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“Fourteen things every entrepreneur should know about the capitalist explosion heading our way. But don’t assume that conceding China’s rise means conceding to China.”
Very good reading. Thanks Dano!
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Better mice, better keyboards.
It is strange that external devices aren’t smarter. Mice, monitors, keyboards; they are still so dumb.

“In this first of two articles, I’ll offer a general introduction to the problem of CMS usability with a particular focus on contributor interfaces. Part two will look at usability in the context of specific features, including classification, workflow, search, help, and other subsystems. The articles will examine usability through the lens of Web content […]

Small group of photos posted on Flickr with “usability” as the tag.
My favorite is Remove Product Confirmation Web Dialogue. Nasty!
p.s. user interface (software / web images), information architecture (lot’s of people and diagrams), and Rhodes (Greek Island). Interesting.

“The adaptor is a box into which both a computer and a mouse are plugged. The device filters out shakes using technology similar to that used in camera lenses to calm the effects of unsteady hands. It can be used with any operating system or computer type without additional software.”
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I’m in a situation right now where I am being forced to work with a multitude of new user interfaces. There is virtually no time to record usability issues. Furthermore, I’m not going to use these interfaces again.
Assuming these applications are critical to the safety and welfare of other users, is there a moral obligation […]

Usability isn’t anything at
all. It doesn’t exist. Instead, usability is a label given to the results that we see or want. Just as osteoporosis isn’t a disease, usability isn’t the outcome of usability testing. You probably didn’t know it but osteoporosis is just a label given to a cluster of medical symptoms. Analogously, usability is […]

CIO.com — “An enterprise architect is the person who conceives, designs and oversees the implementation of a company’s systems development. While the concept of enterprise architecture is old, the position of enterprise architect is new, and has become relevant recently with the emergence of Web services and the move toward service-oriented architectures that enable IT […]

Strategy + Business — “To overcome this, we examined the best consumer-focused technology vendors, companies that are known for understanding and satisfying consumer demand. We studied Apple’s development of the iPod, Dell’s distribution model, and IBM’s sourcing strategies. We interviewed product and account managers at leading technology vendors and trained our staff in how to […]

“The original tab signaled an information storage revolution and helped enable everything from management consulting to electronic data processing.”
Interesting history lesson.
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Google’s toolbar and content modification
Who Owns Your Desktop? You Do!
Protect your site from Google’s new toolbar
Questions…
1. Who is in control?
2. What is being controlled?
3. Does it matter?

“After all, it’s not as if Wal-Mart’s founder, Sam Walton, and his successors created the world’s largest retailer by putting a gun to our heads and forcing us to shop there.”
Is Wal-mart the ulimate usability company, giving customers exactly what they want?
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