From: Gleanings
To: xglean
Subject: Gleanings: ads and brands and this and that
OPENING THANG
Working on this and that, so a light gleanings today. the good news is there is a new xblog, so if this doesn't satisfy, be sure to go here
http://xplane.com/xblog/2001_03.shtml#Wed21
USABILITY MATTERS
Internet World: Use New Banners While You Can. (tomalak.org)
Jakob Nielsen. History will repeat itself: Users will discover that these new
design elements tend to be useless relative to the user's current goals, and
they will develop the ability to ignore them and a bias against clicking on
them.
http://www.internetworld.com/news/archive/03202001c.jsp
BRAND MATTERS
Branding for dummies (webword.com)
"People who champion the importance of branding on the Web usually don’t have a clue what they’re talking about. Managers beware. If you get a lecture on web branding, start getting suspicious."
http://www.nua.ie/nkb/index.cgi?f=VA&art_type=NT&art_id=619
NEWS & COMMENTARY
That naughty Microsoft...
Legal Storm Brewing Over Microsoft's HailStorm.
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,22965,00.html
Jonathan sends this
"Mom, can I borrow the...mouse?
Online shopping for teens is a paradox caused when easy internet access
intersects with the lack of teen-friendly payment methods."
www.emarketer.com/analysis/edemographics/20010319_kids_shop.html
Wired News: Salon Sans Ads: It'll Cost You. (slashdot.org)
The company announced Tuesday that their readers will have a choice: Either
they continue to read for free, dodging new, bigger CNET-style ads, or they
pay $30 a year to read Salon's daily news and views, plus bonus content, in a
blissfully ad-free environment.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42524,00.html
CyberAtlas: Wireless ads must be interactive (nua.ie)
Wireless advertising is more likely to be successful if
advertisements are interactive and targeted, according to a new study
from SkyGo.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi?f=VS&art_id=905356547&rel=true
APROPOS OF NOTHING
yum
http://www.palm.com/products/palmm505/
posted by Christina Wodtke 3/21/2001 08:20:29 AM
From: Gleanings
To: drunken fist
Subject: Gleanings: post cocktailhour ponderings
***OPENING THANG
Well, another great UE/IA cocktail hour last night. We toasted Argus and discussed how to sell IA and usability within our organization and too out clients. Got me thinking about the difference between being an IA in a product company and being an IA in an agency. If anyone has any anecdotes/observations, please share them with me! Send to twoias@elegnathack.com , and let me know if I can publish it to the list, or if it's for my eyes only. ;-)
one participant send me this funny story (well, funny to us ex-geeks)
www.mindjack.com/feature/monday/monday1.html
***IA & DESIGN MATTERS
Mr. Me has a great trip report from SXSW on his site right now.
http://peterme.com/
~~~~
did I glean this already? I'm getting old... anyhow, gabe writes
"nice article on usability and design
http://www.darwinmag.com/read/030101/creative_content.html?Page=1
article interviews 5 leading designers and asks them to briefly
describe their relationship between design and usability."
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On the SIGIA list the question was asked: What are you reading regularly? here is a partial list of the responses
http://www.nathan.com | Nathan Shedroff
http://hannahodge.com | HannaHodge
http://www.kurzweilai.net/ | Ray Kurzweil (ok, not IA :) but futurist tech)
http://www.tamu.edu/anthropology/news.html | Anthropology in the News
http://www.xplane.com/xblog/ | Xplane's blog, much gleanings it's a nice mélange
www.peterme.com/
www.futureofsoftware.com/
http://www.tomalak.org/ tomalak's realm
http://www.webword.com/ webword (usability focused)
http://joel.editthispage.com/ joel sposky (a software engineer, formerly of MS, but with many wonderful essays in his archives and often very insightful)
http://www.camworld.com/ camworld (often more techie, not for everyone)
http://www.useit.com - Jakob Nielsen's semi-regular usability newsletter
http://www.goodexperience.com - Mark Hurst's semi-regular newsletter
http://www.spc.ca/resources/essentials/- spc's project management newsletter
***ADVERTISING MATTERS
Web Site Ads, Holding Sway, Start to Blare
"Companies have been so user- centric that they forgot to be advertiser-
and sponsor-centric," said Bill Daugherty, the co-chief executive of iWon.
"You can build the best user experience in the world, but if it doesn't
work for advertisers that experience is going away."
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/17/technology/17WEB.html?searchpv=site01
(you need an account to view it.)
