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So many product offerings (in any category) fall down because there’s a mismatch between what the manufacturer/producer says about their product and the actual product experience. A simple example… Near our office in Pioneer Square is a soap store. I walked by it a couple of times when I finally noticed a cool retro package […]

Last night the entire Jackson Fish Market staff went to the Police concert here in Seattle. The concert made us feel old. The opening act with Sting’s son on vocals was craptastic. The concert was in a basketball arena making it sub-optimal in terms of sound. Stewart Copeland looks like Christopher Llloyd from Back to […]

Rohit writes the following: “If you put the rising number of sites going through redesigns together with the fact that older users will always have adapted to your old interface – you have the New Coke vs. Coke Classic conundrum. For most of these sites, the new version sticks around (unlike Coke), however the necessity […]

When we first moved into this space down in Pioneer Square in Seattle, one of the first important tasks was determining the nearest best spot for coffee. Not being a coffee person this wasn’t really a priority for me personally, but Jenny and Walter needed their fix. (They’d be blogging this themsleves, but they’re busy […]

Get On Board is the latest branded software experience to come across our screens. (See our index of branded interactive experiences). Built to support the new movie Evan Almighty (sequel to Bruce Almighty) the site is much closer to our definition of Branded Software than some of the other sites coming out these days. It’s […]