Archive for the ‘design’ Category

Powerpoint Doesn’t Kill People…

…bad presenters do. PowerPoint gets a lot of hate – but usually not in the NY Times.  Sure, alcohol is probably the only thing abused more than power point, but just like alcohol, we keep it around for a reason. Powerpoint lets you quickly and easily make a visual companion to a talk.  It adds [...]

The 2.7 Billion Dollar Question

Even though the question is one of Amazon’s most important features, it’s impressive how understated its introduction was. One day, for many of Amazon’s users (but not all), it just showed up. It was one of many changes occurring on the site that month. Most users didn’t notice it for weeks and few understood how [...]