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From: Gleanings To: Famous People Subject: Gleanings: Sippy is everywhere OPENING THANG I wrote Sippy asking him why […]

From: Gleanings
To: Famous People
Subject: Gleanings: Sippy is everywhere

OPENING THANG

I wrote Sippy asking him why he was posting useless messages to my blog, such as “i am everywhere” and “all your blog are belong to me”.

He replied with this:
http://www.sippey.com/archives/00000046.html

Those who incite revolution are often the first against the wall…

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great article by Steve Champeon on the state of the web.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/03/30/sxsw.html

BLOG OF THE DAY

Noise Between Stations
User-centered design thoughts mixed with personal tales make satisfying and edifying reading.
http://www.noisebetweenstations.com/personal/weblogs/

BRAND MATTERS

I’m a huge fan of Aaker’s no-nonsense sensible writing.
“The Brand Leadership Spectrum: The Key to the Brand Architecture Challenge (By David Aaker and Erich A. Joachimsthaler, from the Summer 2000 issue of the California Management Review, Vol. 42, No. 4.)”
http://www.dmi.org/dmi/html/conference/digital01/sp_aaker_s.htm

IA MATTERS

New interview up at ACIA
“People: Interview with Karen Parolek, Envision Design
As a “real live architect” whose expertise spans the design of physical and digital spaces, Karen is uniquely qualified to tackle the “architecture” metaphor that we love to use and abuse. ”
http://argus-acia.com/people/current_profile.html

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In the “if you haven’t read it, now is the time” category:
martha sent this classic link…
Best Practices for Designing Shopping Cart and Checkout Interfaces
http://www.dack.com/web/shopping_cart.html
to which I must add this
Information Architecture of the Shopping Cart by Sarah Bidigare
http://argus-acia.com/white_papers/shopping_cart_ia.html

APROPOS OF NOTHING

Want to know what turns on interface gurus?
http://www.beoplayer.com/

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and WOO f*ckin’ HOO!!
Broke 500 subscribers today.
Which brings up the question “Who are you people and why do you care what I have to say everyday?”
Ah, I’m just happy you came…