Michael Gaigg: Über UI/UX Design

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.