January 2009
32 posts
Yahoo! Open Tech Night Coming to Seattle →
Cialdini’s Six Principles of Influence, the... →
The Presider →
Previous and Next Actions in Web Forms →
“Among designers, there are often discussions on the placement of actions in web forms that span several web pages. The quintessential question underlying this debate is: can an action that leads…
Antipatterns →
Bewildering conversations with a six-year-old: at... →
ClickTale Blog » Unfolding the Fold →
“Browser: Do not try and find the fold. Thatâs impossible. Instead⦠only try to realize the truth.
Designer: What truth?
Browser: There is no fold.
Designer: There is no fold?
Browser: Then…
Utilizing the Cut-off Look to Encourage Users To... →
“When all the sections end evenly on the page, users subconsciously decide there isnât anything else to look for and donât try to scroll. Of course, if they donât scroll, they miss important…
5 Design Decision Styles. What's Yours? →
“In the course of our work, we’ve discovered there are five common styles of design that almost every team uses: (1) Unintended, (2) Self, (3) Genius, (4) Activity Focused, and (5) User Focused.”
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Zombie Movies | Ask Metafilter →
I love Post Apocalyptic Genre books and movies.... →
Recommend "end of the world" fiction. | Ask... →
Recommend me some good post-apocalyptic movies and... →
PR on Websites: Press Area Usability →
As 3 studies of journalists show, they use the Web as a major research tool, exhibit high search dominance, and are impatient with bloated sites that don’t serve their needs or list a PR contact.
Workflow Charts Finally Put to Good Use Show... →
The KJ-Technique: A Group Process for Establishing... →
The KJ-Method, named for its inventor, Jiro Kawakita (the Japanese put their last names first), allows groups to quickly reach a consensus on priorities of subjective, qualitative data.
Wireframes Magazine →
Distinguishing decorative from meaningful elements... →
10 Useful Web Application Interface Techniques →
Below youâll find a collection of 10 useful interface design techniques and best practices used in many successful web-applications.
Who Would Jesus Smack Down? - Mark Driscoll, a... →
Ugh.
The Renegades at the New York 'Times' →
What are these renegade cybergeeks doing at the New York Times? Maybe saving it.
Components Versus Patterns →
Invariably at the outset of planning a component library, stakeholders will query âAh, yes, so we are building a pattern library?â Actually, no. Although the two concepts are strongly related,…
10 Most Common Misconceptions About User... →
“I asked some of the most influential and widely respected practitioners in UX what they consider to be the biggest misperceptions of what we do. The result is a top 10 list to debunk the myths. Read…
My Mum And Starbucks →
Scenes from the Gaza Strip →
iPhoto '09 and Domain Language →
The names we choose shape our software. They define the way we think about it and the way our customers interact with it. To understand why this all matters, you should meet two important ideas from…
Why products fail →
Most gadget and software makers don’t understand what users want most: Control
Shades of Gray: Wireframes as Thinking Device →
A write-up of the wireframing process with examples and good commentary.
36 Predictions for 2009 in Media/Tech/Pop →
I Know You're Listening →