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@nigjo @Pixelschubser72 @ford____prefect ☹️

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@nigjo @Pixelschubser72 @ford____prefect ☹️

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@ben @timjclevenger @mekkaokereke That’s not a misguided design choice. It’s utter incompetence _by all involved in this design_ on display. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

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@ben @timjclevenger @mekkaokereke That’s not a misguided design choice. It’s utter incompetence _by all involved in this design_ on display. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

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The easiest way to tell if a company truly “cares for our customers” is whether their website remains fully functional, "even" when those very customers choose to use plug-ins that improve their #UX, such as ad blockers, StopTheMadness, Consent-O-Matic, etc.

After all, customers visit a website to make a purchase. If companies care more about analytics and ad engagement than making an actual sale, that pretty much speaks for itself.

#UX

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The easiest way to tell if a company truly “cares for our customers” is whether their website remains fully functional, "even" when those very customers choose to use plug-ins that improve their #UX, such as ad blockers, StopTheMadness, Consent-O-Matic, etc.

After all, customers visit a website to make a purchase. If companies care more about analytics and ad engagement than making an actual sale, that pretty much speaks for itself.

#UX

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@austingovella Feel better soon!

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@austingovella Feel better soon!

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@Starfia Do you remember, though, that they introduced iAds to minimize the sheer awfulness of ads on the platform back then?

Not “quite” the same as today’s approach at Apple, IMHO.

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@Starfia Do you remember, though, that they introduced iAds to minimize the sheer awfulness of ads on the platform back then?

Not “quite” the same as today’s approach at Apple, IMHO.

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Apple has become an ad company. Even right inside their own applications. Case in point: Apple Music app on iOS.

#UX

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Apple has become an ad company. Even right inside their own applications. Case in point: Apple Music app on iOS.

#UX

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Full-screen modal interstitial in Apple Music app for iOS displaying an abstract symbol in the top half. In the bottom half, it states “
Press Play. Feel Good.” and underneath that, “Fun, positive, uplifting. Listen to Feel Good, and more mood stations made just for you, on Home.” At the bottom is a prominent, large button to “Start Listening” A close icon in the top right corner is considerably smaller than the button.

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@collin You should ask for a refund.

Also: what the heck did they _do?!_

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@collin You should ask for a refund.

Also: what the heck did they _do?!_

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“Real progress is not made by the pedantic and mundane, but by the dreamers who realize that we can do so much better.”
— Gilad Bracha

https://gbracha.blogspot.com/2020/05/b its-of-history-words-of-advice.html

Makes me wonder just how many true dreamers are left in the Valley today. 🤔

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“Real progress is not made by the pedantic and mundane, but by the dreamers who realize that we can do so much better.”
— Gilad Bracha

https://gbracha.blogspot.com/2020/05/b its-of-history-words-of-advice.html

Makes me wonder just how many true dreamers are left in the Valley today. 🤔

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@sfoskett I’d expand that to include any presentation at a for-pay conference.

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@sfoskett I’d expand that to include any presentation at a for-pay conference.

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No amount of Apple Intelligence will be able to compensate for the lost time, lost productivity, and lost temper stemming from the current iOS keyboard #UX. 😡

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No amount of Apple Intelligence will be able to compensate for the lost time, lost productivity, and lost temper stemming from the current iOS keyboard #UX. 😡

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@BodyofBreen Ooh, nice pick!

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@BodyofBreen Ooh, nice pick!

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Some artists milk the same song for all its worth with ever more “edits,” with one more boring than the other.

In contrast, Jacob Collier adds new perspectives and twists with every new take he records of the same song.

Case in point: “Little Blue.”

(The “Mahogany Sessions” cut is my favorite. Hard to beat the pure beauty of human voices singing in-sync live.)

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Some artists milk the same song for all its worth with ever more “edits,” with one more boring than the other.

In contrast, Jacob Collier adds new perspectives and twists with every new take he records of the same song.

Case in point: “Little Blue.”

(The “Mahogany Sessions” cut is my favorite. Hard to beat the pure beauty of human voices singing in-sync live.)

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@BodyofBreen “the shaving utensil carelessly dropped by Bill Occam at Ye Olde Seminary Washroom” Shit, I really miss your writing, Chris.

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@BodyofBreen “the shaving utensil carelessly dropped by Bill Occam at Ye Olde Seminary Washroom” Shit, I really miss your writing, Chris.

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@rcauvin [I’m really enjoying this conversation, BTW.]

Hmm, “have found themselves” sounds if the discovery of the problem might have happened almost by accident. From that point on, then, I can see how strategic considerations — or even crafting a strategy to begin with — would _follow_ to aim for reaching the associated goal.

But is strategic thought involved while still searching for the problem or solutions? (Just for the record, I prefer to always start with the former…). 🤔

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@rcauvin [I’m really enjoying this conversation, BTW.]

Hmm, “have found themselves” sounds if the discovery of the problem might have happened almost by accident. From that point on, then, I can see how strategic considerations — or even crafting a strategy to begin with — would _follow_ to aim for reaching the associated goal.

But is strategic thought involved while still searching for the problem or solutions? (Just for the record, I prefer to always start with the former…). 🤔

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@BodyofBreen Any retirement-gifts-to-self on the keyboarding side? 🤔

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@BodyofBreen Any retirement-gifts-to-self on the keyboarding side? 🤔