{"id":416,"date":"2008-07-15T07:38:55","date_gmt":"2008-07-15T12:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/416"},"modified":"2008-07-15T07:38:55","modified_gmt":"2008-07-15T12:38:55","slug":"eye-candy-is-it-a-critical-business-requirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/416","title":{"rendered":"Eye candy — is it a critical business requirement?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On slideshare, from Stephen Anderson, “Eye Candy IS A Critical Business Requirement<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Do you think Eye Candy is an important aspect of the applications you might create and use?<\/p>\n

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Not sure I’d expect to see a small dude bouncing on a ball in a business application though … :) <\/p>\n

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This one I’d need to hear … sure, the one on the right is “friendlier”, but it’s like asking which is more citrus flavored, an apple or an orange?<\/p>\n

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Check out the rest of the slides here<\/a> as I’ve only captured a few.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On slideshare, from Stephen Anderson, “Eye Candy IS A Critical Business Requirement.” Do you think Eye Candy is an important aspect of the applications you might create and use? Not sure I’d expect to see a small dude bouncing on a ball in a business application though … :) This one I’d need to hear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd5QIe-6I","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1508,"url":"https:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/1508","url_meta":{"origin":416,"position":0},"title":"Nest Thermostat Review, Update #9","date":"January 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Summary\/Index When I woke up this morning, I decided that I\u2019d use the remote features of my Nest Thermostat to increase the temperature of the first floor as the normal schedule hadn\u2019t started yet. 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