Search engine: recency or relevancy?

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In his interesting article on techcrunch.com, Erick Schonfeld explores the new scenario of real-time search. Twitter and instant blogging are a consequence, and the result, of how we use technology and how technology is changing our lifestyles. Among these transformations, Schonfeld includes a series of new search engines (OneRiot, Collecta that are trying to address the need of real time search.

Real-time search looks like something different to the search we are used to. It is based on the criterion of recency (date sorted results, for example). Twitter search is a good example of a real-time search engine that does nothing special but sorting result by date. Read all»

Posted in Interactions on 06 27th, 2009 | no comments yet

Form design – Please select your ethnicity

Some days ago I was having a look at monster.com, a website for job posting and carrer development. It has a new cool design that I had not explored yet. I think the visual is pretty solid and well-done: the search box lets you choose between your country (the domain you are surfing on, e.g. dot com for the US) or the rest of the world. And it worked quite well for me (even though I am Italian and changed domain on purpose).

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However, since I read Wroblewski’s book on form design, I cannot help but analyse the forms websites present to me and look for good ideas or usability issues. Read all»

Posted in Interactions on 06 23rd, 2009 | no comments yet

UX Magazine: Italian user experience

uxmagazine logoFor those of you that speak Italian, check www.uxmagazine.it out. I wrote an interesting entry about how mobile becomes part of our context as a new layer of experience. Break a leg, uxmagazine!

Posted in mobile on 05 16th, 2009 | no comments yet

Connecting at Starbucks = nightmare

I visited New York last week but I didn’t have any wi-fi at my hotel (the router seemed to not be compatible with my Mac :-| ). I said ‘okay, no problem. let’s find a Starbucks!’. And there was one just around the corner. Sweet, I thought. On the window there was a sticker saying that there was an AT&T WiFi Spot. Double sweet. Read all»

Posted in personal on 04 28th, 2009 | no comments yet

The first iPhone course in Rome

iPhone Class in Rome

iPhone Class in Rome

For those who are interested in iPhone development and would like to improve their skills, I am organising with iPhoneclasses.com a three day course in Rome. The course dates are May, 22th – 24th and the program is really interesting. Moreover, Alex Cone is going to be the teacher of this iPhone class. This is a first meeting where you will meet interesting people and share your ideas and opinions about mobile development.

You can find more info about the course (registration, calendar and location) on iPhoneclasses.com or you can drop a comment here if you prefer ;)

Posted in mobile on 04 11th, 2009 | no comments yet

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