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April 6 2009, 7:30pm
Is it getting harder and harder to show very easy examples?
I am right now teaching a four day class of DOM and Ajax in Sunnyvale, California and also do some tech editing for Scriptin with JavaScript and Ajax by Charles Wyke-Smith and I find one thing that is… ... read more -
March 26 2009, 1:41pm
Quantifiable Strategy: Incorporating specifics to stregthen your offers
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- General
- Marketing Insights
One concept that gets continually emphasized in our webinars is the importance of supporting your offer with specific, quantifiable information. Yet, which information and in what order? Because marketers are intimately familiar with their products or services, generic… ... read more -
March 23 2009, 12:27am
Internet Explorer 8 Essentials
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- General
- IE
- internet explorer
Like it or loathe it, a new release of Microsoft's Internet Explorer is upon us once again. For this eighth iteration of their browser, they are focusing heavily on security, ease of use and improvements in RSS, AJAX… ... read more -
March 21 2009, 4:45pm
Measuring the Design Process
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- General
Both John Gruber and Buzz Anderson have commented on the experiences of former design lead at Google, Doug Bowman. Doug's observation is that at Google, every design decision must be backed by data. In essence, you must prove… ... read more -
February 11 2009, 8:42am
Convenience is the key
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- General
Fosters says convenience is the key to success. Not exactly a revolutionary insight, but I do love the idea of measuring products against a “convenience quotient”. When it comes down to it, that’s what the usability profession is… ... read more -
February 5 2009, 4:01pm
Userability #2: The move from development to design
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- General
In Userability #2, Jared Spool and I help caller Jon Hartmann make the jump from development to interaction design. The first step? Put it on your business card. (Of course, we offer some more effective answers as well.)… ... read more -
January 26 2009, 11:25pm
15+ Tips to Speed Up Your Website, and Optimize Your Code!
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- General
Once you’ve been coding for a while, you begin to take something for granted. You forget just how smart you really are. How many hundreds of keyboard shortcuts have we memorized? How many languages have we learned? How… ... read more -
January 22 2009, 10:54am
Defining that “one thing”
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- General
Many designers agree that apps need to “do one thing and do it really well.†Philosophically, though, it matters quite a lot how you define that “one thing†. If that one thing is to enable people to… ... read more -
January 22 2009, 9:20am
Marketing strategies and inspiration for the C-level (and beyond)
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- General
- Marketing Insights
Tales of golden parachutes and lavish parties aside, most top execs are facing a bumpy ride these days. Between cutbacks and layoffs, slumping share prices, the credit crunch, and lower sales projections for 2009, many executives are frantically… ... read more -
January 14 2009, 2:36pm
The Authority principle in action
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- General
Yesterday, after about a week and half of ever-increasing pain, I headed to Urgent Care for a diagnosis of tendinitis around my left ankle. The experience unexpectedly resulted in a nice illustration of the Authority principle, and how… ... read more
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