I'd be interested to hear what the user-interface group for facebook says about what the top goal of their users on facebook is? Aside from simplifying the confusing masthead navigation, facebook would do well to ID the main user function and then allow their design and feature upgrades to flow from that focus.
facebook POP QUIZ #3: Why So Many SETTINGS Pages? Can You Do It In One?
As facebook gets slower, the time we spend "hunting" for certain settings gets exponentially longer. Maybe facebook needs a pref/settings control panel like Firefox or Chrome. Cause this pulldown, open page, hunt for setting, pulldown different page, hunt for setting… I can tell you I'm on a pretty fast connection and it just about makes me want to give up facebook.
Managing for Monday Morning: How Do You Hit the Week Running?
Pause between mental leaps. (We are so quick to change our attentions or activities. Instead of letting your rapid mind make those choices, notice when you are about to jump the rails into another task. Then… PAUSE. Make sure the new direction is toward a goal and not just a response to boredom. Then take a breath. If the choice still seems wise, the go. If you find yourself questioning your mind's choice. Then you have reached a higher level of consciousness for a brief instant. Be grateful.)
How Was Your Weekend: D'ja Blog Much? #blogathonATX (it's a wrap!)
As part of BlogathonATX I spend a good part of Saturday writing in a room filled with other people. There was SOME talking, but there was a room for that. Thanks to the radially social idea from @IleenieWeenie we packed the Conjunctured co-working space in East Austin with breakfast tacos, cupcakes, mostly Macs, coffee, and later (I hear) Tito's Vodka and beer. I was blogged out by 3:30. Not that I didn't write a few extras in the evening and yesterday. But my little fingers were finding a rhythm on Saturday. And so were many other people's fingers.
facebook's Ad Targeting System: FB Pop Quiz #2
So you click and you click and you tell them why you don't like certain ads, and why then do they show up at your next visit? The same exact ad? Is the Facebook Ad Targeting System broken, or is it like an idiot system, the more you click and the more you reason why the less it does, meaning it does nothing.
