Information - Man(agement) :: Data Mining :: Psychology :: Future

Naked we are
when we come to this world
A first photo is up
on name.blogger dot hot

Smart ass posts on
hack-forum dot gully dot net
is it wrong o_^? to express
your political bet?

Stupid groups joined on facebook
or on AbmahnVZ
Awkward feeling
explaining the profiles to Matt

Once in business
you hope,
work and think like a tank
Feet make steps,
steps form trails

…

Every doubleclick noted,
matched and sorted and stored
Yeah! Those harddisks indeed
never ever get bored!

Naked we are
yet again, once again
when we set off to go
that untraceable track

The last picture is taken
for forensics and stuff
Information can’t ever
be really ENOUGH!

What lasts is an image
yet blurry and gray
that gets sharper and flashy
once the heir gets the key

Google’s personal_healthcare_gmail_brainwave_ID
gets an upgrade to version Generation_2.b

(c) or something by Iwan Uswak

Is there one program or online service in the world where you can search for functions or filter menu items? It is very painful if you try to find a function and you aren’t sure where it is “hidden” in the whole menu structure.

Some big companies made efforts and did a really good job to arrange the menu items in a very useable way.

For example:

MS Excel 2007

MS Excel and almost every new Microsoft Office product have this new ribbon structured menu which improves usability and navigation. Anyway there are hundreds of functions you will never find without a good “search for functions” button. Well you could search in the manual. Everybody likes manuals…

Google Analytics

Google Analytics has about 50 menu items in the main menu. Well structured but still painful to find the right report if you aren’t sure where the relevant menu item is.

Ok, you are an expert in Google Analytics and can find the right way through the menu in seconds. Wouldn’t it still be nice to have a filter that blends out the irrelevant menu items, so you can concentrate on the 2-3 items you really need?

I guess you won’t need to watch your weight, if you play this kind of games in the future.