Dave Shea of CSS Zen Garden fame has today launched a radical redesign of his website. It’s getting quite a reaction and some mixed reviews, mainly because it’s very different from the previous design. Personally, I’m on the fence a bit. While it still has some kinks to work out, I’m sure it’ll grow on… Continue reading Yellow is the New Blue
Month: May 2004
Why Bulk Email *Is* Spam
I found this little spammer whine by way of spamNEWS, a daily email newsletter I subscribe to that aggregates news about spam (which should be obvious from the title). In this particular pro-spam editorial (under the guise of a “press release”), a spammer called Joseph Then attempts to once again play the redefinition game (see… Continue reading Why Bulk Email *Is* Spam
Vicarious Tourism
I’ve lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for the better part of four years and have barely experienced a tenth of the cool stuff there is to see and do here. I live alone and don’t really have a social life to speak of, so I really just don’t have occasion to get out… Continue reading Vicarious Tourism
Scott Richter is a Lying Scumbag
One of the top spammers in the world (or should that be “bottom”) is a simpering mouthbreather named Scott Richter. Scotty is a criminal-for-hire who is paid by other criminals to violate your rights. If you have an email address, you have probably already been serial raped by Scott Richter. And now this lowlife shitbag… Continue reading Scott Richter is a Lying Scumbag
Usability Week 2004, Day 5
Exploring email newsletter usability, and the benefits of confirmed opt-in.
The Problem with Nielsen (UW2k4, Day 4)
I admit I have never read any of Jakob Nielsen’s books, only a few of his articles online, and the ensuing angry reactions they incite from the design community. And I never really understood what the big deal was. Sure he comes across as a bit of a pompous ass, but the majority of his… Continue reading The Problem with Nielsen (UW2k4, Day 4)
Usability Week 2004, Day 3
More of same. More graphs. More statistics. More information of no value in my day-to-day work. And more doodles. Actually, I did glean a bit of actual interesting information today, but it was barely mentioned in passing so I pretty much latched onto it by accident. Somewhere in the middle of the presentation on usability… Continue reading Usability Week 2004, Day 3
Usability Week 2004, Day 2
Today was more of the same. Lots of theory, lots of procedural guidelines, little or no actual principles to put into practice. This seminar is intended for “usability professionals,” i.e., people whose job it is to test systems for usability and report on their findings. It is not for the designers and developers who then… Continue reading Usability Week 2004, Day 2
Usability Week 2004, Day 1
This week I’m attending Usability Week, a 5-day usability boot camp put on by the Nielsen Normal Group. As in Jakob Nielsen. Day 1 was a pretty low-level overview, covering the science of usability and going into some procedural detail about how to perform usability testing. Quite honestly, it was nothing I didn’t know already… Continue reading Usability Week 2004, Day 1