STOP! The 7 Steps That Guarantee Victory on Large Projects

Gadget firms tackled on usability (BBC) — “This is about making the experience better for every single one of your customers”

Variability in User Performance (useit.com) — “When doing website tasks, the slowest 25% of users take 2.4 times as long as the fastest 25% of users.”

Salary Trends for Usability Professionals (useit.com) — “Experience also dramatically increases a person’s ability to infer underlying design flaws from observing user behavior.”

Blog Usability Interview with Kim Krause Berg — “The number one usability error bloggers make is not explaining to the reader who you are and why you have a blog.” (I’m John S. Rhodes and I like usability.)

Communicating design concepts without getting skewered (Cooper) — “Have a good story to tell”

Rentacoder.com Usability Analysis — “PROBLEM : Speed!”

Lou Rosenfeld’s Bad Experience — “I am really, really unhappy with my experience reading the New York Times right now”

KDE developers, usability experts complement each other — “Developers’ discussions about usability are often marked by shrill accusations and defensive responses.”

Google Trends — Usablity more powerful than User Experience?

Calling All Designers: Learn to Write! (A List Apart) — “I hate email.”

In the email signature of Steve Ruschill, a quote from Kent Beck (Planning Extreme Programming) — “Long range planning can be fun, but its regular little deliveries that keep the money coming in” (Amen)

Jared Spool — “Google displays a Long Tail distribution” (Related: Google 2.0)

Speech Privacy Articles — What are the usability implications?

Interview with Liisa Puolakka, Head of Brand Visual and Sensorial Experiences for Nokia — “The main thing is to start with an understanding of the user, the consumer, and the life they are living.”

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