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“A Hands on Tutorial“
Fabulous. I really thought this Ruby tutorial was wonderful.

“Imagine that you no longer read speculative articles in financial magazines. You don’t pay to read ink in magazines. Nobody does that kind of data transaction anymore. Instead, imagine yourself confronted by an electronic Web page that is eager to read you. Once it learns who you are and how much you have to offer, […]

“How many times have you been annoyed at a website for the number of *Required fields you had to fill out before you could proceed? Now imagine going to that website 200 times a day and having to fill out all those damned *Required fields. Now you start to get an idea of what users […]

There is a pretty constant thumping of the web standards drum. I don’t say this with any negative tone. I believe in the power of web standards.
But web standards don’t stand alone. They compete. There are other powerful forces at play. Two examples are eye candy and creativity. By eye candy I simply mean […]

Yummy!

User Interface Blog — This blog is the companion blog for the User Interface Library and Design Pattern Library

User Interface Library — Collection of industrial-grade JavaScript utilities and widgets
Design Pattern Library — Offers Yahoo’s thinking on common interface design issues for traditional and rich Internet applications

Below is the sample chapter I wrote for my book proposal. I encourage you to offer suggestions and provide feedback. If you have your own examples or anecdotes on this topic, let me know. You might end up in the book. Go ahead and drop you comments.
What’s the book about? Hint: I’m going to help […]

“This is true not only when you want to sell an idea - but also when you want to sell a product or service. So for those of us who are in the business of marketing a product or service, this means understanding your CUSTOMER … what he thinks, wants, needs, fears, and desires. What’s […]

“This is where I try to sum up the current state-of-the-art in graphic design for web pages, and identify the distinctive features that make a web page look fresh, appealing and easy to use.”
Good stuff!

Getting what you need from your metrics? “It doesn’t matter how many pages are requested, it only matters if you, the website owner, are getting the results (be they conversions or something else) that you want.” (Author: Joseph Carrabis, Source: iMedia Communications)
This is either a great article or it really stinks. I can’t […]

I’m kinda sorta maybe thinking about a Mac. I don’t really need a new computer but I’m poking around at some options.
In my travels, I ran across the Apple .Mac page. In the right navigation the have a section called Your life. On the Internet.

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Background
I’m writing a book. I’ve submitted the first version of the book proposal. I’ve received some excellent feedback and I’m working on the second iteration now. I’m happy to report that I am seeing eye to eye with the publisher and we’re both excited about it.
Topic of the Book?
I’m reluctant to give it away […]

I submitted the proposal for the book on Sunday.
As soon as I get word from the publisher, I’ll let you know. I’ll start posting content soon too. I’m just not sure how much I can give away at this point.
I’ve been reading about how to organize my thoughts, stay on track, and get things […]