Tuesday, 18 October 2005

Weblog usability: The top ten design mistakes

18 Oct 2005
21:10
Web design
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Jakob Nielsen recently released an article on his Alertbox on the top ten design mistakes for weblog usability. Among the mistakes, and my self-assessment against this weblog, are: No author biographies (sort of guilty) No author photo (guilty) Nondescript posting titles (not guilty!) Links don’t say where they go (not guilty!) Classic hits are buried […]

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The parable of the lost earring

18 Oct 2005
21:10
Taxonomically challenged
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My mother lost one of her diamond earrings in between Matt and Betty’s wedding and reception. Despite going over the entire laundry with a fine-toothed comb (including checking the drains), we weren’t able to find it. So it came as a suprise that a few days ago we found the earring, hiding behind the stove […]

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