Usability week ending January 9th

Friday, 7th January, 8:15 AM
The new Mac App Store shows human centered DRM -- your identity as key to generous rights: http://j.mp/geoDEN #drm

Thursday, 6th January, 6:30 PM
Everyone is a designer. Design is a fundamental part of everything. Keep this in mind throughout your project: http://j.mp/i1ivbf #ddd

Thursday, 6th January, 9:12 AM
Software Updates, System Update 10.6.6, Restart, New App Store icon in Dock, Twitter, Free ... Twitter icon in dock, Tweet!

Wednesday, 5th January, 11:18 AM
@kiwi_app i'll buy when you can. cheers.

Wednesday, 5th January, 10:41 AM
@kiwi_app where or how do you set your bit.ly api key to use with j.mp/bit.ly?

Wednesday, 5th January, 7:05 AM
Progressive signup -- as the user uses our product, we gently prod them to give us more info: http://j.mp/dENcnI #ux #ia

Tuesday, 4th January, 4:17 PM
The anatomy of a perfect landing page: http://j.mp/fIheah #ia #webdesign #ux

Monday, 3rd January, 5:21 PM
Essential and desirable skills you should look for in your UX designer: http://j.mp/dV4YKc #ia #ux

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Usability week ending January 2nd

Friday, 31st December, 7:52 PM
Like the "webcast of the century" a decade ago, join EarthCam again for New Year's 2011: http://newyears.earthcam.com/ #earthcam #nye #nyc

Thursday, 30th December, 6:39 PM
Customers will tell the truth, if you ask them. Depending on your perspective, that's either disturbing or valuable: http://j.mp/efhmOc #ux

Wednesday, 29th December, 4:17 PM
Why TV lost: http://j.mp/h98HUs

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Usability week ending December 26th

Friday, 24th December, 4:46 PM
"Merry Christmas" in languages from around the world: http://j.mp/hSxpBY

Thursday, 23rd December, 5:04 PM
How a well-rounded #developer can become a #UX professional, too: http://j.mp/eTImk6

Wednesday, 22nd December, 3:20 PM
#FCC bans outright blocking and “unreasonable discrimination” of Web sites or applications: http://j.mp/hzeW2B #netneutrality

Tuesday, 21st December, 2:34 PM
Never give a client choices to choose from, just give them the one you think best: http://j.mp/hTcQJ5

Monday, 20th December, 7:50 AM
For web success -- quick loading, easy, a visual ID, platform independent, open, geared for transactions, CRM-friendly: http://j.mp/eFRJV8

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Usability week ending December 19th

Thursday, 16th December, 12:17 PM
Web developers must add #mobile web development to their skill set or risk losing clients. Here's the landscape: http://j.mp/fsZMkT

Thursday, 16th December, 10:43 AM
Why the studios will lose the “war” with Netflix: http://j.mp/hWrvsD #netflix #streaming #ux #vod #ott

Wednesday, 15th December, 8:22 AM
Making user and customer experience a business competency (videos and transcript): http://j.mp/fmTWJW #ux #cx

Tuesday, 14th December, 8:20 AM
RIM BlackBerry -- when product development teams kill #usability, how to recognize it, and what to do about it: http://j.mp/e7GS4x

Monday, 13th December, 12:59 PM
Average U.S. consumer now spends as much time online as watching TV, according to Forrester research: http://j.mp/i73E87

Monday, 13th December, 9:51 AM
Making an iPhone app? Use great iPhone apps every day--designing with conventions in mind will eventually come naturally: http://j.mp/fDPzgd

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Usability week ending December 12th

Saturday, 11th December, 10:29 PM
Grand Central Terminal - 360 view: http://occip.it/pygyc72zj

Saturday, 11th December, 6:34 PM
Macy's at 34th and Herald Sq - 360 view: http://occip.it/pyh0h9rij

Friday, 10th December, 1:33 PM
"Mobile data traffic in 2011 will be roughly the same as total Internet traffic circa 2002." -- @pkedrosky #trendspotting

Wednesday, 8th December, 8:41 PM
User experience design in the age of computational objects and ubiquitous computing: http://j.mp/hUBKQ5

