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Inconvenience: deliberate or accidental? – “Whether, in the case he’s discussing, the electrical outlets really were positioned far from the seats to stop people plugging in laptops and so on, or whether the positioning of the seats and the outlets were entirely unconnected decisions (badly-positioned sockets aren’t exactly uncommon) my intuition tells me that there will […]

Website Usability Explained (Internet Travel News) — “Marketing agencies usually focus on getting the most polished, brand experience across, allowing little time for user testing and iteration. A tech build website company will usually overlook the design and usability for technical ability, database complexity or speed of data processing.”
There’s an important yet subtle point here. […]

Here’s something I poster over on the Warrior Forums. It really applies to anyone so I’m reporting it here for your pleasure!
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I’ve got a little tip for Warriors getting ready for 2007. If you’re like me, you’re constantly trying to improve and prosper.
Planning and action are critical to success. But how do you […]

Take time out of your busy day to look at these cool packaging designs.
If you’re into marketing or advertising, this is an order! :-)

Enjoying Dan Lockton’s Architectures of Control in Design. Here are some recent postings worth reading…
Teaching Customers a Lesson
Design approaches for shaping behaviour: Part 1
The secret
 
 

Is it worth it to say hasta la Vista to XP? — “A new user interface replaces those little beige folders with snapshots of your data or tiny images of your photos.”
There’s a big focus on:

Improved user interface (usability)
Improved search (usability)
Security

I’m probably going to be a late adopter of Vista.  How about you?

Retooling Usability for the Spanish Onslaught (Part I)
Below are some great user comments that I wanted to highlight.
Thomas Baekdal Says: “Too me the biggest problem in terms of usability is not the language, but culture. We have a wildly different way of doing things than people in Asia, the Middle East and to a lesser extend […]

Long Tail versus Long Neck
Both obviously matter!
Although your focus might change from day to day based on your customers and your business needs. Don’t get caught up one part of the curve or another.