17
2009
Twitter Postings: Iterative Design (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
Great post by Jacob Neilsen describing the iterrations needed to craft an effective twitter post. A few days ago, I posted the announcement of our next usability conferences to Nielsen Norman Group’s timeline on Twitter (@NNgroup).I don’t have all the guidelines for stream-based postings yet, because we’re still conducting usability studies (particularly of B2B users, like my audience). But, based on the user sessions I’ve observed already, I put this posting through 5 rounds of [...]
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17
2009
Smashing Study of Design Paterns
There’s a great article over on Smashing Magazine looking at design patterns for portfolio websites. In our recent study on Typographic Design Patterns and Best Practices, we asked our readers about case studies they would like us to conduct. One of the most popular suggestions was a detailed case study of portfolio websites. Following the requests of our readers, we have carefully selected 55 design agencies and Web development agencies, analyzed their porfolio websites and [...]
17
2009
Reading Naturally
I’ve been using Google Fast Flip for a few days now, and quite like it. It’s close to the feel of browsing through a magazine or newspaper, with the eye briefly skimming each article as it comes through. Google Fast Flip is a web application that lets users discover and share news articles. It combines qualities of print and the Web, with the ability to “flip” through pages online as quickly as flipping through a [...]
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