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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Tweetizen – A Simpler Way to Group Tweets
I’m sure a lot of you wish you could split the people you follow on Twitter into groups based on friends, family, co-workers, or subject matter. Well you can. Maybe you’ve tried TweetDeck or PeopleBrowsr – both of which can do this, among many other things. You have to download TweetDeck and (correct me if [...]
NHUPA – Design Slam!
Last month’s NHUPA meeting had an interesting format, the “Design Slam” workshop. The basic idea was that a non-profit organization presented goals and needs for a new website (to be designed from scratch, not a redesign). Then we all split into groups to plan and design a specific aspect of the site. We determined our [...]
Tutorial: How to Get Good Feedback from Website Users
All too often, we think we know what our users want. But the only way of truly knowing is by listening to them directly. You may not think it’s representative of your primary target audience, but it is still valuable nonetheless.
In the previous post we talked about what users can do to make their feedback [...]
Tutorial: How to Give Good Feedback to Website Administrators
User feedback is like gold to web designers and administrators. But from the user perspective, it often seems like feedback isn’t being taken into account. Perhaps that’s because users don’t know how to give good feedback.
Before we begin, let’s set one thing straight. If your feedback is nothing but all-caps rage, it will probably be [...]
Is Banner Blindness a Myth?
Banner Blindness is a term which refers to the theory that users ignore page elements that have typical traits of an advertisement. Animation is one trait of advertisements which users have allegedly learned to ignore. However, a 2003 study by Ping Zhang and Nelson Massad for the Ninth Americas Conference on Information Systems shows that:
Animation [...]
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Kawaii Creations – Kawaii Not by Meghan Murphy
Kawaii Not, a comic strip by Meghan Murphy, combines the incredibly cute with the cheeky and sarcastic. You can read the comic online or purchase a book with the first 100 strips. The store also includes hundreds of cute buttons featuring art from the comic strips. You can also download animated icons/avatars, of which there [...]
Etsy Provides Innovative Ways to Browse Products
Etsy is a site where people can buy and sell homemade goods, craft supplies and vintage items. This site offers over a dozen unique and innovative ways to browse through products. My top 3 favorites are:
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