Archive for August, 2004

CafePress Job: User Interface Designer/Information Architect

Tuesday, August 31st, 2004

“We’re looking [to] add another expert in usability who can take complicated business problems and design highly usable web interface solutions. This position requires experience in both interactive and visual interface design for business-to-customer websites and web-based applications. We are looking for a team player, who thrives on innovation and creativity.”
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Money Honey: The List of Revenue Generation Ideas

Tuesday, August 31st, 2004

Oristus — “The purpose of this article is to describe several ways that you can make money on the internet. The main idea is to provide you with options and insights. People with small and medium sized web sites, such as blogs, will benefit the most from this article.”
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Suffering in Site Design

Tuesday, August 31st, 2004

Randy Peterman — “By watching users use the site you’ll see if your planned and (hopefully) well executed not bring you to a point of suffering. The point of usability studies is to give you solutions to reduce the need for confirmation of design choices.”
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A Title of Amazonian Proportions

Tuesday, August 31st, 2004

Confusability — “I know that things are supposed to be bigger in the United States, but this is ridiculous!”
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Mastery, Mystery, and Misery: The Ideologies of Web Design

Tuesday, August 31st, 2004

Jakob Nielsen — “Simple, unobtrusive designs that support users are successful because they abide by the Web’s nature — and they make people feel good.”
Fluff piece. Sheesh.
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Site Design Tips to Improve Your Sales

Tuesday, August 31st, 2004

internet.com — “The better-designed your site, the better your chances of making the sale.”
What research is there that shows that a better design leads to an increased chance of a sale? Everyone believes this but where is the evidence? Throw some links this way; convince me that design impacts sales conversions.
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konfabulator

Tuesday, August 31st, 2004

“Konfabulator is a JavaScript runtime engine for Mac OS X that lets you run little files called Widgets that can do pretty much whatever you want them to. Widgets can be alarm clocks, calculators, can tell you your AirPort signal strength, will fetch the latest stock quotes for your preferred symbols, and even give your […]

Do You Speak American?

Tuesday, August 31st, 2004

“How do you answer the question “Do you speak American”? Many people might answer that yes, they speak English. But English is not the only language spoken in this country. Twentyeight million people speak Spanish, and more than 2.8 million of them do not speak English at all. Among Americans who speak English at home–82 […]

Thumbs Up for Trip Advisor

Tuesday, August 31st, 2004

I travel a lot for business and pleasure. I often gravitate to sites such as Orbitz, Hotels.com, Travelocity, and Expedia, for finding deals and making reservations. If needed, or properly enticed, I will visit specific company web sites, such as United, Hertz, Alamo, and Southwest.
In a recent search for a hotel, however, I started […]

Businesses Agree to Make Websites Accessible

Monday, August 30th, 2004

alt tags — “Yesterday, Elliott Spitzer, Attorney General for the State of New York, announced a settlement where Ramada.com and Priceline.com have agreed to make their websites accessible to the blind.”
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URLinfo

Monday, August 30th, 2004

“URLinfo is a tool for handling web pages: finding information about it, translating it, finding related pages, etc. URLinfo includes 101 tools.”
Very useful tool for internet geeks.
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FirefoxIE

Monday, August 30th, 2004

“Based on the Firefox web browser by Mozilla, firefoxIE.net helps new users of the browser get up to speed fast and add features to make it a comfortable transition from Internet Explorer. Normally, you can’t find all of this information at one website.”
A bit geeky and technical, this is still a good resource.
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