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Designing User Interfaces For Business Web Applications

Smashing Magazine features an interesting article about Web Application User Interface, very interesting reading for the UX enthusiast and an important article for any UX expert’s vault. So, we will cover the basics of user interface design for business Web applications. While one could apply many approaches, techniques and principles to UI design in general, [...]

March 1, 2010 | Read more..

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Jakob Nielsen on Testing Expert Users

It’s more difficult to conduct usability studies with experienced users than with novices, and the improvements are usually smaller. Still, improving expert performance is often worth the effort. The basics of testing experts are the same as any other user testing: Recruit representative users Give them realistic tasks Ask them to think out loud (while [...]

1Mar2010 | Leave a comment | Read More...
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50 Million Tweets per day

The Twitter Blog is showing off their impressive statistics with Twitter’s growth in the last couple of years. Folks were tweeting 5,000 times a day in 2007. By 2008, that number was 300,000, and by 2009 it had grown to 2.5 million per day. Tweets grew 1,400% last year to 35 million per day. Today, [...]

1Mar2010 | 1 comment | Read More...
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Testing Content Concepts

Colleen Jones from UX Matters published an interesting article about Testing Content Concepts.

21Dec2009 | 1 comment | Read More...
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10 Usability Crimes You Really Shouldn’t Commit

Over time certain conventions and best practices have been developed to help improve the general usability of websites during their design and build.

16Dec2009 | Leave a comment | Read More...
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User Experience Dictionary

I’ve created a blog that will be holding terms, definitions, concepts, and opinions about User Experience. It’s a UX Dictionary, placed for the site’s visitors who want to contribute in creating a free version of a dictionary strictly dedicated to Information Architecture, Usability, User Experience. The UX dictionary can also be useful for students in [...]

10Dec2009 | 1 comment | Read More...
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34 gygabytes a day !

According to a report generated by the University of California, San Diego, calculates that American households collectively consumed 3.6 “zettabytes” of information in 2008. This report named “How Much Information?” explores all forms of American communication and consumption and hopes to create a census of the information we consume. What is the rate of new [...]

9Dec2009 | 2 comments | Read More...
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Live Streaming on the iPhone … UStream

Apple has given the “go” to the Ustream Live Broadcaster application, which is now providing live streaming video straight from the iPhone to the Ustream Web site and any embedded players posted on the Web. Needless to say, this iphone application works on 3G and Wi-Fi connections. iTunes Store – UStream Live Broadcaster

9Dec2009 | Leave a comment | Read More...
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Google embraces the DNS Business

Google just announced Google Public DNS, a new service that lets consumers use Google as their DNS service provider. The benefits to users are a theoretically faster and more stable browsing experience, and some additional security against malware type sites. The benefit to Google – tons more data, and some potential revenue. Techcrunch has the [...]

4Dec2009 | 2 comments | Read More...

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