Mark Hurst who runs the website GoodExperience.com has added some valuable and useful tips on how to increase your knowledge and management of customer user experience.
SETI project finds distance mysterious signal
New Scientist reports that a new mysterious signal has been identified, that is the most likely candidate for contact by intelligent alien life so far. The signal detected by astronomers …
Useful tips on RSS Usability
There are some useful usability tips when considering RSS in a blog post at helge.at. Some of the considerations include disguised links, too few textual information, too many articles per …
Crypto conference reveals MD5 flaw
An interesting article in MIT Technology Review which comments on how researchers in France, Israel and China have found flaws in the MD5 encryption. An algorithm and encryption that up …
The NextD Design Journal
An interesting journal titled, The NextD Design Journal looks at a variety of topics and areas, including human-centered design, navigation, innovation, interaction and research.
Visual perception papers from Freigurg University
Some of the interesting medical papers and research of human visual perception currently being undertaken at the Dept. of Ophthalmology at the Medical school of the University of Freiburg, Germany. …
Computer virus Rbot-GR uses webcams
A new computer virus called, Rbot-GR uses webcams to literally spy and snoop at victims. It appears to be capable of turning on webcams and sending images and video via …
The IBM History Flow research project
I’ve been reading up on a variety of projects whilst here in the UK. One I found particularly interesting is the IBM History Flow research project. The project is part …
Audio recordings of the Lessig book Free Culture
The Laurence Lessig new book Free Culture has now been translated into Audio Chapter recordings in various languages by individuals wishing to allow others access to it.
An interview with John Perry Barlow
Brian Doherty from Reason speaks with John Perry Barlow regarding the legalities of intellectual property, intellectual products and the development of culture. There is a summary from the interview via …
Popular colour combinations with Colorcell
An experimental website and project, Colorcell, which aims to find the most popular color combinations.
Online tool for creating bookmark icons
A great and useful online tool that creates a browser favourite (bookmark) icon from an imported JPG of GIF. These icons are those 8×8 pixel images that appear next to …
aDesigner – a Java tool for Accessibility
IBM have developed a JAVA tool called aDesigner for web designers that lets you ensure that pages pages are accessbile and usable to the visually impaired. A review of the …
Global Information Architecture
Lou Rosenfeld has posted a really interesting blog post on some of his experience regarding Enterprise IA and certain differences in the way culture, language and business models affect the …
Reading: Bill Bryson – A Short History of Nearly Everything
I managed to last week buy a copy of Bill Bryson’s, A Short History of Nearly Everything, whilst on my way to Zurich, Switzerland. It’s one of those books that …