now in french, suitable for framing. ooh la la
From: Gleanings
To: blogites
Subject: Gleanings: blogtastic
OPENING THANG
Kevin writes
"And I still haven't a clue what the hell blog is or was--other than some
strange word you use in your Gleanings that I never hear anywhere else."
A blog is a web log-- a daily essay/journal, short or long kept online. Peter Merholz coined the term, and Peterme.com is still one of hte better known ones. The view some best blogs, check out the bloggies nomination page
http://www.fairvue.com/?feature=awards2001
Blogger is a terrific website that provide the service to make blogging easier. Even though I can handcode html without blinking, blogger is what allowed me to keep my journal of IA http://eleganthack.com/blog/index.html going on a regular basis painlessly. Mike's blog, http://www.biggerhand.com points out a way to keep blogger alive and healthy.
USABILITY MATTERS
*Rolf Molich's Comparative Usability Evaluation (CUE) research.
In Rolf's study 9 usability evaluation teams [7 industry & 2 grad student
teams] found over 300 problems all testing hotmail.com, and there was very
little overlap
http://www.dialogdesign.dk/cue.html
DESIGN MATTERS
watching logo trends
http://www.haughey.com/?2000_12_01_archive.html#1677511
http://www.splorp.com/blog/archive/2000_12_01_archive.html#1706266
NEWS
Forbes: A Net Uncertain.
This week, the world's leading figures in technology, business and politics
are meeting at the Davos conference in Davos, Switzerland to discuss the
future of the Internet. One question: How the hell would they know?
http://www.forbes.com/2001/02/01/0201malone.html
Discover: A Love Song For Napster.
Jaron Lanier. Whatever happens, the legal decisions surrounding Napster are
important for reasons that transcend the music business and extend to our
basic concepts of what it means to be free in a democracy. I believe the
anti-Napster forces have failed to foresee dangerous implications of their
course of action.
http://www.discover.com/feb_01/gthere.html?article=featnapster.html
more news on http://www.tomalak.org
You're fired. Now shut up.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-4688511.html
Amazon Backpedals on Trash-Talking Clause
APROPOS OF NOTHING
The original cartoon lampooning last year's infamous battle between Napster and Metallica
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilm/skeletons/film_detail/0,1263,845666,00.html
another time waster
religion test.
http://www.selectsmart.com/RELIGION/
It was bought for me on my birthday from amazon.com by the ever lovely peter merholz. Get on the ball guys, collaborative filtering doesn't work unless your systems are collaborating. At least they've stopped trying to sell me The Design of Everyday Things after I rated it five times.
amihotornot.com is a bizarre phenomon. once you start clicking, you can't stop.
