Ethnography Going Mainstream (Todd Warfel)
“Well, what is ethnography anyway? It sounds like such a cool word. When pitching the method to my clients, I describe ethnography as a fancy term for shadowing….”
(tags: research ethnography)

Mindfully Engaging with Customers: Ethnography vs. Focus Groups (Anne 2.0)
“The companies that serve us need to be mindful, to meet us where [...]

Are you going to Web Directions 06?
I wish I was. Make sure you signup quickly because it’ll sell out, fast!
Look at this all start lineup!
Kelly Goto - user experience design, workflow and strategy, Derek Featherstone - accessibility, Jeremy Keith - DOM scripting and Ajax, Thomas Vander Wal - information architecture, Andy Clarke - CSS and [...]

Worldwide Internet Penetration is just 15% :: Read/WriteWeb
“worldwide Internet penetration is only 15.7%! So much for the World Wide Web… this is indeed sobering stuff for those of us obsessed with ‘web 2.0′ technology.”
(tags: penetration statistics)

Is blogging a patriotic sport? Do you blog for your countrymen? Do you hunt down your countryman’s blogs? Are other countries experiencing a small explosion of search engines and indexes that help them find blogs of their country in the same way that we are here in Australia?
I don’t know… it all just seems a [...]

templates from Adaptive Path
I hadn’t seen these before - a bunch of templates that AD have on their site as part of their ‘Complete User Experience’ training. I’ve only taken a look at one or two and I don’t think they’re that great… but could be a good starting point if you’re looking to start [...]

Pixels, Megapixels, and Desktop Resolutions (Coding Horror)
an interesting look at the crazy world of resolution
(tags: resolution megapixel aspect ratio)

Infoaction Dynamics
another classic from OK/Cancel
(tags: humour)

I mentioned before Kevin Lim’s BestBlogForward meme. Here’s my contribution
Judging by visits and comments, there are probably three blog posts that stand out as ‘most popular’ from this blog. They are:

Design is a good idea (on ugliness, with some thoughts on the DesignGuys Craigs List realignment)
The six species of information architect
Women of 2.0 [...]

Waterfall 2006 - International Conference on Sequential Development
After years of being disparaged by the software dev. community, the waterfall methodology is back with a vengenance…. well, kind of. Don’t be bored by methodology, it’s actually funny!
(tags: humour methodology waterfall conference)

Looks Good Works Well: Musings on Mouse Hover
Bill Scott’s great article on mouse hovers - Use [...]

Why Learn Interface Design? (Functioning Form)
“It’s a craft that takes its wisdom from science, its inspiration from art and the design disciplines, its possibilities and limitations from software technology and corporate culture, and its directions - ideally - from the users.”
(tags: interfacedesign)

LukeW: Interface Design Quotes
here’s one for starters: “Design is a plan for arranging elements [...]

OK. I’m a latecomer to Skype, but this going overseas malarchy has finally got me motivated.
How cool is Skype! (and how much work have they done to make it incredibly easy to use! Well done Skype!)
Unfortunately I only have the Test Message lady to talk to at the moment… that’s ok though, because I’m [...]