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FLF 08.26.2011 - The Generation Gap [Comic] - Mashable

ZOMG! - This so makes our day! How many of you can relate to this? We can on so many levels! Happy Friday, Via Friends!

This comic is part of Mashable Comics - illustrated every week by Kiersten Essenpreis, a New York-based artist who draws and blogs at YouFail.com.

Does your UX include Quick Response (QR) Codes?

Great little video on what QR codes are and how there are so many ways to utilize them.

 

Google+: Putting the human experience at the center of UXD

While we are anxiously awaiting our invites (hint, hint), I was really intrigued about Google's approach in describing what makes Google+ better, different, more appealing to - well, humans. This video goes to show, when you model an online experience to the actual wants and needs of the human experience, you can be profoundly successful. That A-Ha! moment comes instantly. The acceptance and adoption is without barriers.

Look at this video and see what you think. I think Google+ may have just taken Facebook and put the human experience at the center of their user experience design!

I'll confirm this once I can personally experience it for myself.

If you are already a Google+ user, let us know what you think!

 

 

 

 

Execs Are Getting Social is a Game-Changer

There is a great infographic out now by Jive that reports business execs are now "getting social" and how social is and will be a game-changer in business.

Check out these stats reported:

Growing Up Digital: Class of 2011 - How They Engage with Media

The Nielsen Company published some interesting stats today on "Kids Today: How the Class of 2011 Engages with Media." The post raises some very important to facts to consider. According to Nielsen, the Class of 2011:

• Is the Heaviest Mobile Video Viewers: On average, mobile subscribers ages 12-17 watched 7 hours 13 minutes of mobile video a month in Q4 2010, compared to 4 hours 20 minutes for the general population.
• Is More Receptive to Mobile Advertising than their Elders: More than half (58%) surveyed in September 2010 said they “always” or “sometimes” look at mobile ads.
• Out-Texts All Other Age Groups: In Q1 2011, teens 13-17 sent an average of 3,364 mobile texts per month, more than doubling the rate of the next most active texting demo, 18-24 year olds (1,640 texts per month).
• Talks Less on the Phone: Besides seniors 65-plus, teens talk the least on their phones, talking an average of 515 minutes per month in Q1 2011 versus more than 750 minutes among 18-24 year olds.
• Grew Up in the Age of Social Media—and It Shows: While they make up just 7.4 percent of those using social networks, 78.7 percent of 12-17 year olds visited social networks or blogs.
• Watch Less TV than the General Population: The average American watched 34 hours 39 minutes of TV per week in Q4 2010, a year-over-year increase of two minutes. Teens age 12-17 watch the least amount of TV on average (23 hours 41 minutes per week).
• Spend Less Time on their Computers: American 18 year olds averaged 39 hours, 50 minutes online from their home computers, of which 5 hours, 26 minutes was spent streaming online video.

Learn more at Nielsen Wire >>

Kids Today: How the Class of 2011 Engages with Media

FLF 06.03.2011 - Anatomy of a Mashup

The Anatomy of a Mashup is perfect for our Fun Links Friday series. It wakes up almost all of the senses for rounding out the week. Check out this awesome visualization of a mashup of  Daft Punk's discography – Definitive Daft Punk. If you ever wanted to visualize and note the breakdown of a mashup The Man in Blue does this for you! Use the color timeline below to identify each track. Very cool and loads of fun! 

Happy Friday!

Interesting Answers to the Question: What is a Browser?

I love this video by Google, who asked over 50 folks of different ages and backgrounds basic questions about the Web, like "What is a browser?" and "Do you know what the difference is between a search engine and a web browser?"

It is a good reminder to hear and see how Search, like Google, has made the web browser virtually transparent. Great for Google, not so great for Google Chrome, but all in all - great for Google. :)

Moving Towards Collaborative Consumption

This is such a briliant TED Talk by social innovator and author, Rachel Botsman. Her case for collaborative consumption is so right on. Her book, What's Mine is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption, is going on Viaspire's 2011 "Required Reading" list! Enjoy this video on the book as well.

WHAT'S MINE IS YOURS from rachel botsman on Vimeo.

Have You Joined the Conversation on LinkedIn?

LinkedIn has recently launched more community interactive tools to help engage people within their selected groups. LinkedIn is a very powerful social network for business and your career. Joining groups can help you network and communicate to people who share common interests. Watch this quick video to learn more from LinkedIn.

Foursquare Is the Mayor of Geo-Targeting & Local Services

As a follow up to today's post on Going Local, TechCrunch addresses Foursquare's growth and leadership in the geo-targeting and local services space.

Read on: Foursquare Is Five Times Larger Than Gowalla And Growing 75 Percent Faster Every Day