Archive for May, 2007

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Revisiting the Old Future

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

I used to call web surfing a good cure for insomnia.
Back in the pre-broadband days I could barely stay awake for the length of time it would take to download an average web page. Many web sites defied the odds and loaded their pages with luscious graphics but it was sheer torture to watch them trickling […]

Getting to Simple

Friday, May 25th, 2007

Simple is not simple.
In user interface design we always have to ask “Simple for whom?” What is ‘simple’ for one type of user can be complicated for another. Why? Because the values, priorities and skills can be significantly different for each type of user. These user characteristics can vary in many different dimensions but for […]

Contact TUAG

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

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Dear B

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

Dear B,
I’ve thought about this moment for a long time now, wondering how it would unfold. Would it be spectacular? Would it be ‘like fireworks’? Would I say something stupid? Would I feel embarrassed afterwards? Would people respect me?
And here it is - we are finally doing this together. Yet I don’t even […]

We’re Always Playing Catch Up, And Losing!

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

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Our Apps Aren’t Simple!

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

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Missing Features, Lost Sales

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

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Lost In Hyperspace

Friday, May 18th, 2007

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Runaway R&D Team

Friday, May 18th, 2007

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Our “Advice Column”

Friday, May 18th, 2007

OK, it’s not an actual advice column but we did put together some scenarios that you might relate to if you are in the business of producing software - either for desktop applications or web sites.

What we have below are some actual problems that we have heard repeatedly from a variety of folks in business […]

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