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APROPOS OF NOTHING

Italian volcano. i heart satellite photos if, by some odd chance you have not see the wheeee squirrel, […]

patterns in the web

Web Design Patterns is terrific project. Eric is collecting common design conventions such as breadcrumbs and sitemaps. I […]

don’t panic

trying to add a spellcheck (yes, i know I need it most of all) so some things may […]

OPENING THANG

I have to apologize that the gleanings have slowed, and warn that they are going to slow even […]

USABILITY MATTERS

Where Should You Put the Links? A Comparison of Four Locations “participants indicated that they believed that embedding […]

APROPOS OF NOTHING

the next google MYTHOPOEIA: The Making of Myths Has many strange and compelling images. Interesting for its navigation.illustration […]

Lou’s Venn

from LouisRosenfeld.com “I see information architecture as the intersection of three areas (imagine yet another three-circled Venn diagram): […]

OPENING THANG

Does jargon have its place? Is there a right time to chuck plain English out the door and […]

USABILITY MATTERS

Marketing (not maddening) research “Elemental forces shape the world we live in: oceans struggle with continents, wind erodes […]

EVENTS

The Science and Art of Effective Web Design “Winning Web sites are those that balance user performance and […]

APROPOS OF NOTHING

The Ugly American “Until recently, it has been quite easy to pick an American out of a crowd […]

who’s your daddy?

theyrule0001 is an amazing use of design to reveal the few people who hold sway over our lives. […]

survey time

Got a “messaging and branding” survey in the mail. The following are some of the questions and some […]

OPENING THANG

Sometimes I’m surfing around, and all the sites I find seem to be trying to tell me something. […]

APROPOS OF NOTHING

I’m watching Simpsons, the one where Homer makes a dating video for Ned. Lisa: “There are other wipes […]

a model experience?

The latest issue of GAIN has Hugh Dubberly’s Model of brand experience in a great article that i […]

RIP again

HannaHodge has closed their doors. They left a very moving goodbye on their homepage excerpt — emphasis mine […]

OPENING THANG

My husband Philippe got his green card, after a year of paperwork and fussing with the INS. I […]

APROPOS OF NOTHING

Chasing the sun is a lovely content-rich site about aviation. dude! (via littlegreenfootballs.com)

broken, then fixed

Everything broke this morning, due to a stupid server problem (looong story) but the blog should be able […]

AI

Haven’t seen AI? Here’s a hint: when things freeze over, leave the theater. You’ll be happier. Seen it? […]

minimicromaybe

The Case for Micropayments Jakob’s first promoted micropayments in ’98. Will P2P finally make them happen? Clay Shirky […]

my partners

See Noel explain why Herman Miller gets it and why Gabe’s butt is worth $700.

no, that’s not it…

from the article Alan Cooper of Cooper Interaction Design sees planning as key to downstream dividends “It’s inevitable […]

city comforts

At twilight, I could hear someone practicing a trombone. They occasionally managed a melody, but mostly just it […]

sell, be

Somebody is confusing branding with marketing. Not the same kids! “Good Grips kitchen tools grew out of one […]

guruathon

Cooper takes on the web’s Bermuda triangle— the shopping cart — in Beating the Checkout Blues Internet Magazine: […]

technojihad

I don’t even care what this is about, I just want to chant “techno-jihad” over and over again. […]