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Web Pro News — “While studying these organizations, we did notice something: some teams make the transition very well. Once they’ve ensured themselves that the design is working fine, they change from a technology-centered perspective to a usage-centered one. It takes tremendous effort for most teams to make this transition. They start to learn more […]

Web Pro News — “A higher search ranking is what many website owners dream of. What they don’t realise is that by optimising their site for the search engines, if done correctly, they can also optimise it for their site visitors.”
If you know anything about usability, there isn’t much new here.
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There are plenty of sucks sites out there (e.g., PayPal sucks, Clear Channel sucks, Home Depot sucks, etc.). Flickr sucks too. Clever!

Napsterization — “Users feel that instead of starting user needs assessment and testing well before they begin to write the code, and doing iterative testing through the development process, developers often slap the interface on at the end of development, after deciding how to meet user’s goals without actually talking with users, and done little […]

I just realized that several companies now offer video search. Google does not.
blinkx
Yahoo
Altavista
AlltheWeb
Singingfish
What is going on? Here are some clues:
Coming soon: Google TV?
Striking up digital video search
Google Rules Out Video Search

“I had originally considered making a pair of glasses that hung from a bridge piercing for myself about ten years ago. It was just one of those things that seemed so obvious that I was surprised I hadn’t seen it done. I never got around to doing it then, since I wasn’t too keen on […]

“Human beings, it turns out, are wired to make dumb investing mistakes. What’s more, we are wired not to learn from them, but to make them again and again. If there is consolation, it is that it’s not our fault. We are born suckers.”
This is a great article. Squint and you’ll understand how it relates […]

“Margret was kind enough to answer ten questions about how TiVo’s UI was originally developed, how new features are added, and how the sound UI came to be, among others. I’m grateful for TiVo and Margret taking the time to do this, so without further adieu, here’s the interview…”
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Blue is a color. Red is a color. Blue and Red can live together because they are both colors. They have a common bond. Red and Blue love each other. There is a balance in the world of color. Blue can talk to Red, Red can talk to Blue. They are together. They share.
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“Frankly, complexity keeps the paychecks coming. If everything were as simple as other would like it to be, my job would have been shipped overseas a long time ago. This is one reason why I actively seek out complexity when looking for employment.”
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‘Visual organization can provide understanding and make relationships between elements and functions clear. Visual presentation (personality) says many things about an interactive system’s use and origins. In interface design we use these types of dialogues to communicate with our audience.”
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SF Gate — “Why is it that Japanese manufacturers (and, increasingly, those in Korea and China as well) have such a death grip on consumer-electronics cool? And why are Americans deprived of the choicest fruits of this technological bounty? The answers to these questions offer an intriguing look at how culture shapes technology — and […]