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Via UPA.

UPA China 1st conference starts August 8th.

Here’s the English language brochure(PDF, roughly 75k).

A little late on the notification, but here it is! If you go, please take me with you. Please?

Oristus — “The purpose of this article is to examine how dates are displayed on the web and to provide people with a usable format to follow. The recommendation that is provided is general and not limited to web pages.”
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evolt — “So, we’ve established that it’s important for link text to be easy to find and understand. So what can you do to achieve this goal? Simple. Follow these six guidelines for how to write effective link text and your site visitors will be able to find what they’re looking for quickly and efficiently.”
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Jeffrey Veen — “Why do we bother doing what we do? Why spend the time, effort, and money required to build better Web experiences? Of course you should use the full arsenal of user research methodologies to make your site better. Your audience will like your company more, they will use the site more, and […]

Mercury News — “It wasn’t the first time technology brought a person to tears. But when one woman’s eyes watered in frustration as she struggled to use an early version of Musicmatch’s latest online music service, executives at the San Diego company took notice.”
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(Thanks for the submission, Daniel.)

“While architects don’t necessarily have to look at the export market, they, too, can have trouble finding a manufacturer for their building designs, particularly when they are of an experimental bent.”
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Oristus — “Open source is not open source software, and open source is not an organization. Open source is a model and we should treat it as such. Further, as an economic model, it competes with capitalism.”
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BBC — “Like a rosary, the mobile has this function of keeping the mind busy. People are cuddling their phones because it promotes well-being from touching a familiar object.”
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(Thanks for the submission, Dano!)

The Age — “There have been a number of studies at intersections that counted people driving with mobile phones up against their ear - it’s disappointing that motorists have not recognised that it’s dangerous.”
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I just found out how SAP handles software updates and bug fixes for their mySAP installations. Let’s start with this. First, you do your installation and get your systems up to speed. Then, depending on your own internal schedules, system issues, usage, and so forth, you go from there.
There is a hierarchy that you must […]

Reading Online Text: A Comparison of Four White Space Layouts
Global Expectations of Users’ Mental Models for E-Commerce Web Layouts
Comparing Data Input Methods on Handheld Computers
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“As part of their efforts to integrate the email/calendar application, Evolution, with the rest of the desktop (via the Evolution Data Server which makes calendar and contact information available throughout the desktop), the Gnome developers are making calendar information from Evolution (meetings, tasks, appointments, holidays, etc.) available in the desktop clock applet. The Gnome calendar […]