From the author: "Sense of Patterns is an on-going project, a series of printed data visualizations aiming to depict the behaviors of masses in different public spaces. The visualizations have a focus on the patterns of moving entities in public like commuters, cars and public transportation vehicles as well as the interaction between these entities and physical structures like roads, sidewalks, buildings and parks. The project intends to provide strong visuals on what we all experience in our daily lives in different cities."
Monday, September 12, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
StumbleUpon Introduces New "Explore" Box
StumbleUpon recently introduced a search field that can be used to discover content by topic, with related suggestions and partial string matches.
Check it out for yourself
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Getting the Word Out: Promoting New Features Inline
When you're designing a few feature or mobile app, at some point you'll need to promote it as part of the rest of your site or product. You might have a "News" page or some other type of promotional space, but here are some clever promos that promote new features to visitors in context.
Not only are these approaches more interesting, they are much more likely to get visitors to notice all the hard work you've done. Here are a couple of examples from Facebook's design team.
Facebook Messenger App
Facebook released a new app that makes it easier to send mobile messengers to friend. When a Facebook user visited their Messages page, this promo was inserted at the top:
A while back Facebook added more explicit controls to their messaging interface, in response to concerns about how much control their customers had over the privacy of their messages.
They could have left visitors to discover these new features for themselves, but of course they wanted people to understand and use them right away. The first time someone experienced this new interface, Facebook presented a short "tour" of the new features.
Not only are these approaches more interesting, they are much more likely to get visitors to notice all the hard work you've done. Here are a couple of examples from Facebook's design team.
Facebook Messenger App
Facebook released a new app that makes it easier to send mobile messengers to friend. When a Facebook user visited their Messages page, this promo was inserted at the top:
If the reader clicks Get the App, they get the usual links to the Apple and Android stores, but also a very clever feature to text a link for the app to the user's phone. Slick.
Facebook Messaging Privacy Controls
A while back Facebook added more explicit controls to their messaging interface, in response to concerns about how much control their customers had over the privacy of their messages.
They could have left visitors to discover these new features for themselves, but of course they wanted people to understand and use them right away. The first time someone experienced this new interface, Facebook presented a short "tour" of the new features.
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