Archive for July, 2007

Push Button. Receive Bacon.

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Push Button. Receive Bacon., originally uploaded by Matthew Oliphant.
Someone at work recently sent out a request to see if anyone had done research on icons. Turns out I was the only one to respond.
I did a study on icons a few years ago. It was for my last job so it’s proprietary […]

Listen To Me, Not Jakob Nielsen

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

I am really hoping Jakob Nielsen’s recent Alertbox article, Write Articles, Not Blog Postings is written entirely tongue-in-cheek. My hopes don’t matter though because there’s a large contingent of people around the world, people who make decisions about what goes on a web site, the eat up each and every word he says.
Here’s the […]

I Can Exist Now. The NYT Said So.

Monday, July 9th, 2007

I have mixed feelings about this article in the New York Times about Usability Professionals: Technology’s Untanglers: They Make It Really Work. I’ve read mixed feelings about this article as well.
Had it been written 5 years ago, I’d be really pleased about it. But it isn’t a very well written article and […]