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“Participants in the usability study accepted and appreciated the concept of incorporating information transfer and secure payment functionality into mobile phones. Retail purchases with a mobile phone were particularly well received, as participants found Philips NFC technology and Visa contactless payments easy to understand, convenient and fast.” (Source: Electronicstalk)
Usability study of near field communication […]

I’m reviewing some crazy delicious CSS tricks from Mandarin Design.

Webword is going crazy delicious with the alphabet blocks. While I don’t have mad CSS skillz, I do have some Cntl-C and Cntl-V karate at my disposal.

Paul Sherman compiles the UPA salary survey.
I ask: Is there a glass ceiling for female usability practitioners?
Jason Coleman of Investor Geeks writes up some fantastic comments.
Paul Sherman responds: I’m planning to revisit the data and explore this issue.
I’m going to *strongly* encourage people to visit Paul’s blog to post comments. The UPA data […]

Good introduction to the topic of user-centered design (UCD) by Marco Nieminen (PDF, 1MB). There’s something for everyone.

There’s a ton of great advice on how to create great PowerPoint charts. There’s also plenty on how to fix charts that are broken. There’s also plenty of good advice on how to create create presentations; How to Be Like Jobs.
But, there’s a problem with all of this. Most presentations are internally driven. Corporations force […]

“The purpose of this article is to provide you with a way to measure the level of effort required to successfully complete a project in respect to user experience. This is a powerful merging of project management, user experience, requirements and best practices. And, it is simple enough for a little monkey to use. More […]

Welcome to Monday!
Here are some great things I’ve already seen today:
“Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things.” ~ Brian Tracy
17-inch MacBook Pro
The First Ever iPod Introduction
Flash or AJAX: Choosing a platform for your web application
I agree with Lou Rosenfeld’s comment 100%: “Information architects are moving away from consulting and toward developing […]

I called Dell and told them of my dilemma, and their first response was, “We are Dell and our parts are proprietary. The only place you can get them is from us.” Just to be sure that I’d heard correctly, I asked, “You mean to tell me that there is no place in all of […]

Does it matter? Do users care? Any worthy research?
Conclusions: (1) Top left is probably best although the research seems to indicate that it doesn’t really matter. (2) Consistency from page to page is a good thing.
Good list, Leisa!

“The top 10 commands represented 70 percent of all scores given. The bottom 70 commands represented 1 percent of scores given.”
Good to know that the Pareto princple is alive and well.

“An important question relates to where the first navigational choices should be located on the page. Is the navigation better placed at the top of the page, on the left or right panels? If three clicks (i.e., three navigational level selections) are required to get to the desired content, should they be grouped together at […]

“Today, audiences are becoming increasingly fragmented. Now, with the availability of on demand, self-programming and search features, some are moving beyond niche to individualized viewing.” (IBM)
When you watch TV, are you are part of an audience? Do you feel like you are single fish in the ocean? Do you feel like you’re in a movie […]