Five Sketches™

My Twittering (2009-05-10)

For my blogging: looking for the formal name of the “ugly alternative” P.E.T.-design principle in the @kas #HFI webcast http://bit.ly/6cDt1 #
“An epidemic of overloaded text slides” in #ppt, says Dave Paradi in a podcast (http://bit.ly/jnczw) with sad & amusing examples. @wvmikep #
Semantic Web is slowly coming into focus for the wider world. Download the survey data or read the report: http://ping.fm/oOK92 #
What needs to cross the chasm next? Wireless laptop access. Enough with paying 14 ways til Sunday and jumping thru 27 hoops. #
You use credit & debit cards, now. Why not consolidate into your phone and use mobile banking? …What? …You don’t trust your phone company? #
Great “do” and “don’t” examples in this article on designing good call-to-action buttons: http://bit.ly/19oA3y Thanks @cinteractionlab #
Mobile Phone Security Challenge to split $½-mil for 4 best ideas that make stolen phones undesirable, data more secure. http://bit.ly/1awmpa #
The eighth most common search string sent to Google is “Google”. This points to a usability issue. #
Do you a) use 2 mobile phones or b) travel lots internationally with separate SIM cards for each country? A 2-in-1 phone http://bit.ly/4WGAm #
Nielsen: Web usability improved due to better IA. A 10% IA improvement returns 70% or more. http://bit.ly/1gi9P (Via @cbehrlich @uxtweets) #