Fear Factor
Posted by on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 in
Reality shows are all over TV lately. You have survivor which is all about who can out last and be the sole survivor, there is the amazing race where teams work against the clock as the move around the world but then there is Fear Factor and to me, the meaning of the name is getting blurry. In my …
Visual Usability with Colors
Posted by on Thursday, September 12, 2002 in
A recent newsletter from Vincent Flanders had a link that could turn your site grey for testing usability. Yahoo also turned their entire site grey for the day of 9/11. Here is the code that Vincent sent along with a few others I found to play with: • Grey Scale …
The Power of the WishBook
Posted by on Tuesday, September 3, 2002 in - 7 comments
I don't think there is another catalog that is as popular as the Sears WishBook. Christmas officially starts when you see the catalog show up.
Learn by Doing
Posted by on Wednesday, July 24, 2002 in
Becoming a Usability Professional - Jakob Nielsen • "if you wait until you are perfect, you will never get anything done, because the only way to get really good at usability is to do it."
37signals Manifesto
Posted by on Thursday, June 13, 2002 in
"Small businesses do not have programmers on the payroll. They have people like me, who know enough about a whole bunch of different areas to keep things working and keep on top of some technology, but don't have the time to really learn to program well." • Those companies that claim they can do …
Where's Willy?
Posted by on Sunday, June 9, 2002 in
Received a five dollar bill today with a URL stamped on it. "Track this bill's journey www.whereswilly.com". For those of you that are curious to see how money travels around the world, this is the site for you. • Update: Sept 5th, 2006 • At the request by the Where's Willy staff and after … read more »