Independent Thinking Blog
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The Difference Between Digital Experience & Digital Browsing
The Washington Post has a new Kindle app, and the design is gorgeous. It's clean. It's visual. It's readable. And it's digital mobile. By which I mean that, unlike The Washington Post's "classic" Kindle app, it isn't trying to mimic the look and layout of the Web...
Wowing Customers with the Little Things You Do
My gym now has wifi. This means I can stream the Foo Fighters one day and Renee Fleming the next, and that I'm no longer limited to whatever playlists are currently downloaded onto my phone. (I can also monitor my e-mail, which says something about boundaries,...
The “Right” Solution Isn’t Always Right
It’s a right-handed world, and some days I just muddle through it. While lots of tools are “ambi-neutral,” many others are not. Scissors are definitively in the not column. But so too are many can openers, ice cream scoops, and other everyday household items. Even my...
3 Ways to Make Your Visual Content Shareable
I’ve paid little attention to Pinterest. This, it turns out, has been a big mistake. Pinterest is the second largest driver of content worldwide to blogs and other Web sites. I set up a Pinterest account some time ago, and I’ve kept my eye intermittently on how the...
4 Ways Location Matters to Your Business
Conrad Hilton reportedly said that the three most important attributes of a hotel are "location, location, and location." I stayed at a hotel on Majorca once that met that criteria -- far from the touristy capital city, an easy drive from just about everywhere, and...