Browser 2015 topics – from wiki
Introduction Firefox 3 is undoubtedly a very good browser for now, but in order to keep the top of the game in a long run, it is very necessary to explore the new possibilities for next generation’s of...
View ArticleLifestream – Redesign history and bookmarking – Wei Zhou
MISSION Welcome to lifestream!The goal is to find a cool way to organize history and bookmarking for the next-generation browser.Obviously those mock-ups are not good enough, that’s why I put it up...
View ArticleDebriefing and Proposal
My internship ends at Aug 23th, meaning officially I only have 15 days to contribute to Firefox. I will continue working as a contributor for Mozilla at school, so anybody needs a UI designer, a flash...
View ArticleScratching the surface
I have been using iPhone for three weeks now. Here’s a normal iPhone user daily schedule. 7:00 AM: iPhone Alarm wakes me up 7:01 AM: Check facebook, twitter, mySpace, Blog, School email, Gmail, company...
View ArticleBauhous and Google products
Actually I like Google products over a lot of others. But there’s something out there makes me not a big fan of it. Eventually I cannot endure it anymore and decide to write something. I think Google,...
View ArticleInternet Self
I’m recently obsessed with human identity, perception and self-expression. In Stacie’s course ‘ Information and interaction’, I proposed to do a 6 weeks project naming “Digital Self”. The goal is quite...
View ArticleDigital Self
I haven’t updated my blog for a while. The FLU is really killing me. I just got to know there’re different kinds of FLUs, and I am the lucky person who is got attacked by more than one. But nothing can...
View ArticleService design & three Mozilla interns get together
This story can only happen in Carnegie Mellon University. I always love CMU over Yale, because CMU promotes team work, I can work with people from different backgrounds here, where designers,...
View ArticleAnother reason to hate live search
I searched “wei zhou” in live search, pretty much just for curiosity, then this result pops out first: Buy Wei. You may get 8% off with PalPal if eligible. – eBay…Wei Zhou, an interaction designer,...
View ArticleMozilla Design challenge
As I always love design challenges, here’s the email I received from my adviser, I’m glad to know it finally becames a course project, which I originally wanted to do here in basic interaction design...
View ArticleDesign advises for non-designers who participate Mozilla Labs challenge
Recently I got many emails from the Mozilla community asking about design process, since I cannot reply every email I received, here’s a tutorial about how to design as non-designers. Hi #: I...
View Articlefrom Knight Rider to Ubiquity
Knight Rider has always been my favorite TV show. Yesterday during an unexpected insomnia I re-watched the recent 18 episodes, and interestingly, K.I.T T reminds me of Ubiquity. I dreamed about my...
View ArticleThe beauty of a second language, and how this matters to UI design
English is my second language, I began to contaminate this language when I was 21. The learning process brings me so much pain. Even today I vividly recalled in my dreams of my first year in US(when I...
View ArticleThe science of love VS Human Computer Interaction
The science of love, Inspired by a marvelous video by Helen Fisher, I wanna borrow this metaphor and apply that to human-computer interaction, since J. Bronowski told us: Innovation is the creation of...
View ArticleThe future web trends talk
I gave a talk about future web trends the other day, here’s a link for the original Vimeo video: Design or Die – Innovation, UCD, Web and Life (Mozilla Labs Design Challenge: Spring 09) from Mozilla...
View ArticleUX + Branding case: a Chinese web 2.0 beauty website that expands fantasy.
Recently I’m attending CHI at Boston. I got a chance to hang out with my high school friends who happen to attend harvard and MIT here. I’m happy to find my best friends are way more successful than I...
View ArticleLuxurious software
Sounds intriguing, I know. Software as a luxury. I had a hard time propose and market this idea to my peers. It indeed comes from my terribly artistic psyche, but that’s also a buzzword hidden in all...
View ArticleGPS should make people feel better of themselves, so as other softwares.
Yesterday at Hugh Dubberly‘s class, Chris, Paul, Phil, Kyle and I were studying some UX theories. For some reason Chris began to complain how much he hated his Garmin GPS: It apparently gives him sort...
View Articlewhy you should marry a designer
Many facts suggest that you should marry to a designer. First, designer are smart and constantly optimizing user experiences in their lives. Today designers are no longer artist, almost all of them are...
View ArticleFrom dating experience to real identity crisis of the web
If anybody cares, I haven’t access my blog, facebook, twitter, IM and any other social media for exactly one month. During this period I asked myself one single question: what does humanity really mean...
View ArticleIt’s really not all about money
When I studied Graphic Design in Yale University, my professor told me a universal truth: “When you choose a career path the primary thing is figure out if you would enjoy the details.” I realized at a...
View ArticleTencent QQ UX design – Chinese user experience products is picking up…are we...
This article is about an reflection on a user experience design of a popular Chinese chatting software – QQ. I think UX experts can learn from about International digital products business development...
View ArticleIs the browser dying? Is user interface dying? Long live user experience.
I haven’t use my browser for almost a week…yes. I cannot believe it is happening, and it’s happening so fast – people spend less and less time with their browser right now. And as an user experience...
View ArticleWhat does future digital businesses need?
What does future digital businesses need? This world goes digital. It’s inevitable, intense and on-going. It is heavily relying on new trends of technology, which fosters to create two identities for...
View ArticleLocation based sex service – this is ridiculous.
OK before I go ahead and make any insightful comments. All of you need to know this popular mobile app: Mo Mo. (Chinese name, 陌陌). It could be directly translated as “strange strange”. And it’s a...
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