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I’ve become painfully aware lately that I have stagnated. I also recognize that I only post here when stagnation sets in. What urge drives me to share my malaise with the entire internet? I’m sure no one cares.
Last night I watched “Helvetica” a documentary about the classic typeface. It reminded me of how much I [...]

Script.aculo.us is a repository for the fanciest of the fancy AJAX libraries for all you cutting-edge Web 2.0 kids. Just an FYI.

In “How to shoot a bullet through your startup - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)” 37signals warns against revisiting the excesses of the 90’s internet boom. What makes the Web such a great platform for a business?

It’s virtual: no bricks and mortar necessary.
It’s immediate: you can register a domain name and hosting in minutes and [...]

A List Apart: Articles: Calling All Designers: Learn to Write! reminds all designers that design is about more than just layout, pictures, color and hue. It’s about communication to your audience. Remember to use your design to enhance the message you’re sending to your audience, don’t let your visual approach dominate the piece.
I try to [...]

Jakob Nielsen offers some eye-tracking study findings. The highlights are:

Users won’t read your text thoroughly
The first two paragraphs must state the most important information.
Start subheads, paragraphs, and bullet points with information-carrying words

Read the article for more details.

Excellent column from Mark Hurst at goodexperience.com. I must say I share in his pain, watching someone hunt-and-peck their way through a techno-demonstration. “Learn to type” is great advice for those of you who spend all day at a keyboard (unless your one of those hyperactive hunt-and-peckers). I suppose many people would tell me to [...]

Does search engine optimization have you befuddled? Then you should read this.
The bottom line is this: by designing to accessibility guidelines, using W3C standards and using semantic markup, you should score well with Google. Who says it doesn’t pay to be good?

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