Coming so soon on the heels of the underwhelming Google Wave, the company’s next big social experiment seems to be another chink in the armour of the web behemoth. Buzz, which along with the most recent iterations of Facebook, resembles Twitter has been criticised by Users (Google Getting The Wrong Kind of Buzz: Web Pro) for …
Here’s an interesting article on Web Designer Depot illustrating the subtle updates being made to the layout of Wikipedia. These subtle tweaks harldy alter the layout, but introduce more modern flourishes and usability updates such as moving the search box to the top right. As search forms such a major part of the Wikipedia experience this …
Complete Beginner’s Guide to Interaction Design from UX Booth. Fascinating, complete and packed with resources.
After hassling people on Twitter for an invite I finally got my hands on a golden ticket/invite and eagerly jumped into Google Wave. It looks amazing. All those panels, sliders and plenty of workspace. Uncluttered, giving you access to only the tools you need. Once the initial euphoria had subsided, and I actually tried to do …
As it’s approaching the end of the noughties everyone seems to be in a looking backward/looking forward mood. Whilst I come up with my albums of the decade, here’s a couple of interesting links. The first from Noupe with a broad look at what we’ll all be doing in the next five years. Still no jet …
You wait for a useful link for ages and then two come along at once… This was linked to by the BBC Technology website so not exactly a scoop, but very useful research and very much free: 2009 Ecommerce Usability for High Street Retailers
Currently scoping out a Content Management System at work and was sent the attached by the SEO specialists employed by the client to optimise their site. A very useful list indeed: How To Choose Content Management Systems For SEO Blogged so I don’t lose it!
Bit of a personal one this. Having played guitar to an intermediate level for nearly 20 years it was only 2 weeks ago that I picked up a bass. Although easier to play than the 6 string, it’s very satisfying and I wish I’d got one much sooner. It’s made me appreciate the complexities of the bassline …
volkswagen.co.uk In my opinion the Volkswagen website isn’t particularly well desgined. I don’t like the tool bar at the top of the page, the floating navigation and the floating cars. The car selector on rollover is presented in a really awful way - calling up the horizontal scrollbar which looks ugly. However, the site does offer …
Here’s a very cool new invention from that expert in air moving James Dyson: Latest for the Dyson treatment: it’s the desk fan without blades. Having made revolutionary (pun intended) leaps and bounds in both sucking and blowing, the Dyson desk fan provides a low maintenance and less clunky way of cooling your stress creased brow. The …
