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Highlights of Week 11/2010

March 19th, 2010 Michael Gaigg No comments

Google Analytics in Depth: Goals and Funnels (by Dave Sparks) – Money makes the world go round – funnel it (into your pocket)
The reconstructive nature of human memory (and what this means for research documentation) (by Harry Brignull) – documentation of design decision is important to avoid pogo-sticking re-design or the HIPPO effect.
Menu Item Usage Study: Part I (by Christopher Jung) – Mozilla’s research into menu item usage.
designing for experiences across channels (by Brandon Schauer) – have a look at this picture and let it sit for a while. Making sense?
Basic CSS3 Techniques That You Should Know (by Joel Reyes) – always good to stay on top of technology, CSS3 is our friend!
Participating in the Web of Data with Open Standards (by Chris Heilmann) – API’s and geolocation made easy with YQL (Yahoo Query Language).
Writing For The Web: Tips & Common Mistakes We Make (by Kelly Swee) – yet another list of tips, but then again we still don’t seem to get it right…
Rudy Giuliani Shares His Leadership Thoughts (by Bruce Temkin) – Bruce summarizes the 6 leadership principles Rudy Giuliani laid out in his keynote at the Intuit Financial Services.

March 5th, 2010 Michael Gaigg No comments

10 unexpected online user behaviours to look out for (by webcredible team) – the really interesting thing is that they talk about “People” and not “Users”
A Review of Consistent Designs on the Web (by Noam Almosnino) – a check list (like it) and visual examples (love it).
Design Multilingual Website: A Beginner’s Guide (by Christian Arno) – often only a back-thought, but it shouldn’t. I18N and all the good stuff.
uxurls.com: a user experience aggregator (by Harry Brignull) – Harry is collecting and presenting blogs about UX, 130 sites and counting…
How to Build a Footer That Doesn’t Stink (by Ben Gremillion) – yes, this kind of footer
34 Outstanding Admin Panels for Your Web Applications (by Madalin Tudose) – more inspiration.
My biggest mistakes (by Scott Berkun) – call it life lessons, call it learning from other people’s mistakes, call it a must-read…
Web designers announce IE6′s ‘death,’ slate party (by Gregg Keizer) – Thank God, finally?
So You Call Yourself A Designer? (by Niki Brown) – Niki illustrates which qualities/skills are needed to be a good Designer

February 9th, 2010 Michael Gaigg No comments

11 Outstanding Online Resources for Web Developers (by Barb Dybwad) – Probably you already know all these resources, but if not… yes, here they are.
Improve Conversions by Connecting with your Audience (by Aaron Griffith) – About your audience, think like them, breath like them, be like them… or so…
Modal windows (by Anders Toxboe) – a nice collection of 33 modal windows.
Increasing U.S. Census Participation (by James Fee) – Census is coming up and the challenge will be to count the ‘hard to count’ population.
Happy Birthday Facebook – Facebook was launched exactly six years ago, on February 4, 2004 – Happy 6th birthday!
11 Common Web Design Mistakes (Blunders) (by Brujo Owoh) – Fly over the list and remind yourself of what to avoid!!