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Some Great Thinking About Productivity (Author: Mark Wieczorek, Source: MarkTAW) — “Whatever system you choose, it’s important that you implement it and stick to it. Using a PDA one week, a computer based to do list the next, and paper the week after that isn’t very productive. Using one filing system one week and a […]

Is Ajax a smart move? (Source: JustAddWater.dk, Author: Jesper Rønn-Jensen) — “The benefits listed here are very similar to benefits when we’re arguing for web-standards: Reduced bandwith, training costs, cost of ownership, and increased return on investment. But for the time being I still believe that AJAX has increased learning costs for developers.”
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Easy Answer (Author: Bruce Einhorn, Source: Business Week) — IT companies in other countries help because they want the business. They also figure that if they don’t help, others will help them. We control the internet for China.

The hosting provider behind Pet Comfort Products offers up a really great discussion forum. Members can chat with each other about many different topics. Everything from Search Engine Optimization to writing great content to finding the right niche to setting up an ezine. It is a nice little community and I’m having fun interacting with […]

Two Forum Posting Services Reviewed (Source: Website Publisher, Author: Chris Beasley) — “Lately there has been an increase in people willing to post on your forum for a price.”
This feels so fake, false, and disingenious. At the same time it is a very clever business idea. Furthermore, how is it different than paying authors […]

Windows Vista — “…introduces a breakthrough user experience and is designed to help you feel confident in your ability to view, find, and organize information and to control your computing experience.”
From a user interface perspective I think that I am more interested in Microsoft Office 12.
See also: Microsoft Office User Interface Overview

Mini Usability — On which side is the gas tank? (There are better solutions than suggested by this photo.)
Photocopier interface usability — In great need of better icons.
Air Conditioner Control — You’ll find it behind the door.
Multiple choice — Select two. Or, err, none of the above.
Water Bottles of … Lighter Fluid — “They didn’t […]

Flickr User Model (Source: Soldier Ant) — This is a visual explanation of how Flickr works, with a particular emphasis on users.
p.s. Here’s a big version of the Flickr user model…

The Mount Everest of E-mail Services (Source: ACM Queue, Author: Ben Fried) — “Our operations group never wants to rely on any sort of user interface. Everything has to be scriptable and run from some sort of command line. That’s the only way you’re going to be able to execute scripts and gather the results […]

peterme (Peter Merholz) — “The drum I find myself beating this year is trying to get the methods I, and my colleagues, practice used in domains that go beyond the web. Not to give short shrift to the web - I love the web, and find the challenges there remarkably engaging. But “the web” is […]

Clickz (Enid Burns) — “Online video downloads have a greater chance of success if they’re ad-supported rather than paid, according to a new report by Points North Group. The firm found that users prefer watching ads versus paying the now-standard $1.99 for commercial-free programs, by a margin of more than three to one.”
Simple explanation: $1.99 […]

Jonathan Boutelle — “The basic idea is that user controls (typically for editing the displayed data) should be hidden from the user until needed. At “rest”, an area of the screen displays information in read-only fashion.”
Less of an Ajax design pattern than a user interaction design pattern but I still like the idea!
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