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Re: Tools for creating wireframes and prototypes (Part 1)

Raj — Wed, 09 May 2012 01:01:58 -0000

I love Balsamiq Mockups. I have even taken it with my client and let them help in the design process.

Re: The Geography of UX: Why web user experience in Korea is not about the searchbox

namho — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:24:27 -0000

Bryan - the difference in eye tracking behavior is very interesting! Thank you for your comments.

Re: The Geography of UX: Why web user experience in Korea is not about the searchbox

Bryan — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:23:11 -0000

I came across this while pondering the same question: why was Naver much more successful in Korea than Google? This is a bold and interesting interpretation of many of the factors, particularly the social historical interpretation.

The following resource seems highly relevant: Dong, Y., Lee, K. P. (2008). A cross-cultural comparative study of users' perceptions of a webpage: With a focus on the cognitive styles of Chinese, Koreans and Americans.

Thanks for the post!

Re: Tools for creating wireframes and prototypes (Part 1)

John Zimmatore — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:22:45 -0000

I would definitely recommend looking at MockFlow(http://www.mockflow.com), as a potential wireframing tool. I've been evaluating it. Nice UI control stencils, some interaction capabilities, collaboration, whiteboarding, exports to pdf, ppt, xls. SaaS, it is only around $50/year for a set.

Re: Green roof sightings in Seoul

namho — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:56:24 -0000

David, I left Korea in 1994 for grad school in the US, and returned in 2007. What a total culture shock that was. I left when they had "Pipi's" - the affection name they gave to pagers (remember those?) and returned to find the country totally wired from top to bottom. Now that

I have lived in Korea for the past few years, I feel spoilt at all the technology but still find places where technology has not help at all. Education is one of those areas where my 9-year old is learning MS Office in school as opposed to all the wonderfully creative ways that computers can be used in the classroom.

Hope you have a chance to come back soon.

Re: Green roof sightings in Seoul

WildWildEast — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:21:38 -0000

This all makes me miss Korea a bit. I arrived there in 1995 where the company accountant complained that as the #2 man in the company, that I had one more telephone line than the President. And each line cost $15 a month. 1 for the phone. 2 for the mechanical tape answering machine. And 3 for this new-fangled thing called 'The Internet'. My how Korea has changed - for the better.

Re: Tools for creating wireframes and prototypes (Part 2)

ForzaRP — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 03:33:18 -0000

Balsamiq is pretty cool but I discovered CREATELY wireframes, which are pretty awesome too. Am using them for free btw, - http://creately.com/diagtype/w...

Re: International Symposium: Hanoi 2030

WildWildEast — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 09:33:51 -0000

You might find the same love for Saigon amongst foreign residents as you found in Hanoi.

Re: Sugar on Eee PC

Maya Bailey — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:26:20 -0000

i alway use my Asus EEE PC when i am out of town because it is very light.~`

Re: Hanoi and its love of motorcycles

Chris Motorcycle merchandise — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:24:43 -0000

The bikes seem to be the more economical means of getting around in Hanoi. That will be difficult to change at this point. The Government will have to regulate the bike traffic by putting in safety measures.

Re: Hanoi and its love of motorcycles

Tilly Holmes — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:54:24 -0000

i am a motorcycle fan and i am a collector too. motorcycles are really beautiful and a great mode of transport.:*"

Re: ChangeON conference presentation

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Re: Personalization and Mobile Phones

Aaron Stewart — Thu, 20 May 2010 07:26:38 -0000

sometimes it i have a hard time selecting which mobile phone to buy. there are too many options to choose from.*~-

Re: Thoughts on Sustainability or How to Grow Vegetables in the City

Makiwa Philip Jumo — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:34:24 -0000

I find your article and other readers' comments interesting reading. I live in Harare capital city of Zimbabwe. Urban agriculture used to be frowned upon but in the last twenty years I have noticed an increase in the number of people involved in urban agriculture. It used to be only visible in the low income suburbs, but recently even empty pieces of land in the affluent suburbs are taken up by some crop. The main crop that is often seen is maize which is grown during the rainy season (November to March). Sweet potatoes, green beans and green leaf vegetables are also grown. Leaf vegetables are grown throughout the year.

The City Council used to send hired hands with slashers to tear down the maize planted in open spaces. The reason given was that it was unsightly, helped the spread of mosquitoes and was illegal. (I grew up on my father's farm some 200km away from Harare, so I find the summer green attractive and not offensive and I think many locals agree with me.) But year after year (particularly nowadays with increasing economic difficulties and increasing poverty)the area being planted has grown despite the stance taken by the City, and, it looks like the City has come to realise residents will not stop come what may and are now turning a blind eye. They now seem to be discouraging stream bank cultivation which causes soil erosion. I have the feeling that the City will eventually come up with more humane ways of controlling urban agriculture rather than discouraging it altogether.

Re: Hanoi: the first sustainable capital by 2030

TQT — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 06:42:37 -0000

saw the video already. keep working hard team PPJ! there are many ppl who believe in the realisation of the plan.

Re: Twittering and the Future of Social Networking in Korea

John Brisbane — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:49:54 -0000

I can't wait to see how Twitter turn their brand equity and traffic into money.

If I were them, I'd come up with some sort of Adsense-like program with revenue share to the Twitter page owner and sell small and tasteful banner ads on profile pages at a cost per impression and a cost per click.

Re: Culture gap: no 4th floor

a. saylor — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:52:02 -0000

i really loved this when i was in the big k.

institutionalized/socialized superstition.

fantastic.

Re: Tools for creating wireframes and prototypes (Part 2)

Chris — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:34:25 -0000

Hi Tino,

I tried several tools and in the end settled for pidoco (thanks Tino). We use the expert review and sharing of prototypes a lot - our development is based in russia and we do a lot of remote meeting sort of stuff.

Nice tool, thanks!

Chris

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Re: Tools for creating wireframes and prototypes (Part 2)

Tino — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:56:46 -0000

Hi,
nice little compilation of tools but sadly we were not included in the list. So I'm just stopping by to let you guys know about the pidoco° Usability Suite.
We offer a fully browser-based wireframe tool with some great collaboration features incl. Usability Tester.
Try us 31-days free of charge and without any obligations whatsoever! Please visit http://pidoco.com/user/registe...

Thanks for reading and hope to see you there soon!
Tino

Re: Adventures in the Seoul Metropolitan Subway

Kelli Garner — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 16:12:03 -0000

Thats very good to know... thanks

Re: Autumn Colors of Korea

Name (required) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:31:19 -0000

Check out the 2009 Autumn Color predication for South Korea here:
http://www.pbase.com/dbh/autum...

Re: Twittering and the Future of Social Networking in Korea

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:21:34 -0000

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Re: Tools for creating wireframes and prototypes (Part 2)

Efraim — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:22:51 -0000

Have you seen these yet!?
http://www.MockupMagnets.com
Awesome tool, just to get the ideas solidified with your team/client before using software for the details.

-E

Re: Tools for creating wireframes and prototypes (Part 1)

Fox — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:15:24 -0000

Just tried ForeUI, switching themes is so cool~