Joe Petviashvili

recently acquired what might be the worst toaster in the history of the world. It's pretty fancy and shiny and microprocessor controlled. And it makes toast. But

Del.icio.us is simple and does what it says it does, nothing more nothing less. Ma.gnolia does a little bit more, looks great and is relatively self-explanatory. Furl.net was probably better technology than either Del.icio.us or Ma.gnolia but the user experience more...

logged into a brand new web service today and this was my default profile picture.

given that it has taken approximately seven years to double from 1.3 to 2.6 words per average query, we might need another seven years, circa 2012, to get us to 5.2 words, a period I suspect would be just prior more...

"blue-ribbon panel of human behavior and technology experts” struggling to understand the success of iPhone. You would have thought that the title of the panel would have told the experts all they needed to know.

Tell us what you think.. 1. those big numbers have been moved (can you find them now?) 2. the "logo" and tag line have been integrated 3. the main page is called "radar" (contest to for best alternative starts now) more...

Prism is an open source cross-platform prototype of functionality that lets users split web applications out of the browser and run them directly on the desktop.

“The ubiquity of frustrating, unhelpful software interfaces has motivated decades of research into “Human-Computer Interaction.” In this paper, I suggest that the long-standing focus on “interaction” may be misguided.”

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No sign-up forms, no logins. This got us thinking about UI design as it applies to today's web services. Lately, it seems that less and less services are using sign-up forms...at least, they aren't requiring you to sign up right more...

have big, gorgeous and good quality images by default

With hypertext, the information itself is the interface. The content takes center stage while the chrome and tool areas are placed in the back-seat.

1. Paste. 2. Save. 3. Copy. 4. Undo. 5. Bold. Beyond the top 10 commands or so, however, the curve flattens out considerably.