April 2010
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We will price our e-books at a wide variety of prices. In the ink-on-paper world we publish new books in different formats (hardcover, trade paperback, and mass market paperback) at prices that generally range from $35.00 to $5.99. In the digital world we will price each book individually as we do today. Generally e-book editions of hardcover new releases will be priced between $14.99 and...
Canon Announces '.canon' Top-Level Domain Name →
Wait, what?
This is only okay if I can have “lickmy.canon” for personal usage.
Does higher conversion rate equal better UX? →
When something I feel improves the user experience is removed because it results in a lower conversion rate, I find myself very confused. How can a poorer UX have a higher conversion rate?
One specific example: When offering additional paid features to an existing free product, upsell ads contain…
I face this often enough. It’s very easy to look at analytics and say “Oh, the...
Tufte appointed by President →
Edward Tufte, info-graphic and statistical display luminary, has been appointed by President Obama to the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board. I cannot imagine a better choice for breaking down complex information and making it obvious and available to the people. Bravo!
Dangers of Twitter as a news source
Twitter proving for us, yet again, that news outlets are more focused on “scooping” their competitors than fact checking.
Background: There was a random, unannounced fireworks display over Seattle this evening. I didn’t see/hear it up here in Fremont, but apparently most of the rest of town did. No one was entirely clear why the display was going off. My boss, Dave Schappell,...