August 2009
61 posts
Top 10 UX Myths →
Al Gore invented the Internet. Drinking alcohol keeps your body warm. You won’t get pregnant if you stand on your head after … well, you get the idea. Myths are those hard-and-fast rules…
“Interface vs. implementation is a split that runs all the way down a software...”
– A design and usability blog: Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
WatchInnovation Through Design Thinking | MIT World
WatchBarry Schwartz on the paradox of choice | Video on TED.com
“Everything should be made as simple as it needs to be, and no simpler.”
– Albert Einstein
Complete Guide to Making Outlook Faster (Than... →
If you are stuck using Microsoft Outlook to send those TPS reports at work, you’ve already experienced just how painfully slow it can get—but with a few quick tips you can make it usable…
WatchMatt Cutts on Google, SEO and Blogs
“R2-D2
Sure, he’s cute, but the flaws in his design are obvious the first...”
– AMC - Blogs - SciFi Scanner - John Scalzi’s Guide to the Most Epic FAILs in Star Wars Design
Dive Into HTML 5 →
How to Get Started with the Twitter API →
Thanks to some very nice open source libraries for quite a few programming languages, interacting with the Twitter API has become exceedingly simple. In this article we’ll be looking…
“THE GOONIES: Physically abused, retarded man finds love with overweight...”
– Uncomfortable plot summaries
Helicopter taking off →
WatchEggs and Sausage on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
JavaScript: Bad Practices →
I’ve seen a lot of curious (bordering on horrific) code in my life; and I’d say about half of it was written by me. If you don’t attest to the fact that you once wrote crap code then you’re either…
The Definitive Guide to GET vs POST →
Unfortunately there is a lot misuse of GET over POST and vice versa. Both HTTP methods can achieve the same goals, but an incorrect choice between them can lead to unexpected and potentially…
How to Increase Sign-ups with Easier Captchas →
As everyone knows, captchas can be a real nightmare. Besides their serious accessibility issues (have you ever clicked the “Hear a set of words”?) they’re a real pain in the ass to…
How to add WiFi 802.11 to a Mac mini Core Duo →
4321 802.11N Wireless MINI PCI-E Card MacBook Pro... →
joshua's blog: on url shorteners →
Optimize your crawling & indexing →
Webmaster Level: Intermediate to Advanced Many questions about website architecture, crawling and indexing, and even ranking issues can be boiled down to one central issue: How easy is it for…
Presentations, Keynotes, and Interviews with... →
Note to self: Don’t ‘friend’ your boss on FB and... →
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10 Tips for Writing Better jQuery Code →
jQuery is totally cool. I’ve been using it for a year now and I find myself constantly learning new tricks and running into great improvements.
The amount of plug-ins and resources out…
Young lady on a bus defies gravity →
“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.”
– author: unknown
“The goal of design is to shrink this ignorance gap while seducing us into...”
– Why Standards Fail – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report
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