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circles

In the Economist.com Who would have thought that the pen could stand–let alone need–any further innovation? In its […]

form for function

Usability and HTML Forms is one of the best articles I’ve seen on the subject. Lots of “aha” […]

jakob on my mind

with xmas coming, who do you know who needs a Jakob mousepad?

Typing scared

from the latest issue of Digital Web Magazine Tutorial: What’s happening? A new look at Web pages “Those […]

What’s all this usability biznez

Homeboy Noel Franus makes usability relevent to marketing in Fulfilling the Promise: Borrowing from “Usability” for Better Customer […]

clean bill of health

liga1.com gives the new EH good marks for accessibility. I actually learned this css trick from ALA which […]

News! Bad design is bad!

Interface design makes the New York Times. Interface Design Is Trickier Than It Seems “Here’s good interface design: […]

and I do what? why? huh?

So here I am, needing an online calendar for myself, my company and my husband. I’m staring at […]

choices

For those who cannot hack the css layout, you have two choices. table layout, css fonts text only […]

deja vu all over again.

from my latest odd quest: What is Interaction Design and What Does It Mean to Information Designers – […]

a neighborhood

A friend has been painting the Castro with a thick palette knife. the scans don’t do them justice– […]

large font version

I’m a huge fan of allowing people to make their font size bigger on the page… the new […]

learn more

I’ve gotten some great feedback on the Carbon IQ User-centered Design Methods document. I’d love to hear more. […]

then they did what??

from the design for humans acting like humans file: “What is contingency design? Things go wrong online. Contingency […]

patterns of interaction

I’ve been thinking a lot about interaction design as a part of good information architecture design, and also […]

free book!

Task-Centered User Interface Design “The central goal of this book is to teach the reader how to design […]

Books

The book page is now in MT, and that means comments! Go and give your opinion on the […]

you are growing sleepy, sleepy…

Influence at work Influence is a rapidly expanding field of psychological inquiry devoted to discovering the principles that […]

academic seduction

Welcome to the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab. In our lab we research and design interactive technologies that motivate […]

your inner evil

If I was a James Bond villain, I would be Octopussy. I enjoy the circus, jewellery smuggling, and […]

here we go

Well, new front page, new blog-management tool, and probably a million bugs. please let me know about any […]

more props

Keith is the brave soul who got this layout working. He also has a lovely blog (IMO– I […]

spell this

One of the single biggest changes you’ll see is correctly spelled entries. Thanks to jay, whose instructions then […]

articulate that vision

I worship Stephan Johnson. Like Don Norman, he always has interesting ideas and a way to say it […]

to a T

I like this vision of “T-shaped people” — fun visual. “IBM is looking to recruit ‘T’ shaped people, […]

sell it baby!

Gods of Sales “In which we take an unabashedly worshipful attitude toward those rare salespeople who can move […]