Archive for September, 2006

Chinese Mobility Service Providers Website Usability

Friday, September 8th, 2006

This study reviews the usability of 3 leading Chinese Mobility Service Providers’ (MSPs) websites (China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom).

Why We Bought Kiko.com

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

“Most webmail platforms have a calendar but very few of them are ever used. It is quite simply a crappy user experience.”
On August 26th, 2006, Tucows was the winning bidder…

Taxonomy for Fun and (Google’s) Profit? Community Image Tagging

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

“Regardless, the result seems to be a parallel form of taxonomy that arises spontaneously out of community effort (assuming reasonable expertise in the community), as opposed to getting the Library of Congress category right, or some other method that might have existed in the past.”
How much are you helping Google grow and prosper?
Commentary on Google’s image […]

Giving usability methods the critical eye

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

“What surprised me most about the talk was the lack of emphasis on goals. Lisa Battle, UPA-DC’s current president, indicated that many people track the easy metrics for no reason other than they’re easy to capture. Working for a hard-core business analyst in my government days, I learned the importance of traceability, of tying metrics […]

What’s the use of Dublin Core?

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

“Of course, I’m not trying to defeat the use of Dublin Core metadata with a short blog post. My question is sincere: what’s the use of Dublin Core? If anyone has answers, I’d love to hear them!”
I’m all for standards and standards compliance, but I’ve also had difficulty understanding the utility of the Dublin Core.  […]

Fighting Back on Back Injuries

Sunday, September 3rd, 2006

“Experts recommend a program that includes job-specific safe-lifting training; exercise and stretching; mechanical aids; ergonomic workstations and job processes; and rest breaks and job-task rotation.”
No silver bullet: one size does not fit all…