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ISSUE #36

12-December-99

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                WebWord.com Newsletter
              "Usability & the Internet"
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                      List Owner 
                    John S. Rhodes 
                   John@WebWord.com
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December 12, 1999                   Newsletter #36
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Table of Contents

1. In the Trenches with a Weblog Pioneer
2. WebWord.com Guru Interviews #1 at Fatbrain
3. Upcoming Usability Related Events
4. Searching for "Usability" in Search Engines
5. What Can You Find at WebWord.com?


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ITEM #1

A new WebWord.com interview is now online:
--> http://www.webword.com/interviews/eaton.html

In the Trenches with a Weblog Pioneer

Brigitte Eaton is the force behind eatonweb.com, an
excellent weblog I visit several times per week. In this
interview I ask her questions about usability, her 
readers, her weblog portal, and weblog commercialization. 
She also makes some predictions about weblogs, telling
us where they might be headed. 

You can read the interview here:
--> http://www.webword.com/interviews/eaton.html


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ITEM #2

WebWord.com Guru Interviews #1 at Fatbrain

On Thursday 9-Dec-99 I received an email from Judy
Kirkpatrick, Fatbrain.com's VP and GM of eMatter.
She wrote to tell me that The WebWord.com Usability
Interviews held the #1 position in eMatter sales,
which they just started reporting. Therefore, on the 
very first day of sales reporting, the e-book held 
the top e-book position. And, I'm happy to say, it
still holds the leadership position. 

Here is the listing of top selling eMatter titles:
--> http://www1.fatbrain.com/ematter/bestsellers.asp?vm=e

Once again, I'd like to remind everyone that all the
content is freely available on WebWord.com. However,
many people have found value in having all the 
interviews in one file. And, the price is right. At 
$3.95, the e-book is a bargain. Still other folks want
to support WebWord.com, and this is their way of 
helping. (Thank you for your support!)

And remember, this would be handy reference material 
for a company report, or to convince the management 
that usability and strategic internet knowledge is 
crucial to success. There are plenty of tips in this
e-book that would improve your business.

Once again, if you have purchased the book, I would
be happy to send you a Word 2000 or HTML version so 
that your links will work. I'll take you on your word.

If you'd like to invest in the book, follow this link:
http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/BookInfo/BookInfo.asp?theisbn=EB00001426

p.s. I've been told that this e-book can probably be 
written off your taxes as training material. 


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ITEM #3

Upcoming Usability Related Events

(Most of these found via Usable Web)

Intranets 2000
February 28 - March 1, 2000, San Jose, California, USA. 
--> http://www.intranets2000.com/index.html


CHI 2000
April 1-6, 2000  The Netherlands. 
--> http://www.acm.org/sigchi/chi2000/index.html


Hypertext '00
May 30 - June 3, 2000,  Texas, USA
--> http://www.ht00.org/index.html


IUI 2000: Intelligent User Interfaces 
January 9-12, 2000   Redondo Beach, California USA 
--> http://www.iuiconf.org/


IEA 2000/HFES 2000 
July 30 through August 4, 2000  San Diego, California
--> http://iea2000.hfes.org/


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ITEM #4

Searching for "Usability" in Search Engines

I recently performed some searches using only the word
"usability" in the search engines. Here are the results:

Google
--> http://www.google.com/search?q=usability

Yahoo
--> http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=usability

Excite
--> http://search.excite.com/search.gw?search=usability

Altavista
--> http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?q=usability

HotBot
--> http://hotbot.lycos.com/?MT=usability

Go
--> http://www.go.com/Titles?qt=usability

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ITEM #8

What Can You Find at WebWord.com?

Articles (Moving WebWord)
<http://webword.com/moving/>

Expert Interviews 
<http://webword.com/interviews/> 

Recommended Books
<http://webword.com/books/booksindex.html>

Newsletter Archive
<http://webword.com/archive>

Usability Reports 
<http://webword.com/reports>

Recommended Web Sites
<http://webword.com/hotsites.html>

Free Stuff
<http://webword.com/freestuff.html>

Friends
<http://webword.com/friends.html>


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