Greetings from Koh Tao, Thailand (a.k.a. heaven on earth).
Just a quick note to help spread the word about this new Australian web design prize. For me, I think a lot of the current ‘awards’ are pretty lame at the moment (speaking from both the judging and the judged perspective). Hopefully this one will actually help [...]

apologies for the break in transmissions… well, not apologies at all really.. I’m on holidays. I was in Malacca, Malaysia today and visiting their ‘History and Ethnography Museum’ and brewing up a great post re: ethnography, but it will have to wait. In Singapore, where I am at the moment, there is a plethora of [...]

Thoughts on False Memories (WebWord)
What does this mean? The language we use really matters. It shapes outcomes. Words change our perceptions. What we hear and what we say can bend reality. This is not trivial.
(tags: language memory)

Blog Gender Theories: ProBlogger
Darren Rowse recently conducted a poll on his ProBlogger site to determine the proportion of male/female [...]

So, what exactly is it about packing and moving that is so entirely horrendous?
I’ve said to many people in the past week that it’s an exercise in ongoing under-estimation. Underestimating how much, how long, how expensive, how heavy, how tired.
It’s got a lot in common with working on an enormous project with not enough time [...]

bloggers anonymous
‘Living with blog addiction? You are not alone. And now you can come clean ANONYMOUSLY. We don’t needStories_1 your e-mail. We don’t need your url. In fact, we don’t need any information at all. Anonymous stories is a place where you can share
(tags: blogging humour)

Human Factors - an [...]

I just updated my blog with the Wordpress Feedburner Plugin so that everyone should be directed to the Feedburner feed now, and not one a multitude of possible feeds. I think it’s working ok, but if you have any trouble with it, can you leave me a note and let me know pls? thanks!

I’ve been fortunate enough, in the past week, to be the recipient of excellent user experience in the ‘real world’. It’s got me to thinking - are there some key ingredients that constitute a good experience and how might they translate into work we do online?
It all started last Thursday night when I braved the [...]

Evaluating the Usability of Search Forms Using Eyetracking: A Practical Approach :: UXmatters
an interesting survey of search forms on a range of well known sites using eyetracking. Includes some recommendations to enhance usability of search forms
(tags: search usability eyetracking)

Remote Usability Testing Wiki
some resources on remote usability testing
(tags: remoteusabilitytesting usability testing remote)

WebPatterns
WebPatterns is a place to discuss, document and collaborate on patterns for web design and development.
(tags: designpatterns interactiondesign usability standards patterns)

Interaction Design Summer Reading List (Adaptive Path Blog)
ok, so for some of us this might be a winter reading list, but with weather like we had in Sydney today, what better to do than curl up with some interesting perspectives on ID
(tags: interactiondesign)