Usability week ending January 3rd

Thursday, 31st December, 8:36 AM
Secret to beautiful #UI #design is realism--2D objects on-screen appear to be 3D thanks to cues from real life: http://j.mp/7F6ILT

Wednesday, 30th December, 11:06 AM
There are seven buttons: http://j.mp/60kSgk (#minimalism #ia #ux #ui #design #simplicity #elegance #apple #mce)

Tuesday, 29th December, 1:23 PM
Top 10 reasons Santa is a great designer: http://j.mp/6D3ju6 #ux #ui #santa #christmas #design

Monday, 28th December, 11:40 AM
Organic tools simplify digital design -- examples of beautiful pen and paper sketches of website prototypes: http://j.mp/8HBhHi #ux #ui

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Usability week ending December 27th

Thursday, 24th December, 9:37 AM
A website’s design should begin where it’s going to live: in the browser. Make your mockup in markup: http://j.mp/5JF7VX #ui #css #html

Wednesday, 23rd December, 1:48 PM
UI development is the hard part. And it’s not the last step, it’s the first step: http://j.mp/7jS3j7 #ux #usability #linux #osx

Tuesday, 22nd December, 3:12 PM
User experience / usability analysis of the Business Breakfast. Cliff Notes version: have the oatmeal. http://j.mp/5GgKWX

Monday, 21st December, 2:31 PM
When simplicity wins over features -- Philips DirectLife versus the Fitbit: http://j.mp/7gujfk #usability #ux

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Usability week ending December 20th

Friday, 18th December, 1:38 PM
Information aesthetics -- two videos visualizing a day in New York Times web traffic from 15 web servers' users: http://j.mp/6OgMtO #ia

Thursday, 17th December, 5:31 PM
Marketing tricks built into menus—how something as simple as typography drives you to or away from a $39 steak: http://j.mp/6bwnIv #ux #ia

Wednesday, 16th December, 4:16 PM
I can't read white on white text while your design loads. Using a background image in your CSS? Set backup colors! http://j.mp/6A7UmL

Wednesday, 16th December, 9:40 AM
Target WebKit. Mobile Internet outpacing desktop adoption, "Apple has 2 or 3 year lead" says Morgan Stanley: http://j.mp/5OOISr #ux #ui

Tuesday, 15th December, 11:24 AM
Is your blogging still "usable"? Tell stories with passion, share researched insights, engage with your community: http://j.mp/8thKcL #ux

Monday, 14th December, 1:24 PM
When spending $100 million on an ad campaign ( http://j.mp/879TGl ) about "you", find out first how users experience it: http://j.mp/5VBEGE

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Usability week ending December 13th

Friday, 11th December, 7:55 PM
Don’t draw figures or diagrams of wrong models, because people will remember them: http://j.mp/5ynv1e #agile #waterfall #ia #programming

Thursday, 10th December, 3:56 PM
Travel search company Kayak shifts business strategy around the "new" usability needs shown to them by iPhone users: http://j.mp/4FCqtD #ux

Wednesday, 9th December, 6:25 PM
Designers need to learn to apply their unique problem-solving and visual communication skills to business strategy: http://j.mp/4YnRXt

Tuesday, 8th December, 5:47 PM
Represent conversations visually to encourage discussion -- Threaded View as a visual design pattern: http://j.mp/596d5a #ux #ui #ia

Monday, 7th December, 12:25 PM
Quickly and easily find the most intuitive hierarchy for your site's info or nav using "tree testing" tools: http://j.mp/8hjJQn #ia #ux

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Usability week ending December 6th

Friday, 4th December, 2:29 PM
For mobile, "don't look at features & technology, look at users' motivations & behaviors in the mobile context": http://j.mp/7DyjVO #ux #ui

Thursday, 3rd December, 7:18 PM
We naturally assume that the way we experience our world must be unique, yet experience *can* be designed: http://j.mp/5q4y5w #ux

Wednesday, 2nd December, 5:34 PM
"As the world fills with clutter at a disconcerting pace, good design should be quiet and generate a level of calm": http://j.mp/7IU3Fj #ux

Tuesday, 1st December, 2:06 PM
"... there are no lasting technological solutions to social problems..." Corporate culture v. Socialcast: http://j.mp/7BrsFM #ux #usability

