Archive for: November 2005
§ ¶Ten Rules for Web Startups
Designing web applications? Read evhead’s list of Ten Rules for Web Startups. Here’s rule #5.
User experience is everything. It always has been, but it’s still undervalued and under-invested in. If you don’t know user-centered design, study it. Hire people who know it. Obsess over it. Live and breathe it. Get your whole company on board. Better to iterate a hundred times to get the right feature right than to add a hundred more. The point of Ajax is that it can make a site more responsive, not that it’s sexy. Tags can make things easier to find and classify, but maybe not in your application. The point of an API is so developers can add value for users, not to impress the geeks. Don’t get sidetracked by technologies or the blog-worthiness of your next feature. Always focus on the user and all will be well.
§ ¶InqBlot
Inquirium has launched a new group weblog, InqBlot. I’ll be posting to InqBlot along with other Inquirium designers. As a result, posting volume on design2learn will probably go down (as if that’s possible). But I think the mix of voices on InqBlot will be offer an interesting take on the challenges of designing for learning.
§ ¶Usernomics Blog
Usernomics runs a nice blog about UI issues and user-centered design.
§ ¶Welcome EJMSTE
The Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education has launched.
The Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education is a academic journal devoted to the publication of research articles on all aspects of mathematics, science and technology education. All research articles are reviewed by editors consisting of internationally respected science and mathematics educators, researchers, and practitioners.
Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (EJMSTE) is an international educational periodical that is published twice a year.