2Apr0
Highlights of Week 13/2010
Posted by Michael Gaigg
- Web design: clarity is more important than persuasion (by Gerry McGovern) - The chief enemy of forward momentum is confusion - so?? ...make it CLEAR!
- Coding a Clean and Professional Web Design (by Waheed Akhtar) - this is part 2 of an excellent web design tutorial.
- Fred Wilson’s 10 Golden Principles of Successful Web Apps (by Keir Whitaker) - "Speed" is #1, no surprise. Love the term "Instant Utility".
- 5 Simple Social Design Tips From the Masters (by Christina Warren) - less is more and, content and context!
- You’re In Control: A Urinary User Interface (by Dan Maynes-Aminzade and Hayes Solos Raffle) - what sounds like a joke comes right out of the MIT labs. Reminds me of my urinal fly.
- CSUN 2010 Presentations (by Jared Smith) - some goodies there.
- Need Some Help Making That iPad Decision? (by Daniel Donahoo) - wanna buy an iPad? This funny flowchart might help you. And here the ultimate use for the iPad.
- 15 Great Ways to Find Web Design and Development Work (by Amy-Mae Elliott) - always good to know.
- Firefox & Page Load Speed – Part I (by Blake Cutler) - investigates the question of how much does our conversion rate improve?
Tagged as: 2010, Amy-Mae Elliott, Blake Cutler, Christina Warren, clarity, confusion, content, context, conversion, CSUN, Daniel Donahoo, design, gerry mcgovern, Hayes Solos Raffle, improvement, instant, ipad, Jared Smith, Keir Whitaker, Maynes-Aminzade, mozilla, presentations, rate, social, speed, tutorial, ui, urinary, utility, Waheed Akhtar, web, work
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19Mar0
Highlights of Week 11/2010
Posted by Michael Gaigg
- 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.
Tagged as: analytics, Brandon Schauer, Bruce Temkin, channels, Chris Heilmann, Christopher Jung, css3, data, Dave Sparks, documentation, effect, goals, google, harry brignull, HIPPO, Joel Reyes, Kelly Swee, leadership, memory, menu, mistakes, mozilla, open, pogo-sticking, re-design, research, Rudy Giuliani, standards, techniques, tips, web, writing, yahoo query language, YQL
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