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Weblog Usability by Nielsen

"Quite fun to see Nielsen getting into weblog usability… should really just go check our the problogger but still pretty interesting… how do you measure up?" Well, I'm probably missing one or two.

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Bud posted this on October 17, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

O'Reilly Radar > The Secret Sauce of Writely

"behind every successful Web 2.0 company there'll be someone who understands the user." Personally, I might add that every successful Web 2.0 app will fulfill a need felt by many users.

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Bud posted this on October 5, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

del.icio.us direc.tor: Delivering A High-Performance AJAX Web Service Broker :: Johnvey

del.icio.us direc.tor is a prototype for an alternative web-based rich UI for del.icio.us. It leverages the XML and XSL services

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Bud posted this on July 18, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Guide to Using XMLHttpRequest (with Baby Steps) from WebPasties

A tutorial on using xmlhttprequest. A very easy guide for getting started. Could do with some more intellectual content, but good.

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Bud posted this on February 27, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Turn dynamics RSS feeds into static HTML

This is interesting. It's a script for turning RSS into HTML. That is a commodity.

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Bud posted this on February 27, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

The new Washington Post Homepage design -- Lessons learned

Another interesting analysis from these guys. What is the economic sense?

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Bud posted this on February 22, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

SourceForge.net: Project Info - Sarissa

More on XML over HTTP plus javascript. This is a cross-platform js library that enables it.

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Bud posted this on February 19, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

XML.com: Very Dynamic Web Interfaces

A very nice article on using XML over http with javascript to make more responsive web interfaces. It points to the browser alone as a model for interaction with web applications. No need for dhtml or the non-standard flash.

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Bud posted this on February 19, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

fac.etio.us

This sort of works. It allows you to view things by tag such as all the people using it etc. It's a step in the right direction. I would like a webservices interface.

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Bud posted this on February 18, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Brain Dump: An Ontic Disaster

Right on with the need to make things more visible in delicious.

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Bud posted this on February 13, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Experimenting with Picasa and Hello

In my book, the brain-dead interface of blogger wins for novices. You can get people on and doing it with almost no effort. It's nice to see that additional features are added with that guiding concept in mind.

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Bud posted this on February 13, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Eyetools Research Blog: Blog Analysis and Optimization with Eyetracking -- or "Oh, oh, that blog's writing needs fixing"

Neat eye tracking tool. Shows the standard result that people read from left-to-right, top-to-bottom. This should be a standard aspect of any web design. What is the marginal value of the tool beyond these standard results?

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Bud posted this on February 13, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Eyetools Research Blog: Blog Analysis and Optimization with Eyetracking -- or "Oh, oh, that blog's writing needs fixing"

Neat eye tracking tool. Shows the standard result that people read from left-to-right, top-to-bottom. This should be a standard aspect of any web design. What is the marginal value of the tool beyond these standard results? Would like to see demos of that.

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Bud posted this on February 12, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

What's the Problem?

Advocates bringing use cases (software engineering technique) over to web design. Seems smart to me since web design is just another version of software development.

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Bud posted this on January 26, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Alternative views on Apple's Shuffle

How to get more out of ipods when listening to podcasts. Seems one needs to do a little teaching on his site if he is going to do this.

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Bud posted this on January 16, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Shuffle: Music or Podcasts?

It sounds like the shuffle is not so great for podcasts.

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Bud posted this on January 15, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Problems with podcasts on generic MP3 players

Podcasts are catching on, but the problem is that MP3s are one binary unsearchable blob.

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Bud posted this on January 15, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Like podcasts? Pass on the iPod Shuffle

A good view on how MP3 players could better support podcasting. Some of these requirements are obvious on your first attempt to listen to one.

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Bud posted this on January 15, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Size Matters: Rendering a Folksonomy

An interesting visual approach to representing blog post classification

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Bud posted this on January 14, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Marissa Mayer on Google user experience

Google is very quantitative in its approach to user interface.

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Bud posted this on January 14, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)