Tuesday, 7th December, 12:08 PM
A reminder to design fluid width sites—iPad hits 8 percent of global mobile PC (laptop + tablet) shipments: http://j.mp/i8lnqx #ux #ia

Tuesday, 7th December, 9:44 AM
The first problem is to design the API. The second is to help people learn to use it: http://j.mp/e8RlP6 #api #ia

Monday, 6th December, 10:49 PM
#Persuasion triggers in web #design: reciprocation, commitment, social proof, authority, scarcity, framing, salience: http://j.mp/fpJdwg #ia

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Usability week ending December 5th

Friday, 3rd December, 4:09 PM
The Design of Everyday Things--theory of how people behave when working with everyday objects, and guidelines to follow: http://j.mp/gXJPxv

Thursday, 2nd December, 2:11 PM
Is simplicity a bad design goal?: http://j.mp/fyGPqb #ux #design #ui

Wednesday, 1st December, 1:50 PM
Trust, crowd empowerment, transparency and co-management of life activity, are the new master concepts for success: http://j.mp/eS0iNC #ux

Monday, 29th November, 5:52 PM
How A/B testing a splash page and sign up button earned Obama an extra $60M in fund raising: http://j.mp/gF525L #webdesign #ux

Monday, 29th November, 10:11 AM
5 of the best new user experiences of 2010--most interesting, useful, and innovative, expanding #ux expectations: http://j.mp/eWHqgn

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Usability week ending November 28th

Thursday, 25th November, 10:53 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!

Wednesday, 24th November, 1:53 PM
Browserling is interactive cross-browser #testing inside your Chrome #browser. Try it at browserling.com: http://j.mp/hTDfXx

Tuesday, 23rd November, 12:22 AM
Building a "customer experience", not just a "user experience", leads to a more complete and effective product: http://j.mp/goN2B9 #ux

Monday, 22nd November, 2:06 PM
Dropbox "just works" for online backup and sharing files. Get yours free here: http://db.tt/jj4Ip9C

Monday, 22nd November, 2:03 PM
I love Dropbox because it's the easiest way to share documents among a distributed team who use both Windows and Mac. http://db.tt/v5FdNuZ

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Usability week ending November 21st

Thursday, 18th November, 5:21 PM
20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web: http://j.mp/aWwEE7 #html5 #google #tutorial

Thursday, 18th November, 11:00 AM
@sugarsock kudos on launch

Wednesday, 17th November, 6:26 PM
The hardest part of software isn’t the process of creating it, it’s changing culture and influencing organizations: http://j.mp/aQyesF

Monday, 15th November, 11:26 AM
#Usability finally showing up in web design tips lists: http://j.mp/aQ9dCF #webdesign

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Usability week ending November 14th

Thursday, 11th November, 8:12 AM
Samsung Tab a grab bag of neglect, good intentions, and poor execution, merging worst of a tablet and worst of a phone: http://j.mp/9JY6y6

Thursday, 11th November, 7:47 AM
Make sure you use the right #breadcrumbs ( e.g., » > › / • – ) to have hierarchy shown in #Google SERPs: http://j.mp/btRAdk #ia

Wednesday, 10th November, 8:47 AM
“The Main thing is to keep the main thing, the main thing.” -- a great principle for UX and IA too: http://j.mp/bAwEj6

Wednesday, 10th November, 7:49 AM
Usage is like oxygen for ideas: http://j.mp/90GWaC

Tuesday, 9th November, 10:02 AM
A game design perspective can contribute #usability and functionality even in a non gaming context: http://j.mp/cJB4b0

Monday, 8th November, 12:46 PM
It is the UX and IA architect's business to know things. Train yourself to see detail others overlook: http://j.mp/bl1bco

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Usability week ending November 7th

Thursday, 4th November, 1:30 PM
Web designers, keep your page sizes down. It’s for your own (and your users') good: http://j.mp/9QDkjV #ux #performance

Thursday, 4th November, 12:58 PM
Best practices for combining #typefaces in a #design, as well as some blunders to avoid: http://j.mp/bffnUQ #fonts #typography #webdesign

Monday, 1st November, 11:40 AM
Users pay close attention to photos with relevant information, ignore fluffy pictures used for looks: http://j.mp/cjLqtw #ia #ui

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