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Archive for September 2008

Form Validation

Posted by brandon in Development on Sep 28 with no comments

Looked for some resources to help with form validation design and found some good links:

jQuery Validation Basic stuff, our baseline (since we use jQuery validation)
Yahoo Signup Page I’ve always loved how this page does validation (hit submit without filling in any fields)
47+ Excellent Ajax Forms Self proclamation

Smashing Magazine Web Form Design Patterns Part 1 and [...]

Java Enlightenment

Posted by brandon in Development on Sep 25 with no comments

I don’t know why Java web companies do not communicate architecture and design more often.  It seems like the Ruby guys and the PHP guys or the Perl guys talk about how they do things.  For example, the classic LiveJournal backend scaling presentation.
One exception: LinkedIn does a fantastic job of bringing the Java web application [...]

Coupon stigma - from the absurd, insight

Posted by doug in Product on Sep 19 with no comments

Ran across this article on “coupon redemption shame”.
While aspects of the article are certainly absurd, and perhaps - intentionally unintentionally funny:

…being attractive counteracts the negative perceptions of coupon redemption.

… Right, because what’s better than a cheap hot date?
The article does touch on something we do discuss around here, which is effective coupon redemption. How can [...]

Acquisition and coupons

Posted by doug in Product on Sep 10 with no comments

Acquisition is a rather high-minded term for a simple concept - getting people through the door and buying your product or service. Congratulations! You have just “acquired” a new customer.
How will Big Red Switch address acquisition? Email is a great way to reach out to people and get their interest, but often falls short. Coupons [...]