46. “ I adore the way their
apps look and sound. ”
- John Gruber, DaringFireball.net
47. “ A fantastic, fun, and
functional interface on a
seriously great app. ”
- 148apps.com
48. “ We did want our users to have an
emotional connection to our apps.
Most people don't have a love/joy for
software like geeks do. ”
- Mark Jardine, TapBots Designer
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52. “ I really *LOVE* the singing bird
when you send a tweet. Twitter is
fun all of a sudden! ”
- @thetalldesigner
53. “ Confession: sometimes I make too
long Feathers-tweets just to watch
the bird turn red. ”
- @evbjone
54. “ Before your application can create
an emotional relationship with the
user it must get the basics right. The
emotional relationship, the delight,
is what you layer on top of this base
usability and technical competency. ”
- Aral Balkan, designer of Feathers
55. The inspiration for our color p
corporate gray to brand their
windowless office and so we i
My goal was to design Wufoo
excellent at what it does, it wa
56. “ The inspiration for our color palette did
come from our competitors. It was really
depressing to see so much software
designed to remind people they’re making
databases in a windowless office and so we
immediately knew we wanted to go in the
”
opposite direction.
- Kevin Hale, Wufoo
65. “ Whoa, I just logged into MailChimp
and the little monkey in the corner
says "hey Kate, new haircut? !Muy
guapo!" how do they know?! ”
- @katemiss
78. “ Trust was the most critical barrier
for us to overcome with potential
users. It was an uphill battle raising
venture capital because investors
simply didn't think people would
ever share bank credentials. ”
- Jason Putorti
79. “ Trust is a gut feeling more than a
rational process, and visual design
affects emotions in a very powerful
way, perhaps more than any other
stimuli. ”
- Jason Putorti
92. “ Attractive things make people feel
good, which in turn makes them
think more creatively. How does
that make something easier to use?
Simple, by making it easier for
people to find solutions to the
problems they encounter. ”
- Donald Norman
103. 0.007%
- Pageviews: form ~5/visitor to ~30/visitor over the course of the hunt.
- Traffic tripled on the first few days of the hunt.
- Facebook fans grew from < 600 to over 2300.
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- Twitter followers went from ~1000 to over 1700.
- It generated 41 threads in our forums with 3700+ posts and ~55,000 views
on parties
112. 600%
- Pageviews: form ~5/visitor to ~30/visitor over the course of the hunt.
- Traffic tripled on the first few days of the hunt.
- Facebook fans grew from < 600 to over 2300.
- Twitter followers went from ~1000 to over 1700.
- It generated 41 threads in our forums with 3700+ posts and ~55,000 views
page views
113. 300%
- Pageviews: form ~5/visitor to ~30/visitor over the course of the hunt.
- Traffic tripled on the first few days of the hunt.
- Facebook fans grew from < 600 to over 2300.
- Twitter followers went from ~1000 to over 1700.
- It generated 41 threads in our forums with 3700+ posts and ~55,000 views
traffic
114. 217%
- Pageviews: form ~5/visitor to ~30/visitor over the course of the hunt.
- Traffic tripled on the first few days of the hunt.
- Facebook fans grew from < 600 to over 2300.
- Twitter followers went from ~1000 to over 1700.
- It generated 41 threads in our forums with 3700+ posts and ~55,000 views
Facebook Fans
115. 170%
- Pageviews: form ~5/visitor to ~30/visitor over the course of the hunt.
- Traffic tripled on the first few days of the hunt.
- Facebook fans grew from < 600 to over 2300.
- Twitter followers went from ~1000 to over 1700.
- It generated 41 threads in our forums with 3700+ posts and ~55,000 views
Twitter Followers
116. + 3,700
- Pageviews: form ~5/visitor to ~30/visitor over the course of the hunt.
- Traffic tripled on the first few days of the hunt.
- Facebook fans grew from < 600 to over 2300.
- Twitter followers went from ~1000 to over 1700.
- It generated 41 threads in our forums with 3700+ posts and ~55,000 views
posts in forum
117. “ Just can’t let it go. Into my third day
now. Ashamed of how many hours
I’ve spent. ”
- Paintbrush, forum user
118. “ So pleased to have found this
software. I’ve wanted it for a while
and was saving up. Now I can treat
myself to some of the other
software I’ve been trying during my
5 hour egg hunt. ”
- Jane Hasseldon, Facebook fan
