http://www.robzand.com/blog/a-lesson-courtesy-of-amazon-windowshop-you-cant-control-serendipity email is dead and such Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:53:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.robzand.com/blog/a-lesson-courtesy-of-amazon-windowshop-you-cant-control-serendipity/comment-page-1#comment-93 robzand Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:54:26 +0000 http://www.robzand.com/blog/?p=528#comment-93 i am fine with going beyond diagonal. just give me some type of "i'm feeling lucky" mechanism i am fine with going beyond diagonal. just give me some type of “i'm feeling lucky” mechanism

]]> http://www.robzand.com/blog/a-lesson-courtesy-of-amazon-windowshop-you-cant-control-serendipity/comment-page-1#comment-92 Andrew Green Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:43:59 +0000 http://www.robzand.com/blog/?p=528#comment-92 This is great, Rob. It highlights one essential characteristic of a serendipitous experience -'skim-ability' That is, creating an ultra-low ability for a user to browse content in a skimming fashion. I would argue that we even need to go beyond diagonal control... but it would be a nice start to get away from 'scientific discovery' and towards 'serendipitous discovery'. This is great, Rob. It highlights one essential characteristic of a serendipitous experience -'skim-ability' That is, creating an ultra-low ability for a user to browse content in a skimming fashion. I would argue that we even need to go beyond diagonal control… but it would be a nice start to get away from 'scientific discovery' and towards 'serendipitous discovery'.

]]> http://www.robzand.com/blog/a-lesson-courtesy-of-amazon-windowshop-you-cant-control-serendipity/comment-page-1#comment-91 stribs Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:47:02 +0000 http://www.robzand.com/blog/?p=528#comment-91 Great post. It looks like you can beat the flaw you describe by clicking on the item you want to look at instead of using your arrow keys - however, that's not the model you're presented with upon coming to the site. Great post. It looks like you can beat the flaw you describe by clicking on the item you want to look at instead of using your arrow keys – however, that's not the model you're presented with upon coming to the site.

]]> http://www.robzand.com/blog/a-lesson-courtesy-of-amazon-windowshop-you-cant-control-serendipity/comment-page-1#comment-47 robzand Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:54:26 +0000 http://www.robzand.com/blog/?p=528#comment-47 i am fine with going beyond diagonal. just give me some type of "i'm feeling lucky" mechanism i am fine with going beyond diagonal. just give me some type of “i'm feeling lucky” mechanism

]]> http://www.robzand.com/blog/a-lesson-courtesy-of-amazon-windowshop-you-cant-control-serendipity/comment-page-1#comment-46 Andrew Green Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:43:59 +0000 http://www.robzand.com/blog/?p=528#comment-46 This is great, Rob. It highlights one essential characteristic of a serendipitous experience -'skim-ability' That is, creating an ultra-low ability for a user to browse content in a skimming fashion. I would argue that we even need to go beyond diagonal control... but it would be a nice start to get away from 'scientific discovery' and towards 'serendipitous discovery'. This is great, Rob. It highlights one essential characteristic of a serendipitous experience -'skim-ability' That is, creating an ultra-low ability for a user to browse content in a skimming fashion. I would argue that we even need to go beyond diagonal control… but it would be a nice start to get away from 'scientific discovery' and towards 'serendipitous discovery'.

]]> http://www.robzand.com/blog/a-lesson-courtesy-of-amazon-windowshop-you-cant-control-serendipity/comment-page-1#comment-45 robzand Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:09:27 +0000 http://www.robzand.com/blog/?p=528#comment-45 Approve<br> --------<br>rob zand<br><a href="http://www.robzand.com">www.robzand.com</a> | twitter: robzand Approve
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]]> http://www.robzand.com/blog/a-lesson-courtesy-of-amazon-windowshop-you-cant-control-serendipity/comment-page-1#comment-44 Robert S. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:47:02 +0000 http://www.robzand.com/blog/?p=528#comment-44 Great post. It looks like you can beat the flaw you describe by clicking on the item you want to look at instead of using your arrow keys - however, that's not the model you're presented with upon coming to the site. Great post. It looks like you can beat the flaw you describe by clicking on the item you want to look at instead of using your arrow keys – however, that's not the model you're presented with upon coming to the site.

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