Comments on: Intro to Social Design Podcast

By: Jon Marks

Jon Marks — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:23:01 +0000

Thanks a lot for creating the mp3 file! I just finished downloading it (my network is slow today) and I look forward to listening to it tomorrow.

Keep em coming

By: Edward Nickerson

Edward Nickerson — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:32:35 +0000

Hi Joshua - thanks for this I am quite new to these concepts myself but I have just recently read a book by a guy called Jakob Nielsen, who I am sure you must have heard of, and it has changed the way I look at web sites. In fact I have changed the web design of my own site to concentrate on the user and content rather than the marketing hype that seems so prevalent these days.

Looking forward to your book

By: Evan Meagher

Evan Meagher — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:15:09 +0000

Just got around to listening to the cast. It’s nice to now have a voice to attribute to all your posts.

I’m very much looking forward to your book. Hopefully I can find money and to get and read a copy! I’ve been primarily into design so far, and I’m interested in learning the ropes of development. Your books sounds like it should be very able to augment my learning.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:23:19 +0000

Great interview. I really like your insight about how the social features of a website should be implemented AFTER you have taken care of the user’s needs/solved their pain.

I remember an interview you did a while back in which you discussed a quote (I believe by Mark Twain) about why military personnel serve their country. How they do it because it makes THEM feel good while outsiders typically attribute their actions based primarily on the soldier’s desire to honor their country.

That’s a really really great quote and I thank you for really driving this point home. I’ve definitely tried to take that advice to heart when designing websites and figuring out which features to implement next.

By the way, you may have since figured this out, but I believe the Zune’s new marketing slogan is “You Make It You.” I started smiling as I thought of that slogan while I was listening to this interview because it really proved what you were discussing is exactly right. User’s use the web to solve their problems. And any social gratification is usually just a side-effect.

By: Jeremy Olson

Jeremy Olson — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:06:53 +0000

Great interview, Joshua! Looking forward to the book.