Monday, 30th November, 7:55 PM
Usability is power -- comparing iPhone and Android application management: http://j.mp/8FDbB7 #usability #ux #iphone #android

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Usability week ending November 29th

Friday, 27th November, 12:47 PM
Making online video accessible for everyone--streaming video captioning for the web: http://j.mp/69Wq6b #ux #usability #accessibility

Wednesday, 25th November, 11:56 PM
Fail fast!” Get apps out in the wild soon as possible to see whether they'll succeed--eBay, Google, Adobe discuss: http://j.mp/8XAVch #ux

Tuesday, 24th November, 1:25 PM
Getting to the customer–-why everything you think about User Centered Design is wrong: http://j.mp/7mMbZU #ia #ux #ui #ucd

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Usability week ending November 22nd

Friday, 20th November, 1:11 PM
“If it’s not done well, consumers won’t use it.” User experience could limit TV Everywhere adoption: http://j.mp/87ghzD #ux #broadband #vod

Thursday, 19th November, 6:50 PM
Investing in reducing friction pays off not just in pure money or time, but also pure opportunity cost: http://j.mp/1vLN3C #usability

Wednesday, 18th November, 6:31 PM
Tweetie's author, Loren Brichter, invents user interfaces that are "discoverable and explanatory": http://j.mp/4oiUH6 #ux #ui

Tuesday, 17th November, 1:59 PM
Lack of convergence dooms projects from the start--impossible to pull together a seamless user experience later: http://j.mp/pIoR0 #ux #ia

Monday, 16th November, 1:44 PM
Usability rocks: "Simplicity of its interface and ease of use have made Hulu the darling of American TV fans": http://j.mp/3Xj7LM #ux #ui

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Usability week ending November 15th

Friday, 13th November, 1:51 PM
Test these conversion tips to improve your website's checkout process: http://j.mp/4dZH0M #ia #ux #ui #ecommerce

Thursday, 12th November, 6:21 PM
5 Tips Attract Clients--respond fast to email, negotiate scope not price, show success, use pretty things, be personal: http://j.mp/4jtKEP

Wednesday, 11th November, 5:05 PM
User-friendliness and fascism--interplay of aesthetics (Apple has in spades) and centralized control (Apple also has): http://j.mp/OXJuX #ux

Tuesday, 10th November, 12:56 PM
Error messages are part of your user interface, and need to treated as such. They need to be designed: http://j.mp/2zDafY #ux #ui #ia

Monday, 9th November, 6:07 PM
No more jaggies or blurries--web typography discussion with examples of how browsers handle anti-aliasing: http://j.mp/OeZLM #fonts #ux

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Usability week ending November 1st

Friday, 30th October, 4:06 PM
Handling user errors using specific and helpful messaging, boosted conversions by 17%: http://j.mp/2qMOp0 #ux #ui #ia

Thursday, 29th October, 2:31 PM
Qualify leads using sign-up forms, with less sign-up friction and more qualified responses: http://j.mp/1bkthO #ia #ux #usability

Wednesday, 28th October, 5:18 PM
The underutilized power of the video demo to explain what the hell you actually do: http://j.mp/I1pZU #ux #ia #video #streaming #usability

Tuesday, 27th October, 2:38 PM
Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, WeFollow, Revision3, shares 9 ways to grow to one million users: http://j.mp/1ovjsI #ia #marketing #startup

Monday, 26th October, 7:49 PM
Making your app easy lowers barriers to entry and bounce rates, increases conversions, makes/breaks success: http://j.mp/VYpKD #ux #ui #ia

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Usability week ending October 25th

Friday, 23rd October, 11:21 AM
The plain fact is users will not read anything you put on the screen. How to treat user myopia: http://j.mp/oeIwQ #ui #development #ia

Wednesday, 21st October, 9:26 PM
Users hate change--just evolve a familiar #design. When incrementalism eventually destroys cohesiveness, redesign: http://j.mp/pdOUM #ux #ui

Monday, 19th October, 1:56 PM
If someone approaches you about #SEO, ignore them. Fire whoever makes your web pages, hire someone better: http://j.mp/37Bpsl #ia #webdesign

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