from You’d Think They’d Learn: Bad Design Kills Web Sites (washingtonpost.com) “One benefit of the downturn is that […]
love him, hate him, quote him….
about time
‘Discount’ user testing under fire “It has become almost a truism that tests involving five different users will […]
fable for our time
a small inspiring story on Mule Design Studio
your slip is showing
I guess when you’ve been doing this long enough, you start to see common problems crop up again […]
It’s not just me
Eloquent rant onTextism about you know who….
Simple answers for simple minds redux
End of Homemade Websites (Alertbox Oct. 2001) He’s at it again: Jakob starts with an outrageous statement, follows […]
Bored?
In Information Design A Graphic Designer’s Salvation Roger Whitheouse suggest bored designers tired of of creating CD covers […]
V-2, version 2
A new v-2.org launched sometime yesterday, still full of content yuminess but with a new shiny exterior. I’m […]
you get what you pay for.
Deborah J. Mayhew points out you get what you pay for: discount usability will not do the entire […]
the happiest place on earth?
Lou points to The IA of IKEA Stores, in which an IA looks are the fine art of […]
them dang designers!
As you all know, I love a good fight– er– debate. I’m lucky to see a lively one […]
ini mini miny mo…
Three Questions For Your Web Agency “Everyone’s a usability expert nowadays. But does your potential web agency really […]
this is your brain on netscape 6
If you’ve been a long time resident of a mailing list, you see some arguments crop up over […]
f*ck art, lez design
The Fresh Styles for Web Designers Book Review has links to many of the sites for those designers […]
art or something
erin points out that the proceedings and artifacts are up from the AIGA Experience Design Conference, and I’m […]
Fresh Thought
Check out this new book from Curt Cloninger, Fresh Styles. An expansion of his terrific article Eyecandy from […]
satisfying
The myth of optimal web design “Perfection in design is not possible. No matter how much is known […]
usability and death
Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox for September 16 “New mobile devices and services are more realistic and useful than last […]
fonts and design in the time of terrorism
How should design be effected by recent events? (yes THOSE events) via giantant.com If you haven’t seen the […]
online banking grows
Gomez Advisors: Online banking increasingly popular in US “There are 13.6 million US Internet users that actively use […]
visual explanations
Infographics of the disaster “In many cases, more effective than just words and photos, infographics can quickly help […]
good old nasa
Just found the Design for … Home Page while researching a project. “To gain the competitive advantage we […]
evaluate, cure
Evaluation Methods in Usability Testing Or, how to tell that you have a usability problem before it gets […]
showing some backbone
Interesting article on user experience from Vertebrae, who has quite a few interesting articles
think!
Guerrilla usability mary Deaton tells it like it is: “Before we look at when and how to test, […]
impeach!
Ben Henick, driven into a frenzy by the shoddy whitheouse.gov, catalogs its failings with virulent accurancy.
off the wall usability
webword points me at another useful tool for our toolbox, the Fly on the Wall observation method.
your tax dollars at work
Ben Henick, driven into a frenzy by the shoddy whitheouse.gov, catalogs its failings with virulent accurancy.
the business of design
“The DMI Journal is devoted to articles and case studies exploring how design – in products, communication, and […]
Noel gets all soft and tufte
Notes from the Tufte roadshow… discussed in the Carbon IQ Log Contains Noel’s excellent and extensive notes from […]