The secret to success is to make everything one-button easy, then get out of the way. If you think collaborative architecture matters more, Flickr, Digg and del.icio.us have plateaued with …
Flickr goes Gamma from an earlier Beta version
I was revisiting my Flickr account today to explore interestingness when I noticed that some of the interface had changed. It was a breath of refreshing air to see how …
Task-based navigation vs. topic-based navigation
I’ve recently been working on a project with Grand Union where the discussion of task-based navigation vs. topic-based navigation came up. After a search on the Web, I came across …
Lecture on Empathy & appropriation in designing for the blind
Salvatore Fiore will be conducting a lecture with the University of York’s HCI GROUP on the 17th of October 2005 titled, Empathy and appropriation in designing for blind experience. The …
Barry Schwartz and The Paradox of Choice
Mark Hurst has written an informative summary of his conversation with Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice, a new book which discusses excessive choice, choice overload, anxiety, and …
2004 User Experience & Usability professional Salary Survey
It looks like this has been posted in a various news groups (ie. ID-Discuss, CHI-Web) already, so excuse the cross-link, I’m just adding it here so I can find it …
Characteristics of Being In Flow & current literature
Victor Bayin has commented on the ACM Ubiquity article by Benjamin B. Bederson titled, Interfaces for Staying in the Flow. I haven’t read it yet, but it looks like an …
Understanding current changes on the Web
Jakob Nielsen has written an informative entry to Alertbox this week titled, Reviving Advanced Hypertext, the column comments on some of the new features on the web today, including explicit …
UK UPA london event: Games and the EyeToy
The UK Chapter of the UPA, the Usability Professionals’ Association who promote usability concepts and techniques in the UK, will be holding an event tomorrow night at Microsoft London on …
The McKinsey view on What is Next in Mobile Telecom
McKinsey & Co. have written some very informative and useful articles on how to keep mobile subscribers loyal. The proven adoption of an approach known as Customer Lifetime Management (CLM) …
UXnet meet in London
It was a pleasure attending the first UXnet meet in London last night which featured a talk by Kevin Cheng of OK/Cancel. It was a fantastic turn out, and was …
IAWIKI Sydney Meet on Wednesday
Thank you to the 20 or so people who came to the IA meet in Sydney organised by Eric from IAWiki. It was great to meet with fellow peers both …
The ethics within Ubiquitous Computing
Adam Greenfield has written an informative and interesting article in Boxes and Arrows on some of the ethical guidelines for user experience within ubiquitous-computing. It is an very interesting read, …
Interaction Design Institute Ivrea (Italy)
I was out last night with some friends for dinner at the IA Sydney meet and we spoke briefly about the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in Italy and some of …
37 Signals paper on Using Patterns in web design
Ryan Singer has written an interesting article, that is an introduction to using patterns in web design. The paper covers ways to group, prioritize, and organize similar items during mockups …