Probably the best presentation on usability I've ever seen.

Blog search engine and ad network Technorati released its 5th annual State of the Blogosphere report and the numbers are quite interesting. Technorati says its findings indicate that blogging is now mainstream. ReadWriteWeb is not so sure. Although reading blogs is becoming increasingly mainstream, is writing them?

Hyviä ehdokkaita suomalaisiksi web 2.0 -menestyjiksi.

Muutaman varteenotettavan yhteisöpalvelun esittely.

A recent lengthy discussion in the Interaction Design Association focused on the placement of actions in Web forms that span several Web pages. The quintessential question underlying this debate is: can an action which leads people to the previous step of a process be placed to the right of an action that leads users to the next step of a process?

Net, Blogs and Rock'n'Roll is a blog of a book which charts how digital discovery works, from the automated recommendation services that suggest what titles you might want to explore based on your previous preferences, through to the ways that we share word-of-mouth recommendations online. It outlines the three strands of digital discovery – TLC: Trying Out, Links and Community – and explains how the history, culture and technology of today's media are interwoven with the rise of personalisation and mobile players. It profiles the groups of consumers and their various approaches to discovery, and outlines the pyramid of influence: Savants and Enthusiasts record their finds, express their opinions and lead communities of fellow consumers, while other groups are more passive participants.

Sounds about true.

"Readers and conference participants know that the more I write and talk about web standards, the more I point out that they really don’t exist. Step back with me for a moment: we wouldn’t need a web standards movement if there were standards! We continue to do the very best work we can to arrive at a standard of quality and professionalism. Sadly, however, despite a decade or more of web standards evangelism, we face the prospect of losing whatever influence we’ve gained these past years." I love Molly.

When you think of typos, you think of grammar and poor middle school grades. It’s hard to imagine that in this day and age a typo of any serious consequence can make it through the cracks, with spell-check being an automatic feature in most email services and office software. However, some typos in recent years have made it into the news, albeit sometimes under unusual circumstances.

Information spaces that are primarily social (community sites) rather than informational are often treated radically differently from traditional information retrieval spaces (like newspapers), but many of the best practices for creating a social space can (and should) be reapplied to more traditional.

For the fourth year running, the survey revealed that nearly nine out of 10 (87%) consumers conducting transactions online have experienced problems. When online issues occur, there is an immediate business impact. For example, if they experienced an online transaction issue, 41% of online adults who experience problems conducting online transactions would simply switch to an online or offline competitor or abandon a transaction entirely. This represents a $57 billion potential impact to revenue on shopping sites alone – a huge opportunity for companies to harness, by ensuring their websites work. On the Web, the competition is just a click away.

An easy way to copy-paste those strange characters. Like a heart.

If there still is someone not getting the ROI of UX, this is a must read.

The five second test is a simple usability test that helps you measure the effectiveness of your user interfaces. Note: it measures effectiveness, not usability.

"We are only at the beginning of the social network wars. Eventually, every company will have to work with the winning social network firm or firms, just as almost all companies work with Yahoo! and Google.The social network firms have superior access to talent, polling, research, and create a platform for the most targeted advertising on the net with messages aimed at the exact the demographic, title, and industry the advertiser wants to reach. So, are you using the power of these social networks, or is your company stuck in the pre-network world of Microsoft?"

On siellä pari muutakin tekstivaihtoehtoa.

Obsessable covers the latest in the world of technology, including cell phones, cameras, and HDTVs – obsessively, of course. Do I hear "ka-ching"??