Things have been kind of quiet on this blog, as the speed of my life seems to have doubled. I just came home from vacation, and will be starting a new job at Progressive Insurance.
I’m sad to leave my coworkers behind; it’s not often one gets to work with such a talented and knowledgeable […]

What happens to an interface when there’s too many cooks in the kitchen. Let’s face it, when you work in house everyone on a project has an agenda. Marketing, tech, ad sales, everyone has their own set of demands they want met. This is why I believe any site with a lot of stakeholders absolutely […]

Working at a company whose traffic is largely impacted by holidays, I understand the extra consideration which goes in to making your site available for such occasions. Extra servers are tapped, caching systems are put in place and code is frozen. Two experiences in the past week reveal some companies, like Amazon and Webkinz, don’t […]

Garrett Dimon gives eBay’s forms a much needed face-lift in this case study. Points of emphasis, using a blur to determine if your form has a clear hierarchy, better field and label relationships and bolder headers. Towards the end he mentions possibly removing the date of birth field.
I don’t know why eBay has chosen […]

So there aren’t any wolves actually in this post. Alana and I watched some show on National Geographic or Discovery Channel about a Swedish village plagued by wolves eating their children in 1820. I thought it would be documentary, but it was a dramatized reenactment, even better! Anyhow Alana and I decided Wolves of Gysinge […]

Today marks the second year of World Usability Day. From Usability News:
World Usability Day was founded in 2005 with a mission to increase the public’s awareness of the need to make the services and products important to human life easier to access and simpler to use. Global issues such as healthcare, education and government are […]

The iPhone Human Interface Guidelines have been posted by Apple. Probably the most interesting read you’ll have all week. Most of the principles covered are applicable to any sort of interface design.
You can’t assume that users have the time (or can spare the attention) to figure out how your content works. Therefore, you should […]