USABILITY MATTERS
Microsoft: Building the User-centric Experience. (tomalak.org)
By putting the user in control, HailStorm makes it possible for the technology
in your life to work together on your behalf, rather than the current
situation in which you have to adapt to the technology and act as the human
bridge between different technologies in your life.
http://www.microsoft.com/net/hailstorm.asp
NEWS & COMMENTARY
Interactive Week: Robo Cop-Out.(tomalak.org)
Lay the blame for the collapse of the Internet economy on poorly designed
computers and applications that lack a human focus. That's the message put
forth by the handful of big-picture information technology visionaries who
gathered for the ACM's Beyond Cyberspace conference...
http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2697695,00.html
Washington Post: Thinking Outside the Box.(tomalak.org)
Now a line has been crossed. With gizmos mutating at wild rates, engineers
love the endless stomach-churning ride of creating the firstest with the
newest. They've dragged us along with them. We're climbing a slope of
interlocking innovations so steep as to seem more like a cliff...
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23937-2001Mar18.html
APROPOS OF NOTHING
time to return to the useless pages
http://www.go2net.com/useless/
posted by Christina Wodtke 3/20/2001 08:28:11 AM
From: Gleanings
To: Kittens
Subject: Gleanings: Elegies and purrs
***OPENING THANG
Well, this is more-or-less what I did with my weekend, as well as why you didn't get a gleanings on Friday...
http://eleganthack.com/argus_goodbye
***INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE MATTERS
The Vernacular Architecture Forum
"During the past twenty-five years, interest in the ordinary architecture of North America has grown rapidly and in diverse directions. Scholars and field professionals now apply the term "vernacular architecture" to traditional domestic and agricultural buildings, industrial and commercial structures, twentieth-century suburban houses, settlement patterns and cultural landscapes. The Vernacular Architecture Forum was formed in 1980 to encourage the study and preservation of these informative and valuable material resources."
http://www.vernaculararchitecture.org/
~~~
Ergosoft labrotories
I plan to spend some time today frolicing here. How about you?
http://www.ergolabs.com/
***DESIGN MATTERS
Dr Leslie & The Composing Room
"Founded in 1927 by Sol Cantor and Dr. Robert L. Leslie, The Composing Room set out to be the cream of the crop in typesetting firms. Described in a promotional piece as "a shop where type is set intelligently for intelligent clients. Also promptly, reasonably, and with true professional enthusiasm. An outfit which plays up the art in every particular, and doesn't and doesn't miss the fun in fundamentals either." "
http://www.drleslie.com/
~~~
Dennis Interactive
High nifty factor, nice design, annoying navigation.
http://www.dennisinter.com
***USABILITY MATTERS
New alertbox!
Stationary Mobility By Jakob Nielsen and Marie Tahir
"Mobile Internet access will free us from having to connect appliances to telephone jacks and will make smart devices much easier to install. In fact, they may not need a user interface at all, as exemplified by the Japanese i-pot. "
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20010318.html
~~~
Good Experience
Bits as Art
Mark Hurst was almost-- almost-- able to talk about the emerging realm of webart without bringing up usability. But not quite.
http://www.goodexperience.com/columns/01/0315bitart.html
***NEWS
Industry Standard: Microsoft Moves to Turn .Net Into a Reality. (tomalak.org)
"On Monday, Bill Gates will announce a blitzkrieg campaign to transform
Microsoft's much-ballyhooed .Net Web services initiative from an abstract
technical notion into a concrete business idea. According to a source familiar
with the project it is enormously ambitious..."
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,22946,00.html
~~~
Lighthouse: What price feedback email? (tomalak.org)
Customers expect more and better service. But now that the easy money of the
dot-com boom has evaporated, many Web site operators want tighter cost
control. And hiring people to write coherent and intelligent answers to
feedback email costs real money.
http://www.shorewalker.com/pages/email_support-1.html
~~~
Jonathan Shein (Usability Enthusiast At Large) sends along a couple of articles:
"Dumb Computers!!!
Bill Buxtion: "The vast majority of computers have few interactive features
and are largely unable to forecase human behavior, rendering them less
advanced than airport toilets that flush automatically when the user departs
the stall. Shouldn't your computer be as smart as your toilet?"
www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2696127,00.html
A List Apart has a couple of good articles, one of them with a dash of
humor.
1) Emerging standards...
http://www.alistapart.com/stories/smil/
2) How to become a superstar...
http://www.alistapart.com/stories/soopa/ "
thanks, Jonathan!
***APROPOS OF NOTHING
I'm shopping for a new digital camera.
http://www.digitalcameras.com/
http://www.digital-camerastore.comdid you know there can be a $300 dollar range in prices on a given digital camera? I've converted to mysimon.com completely.
~~~
my latest favorite blog
http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/weblog.php
and from LGF...
Cats purr to help them recover from illness and injury
Scientists say they've discovered that cats purr to help them get better when they're injured.
http://ananova.com/news/story/sm_246696.html
~~~
my sister sends this highly necessary palm ap.
http://palmcomputing.palmgear.com/palm/product.cfm?prodID=2877
posted by Christina Wodtke 3/19/2001 07:17:58 AM
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