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eXtreme Programming Development Method

I stumbled upon SSW’s eXtreme Programming Development Method while because i noticed that they have completed this very nice looking real estate mapping site - www.spyk.com. It looks awesome, and they are definately onto a good thing, but it has a number of flaws.
However, they company that I assume is behind it - […]

Fashion site implements adsense ads

The following day after ranting about newspapers annoying users for more ad revenue, Susan Conterno of fashionstylist.com.au and I made the bold move to implementing adsense ads on the fashion forum section of her fashion stylist website. Will we frustrate our users in the same way that I accused the newspapers of doing? […]

Bugger users, sell more ads

That seems to be the catchcry of an increasing number of newspapers online. Have you noticed the amount of websites with numbered pages for long articles? Why have an article all on one page that users can easily read using the scroll wheel on their mouse or the arrow down/page down button when […]

Throw away your mouse

This is the way of the (close) future.? Check out this video of a multi-input touch screen that hopefully will make its way into consumer computer market soon. A standard touch screen allows one input at a time. This allows multiple people to use it and allows for Minority Report like features.? The […]

Usability in weblogs

( Usability )

I dont want anyone to think im getting serious about blogging or anything but Jakob Nielsen has once again written a very interesting usabilty article, this time its about blogging and usability. Worth a read. Particularly scary for me is no.9, im likely to ‘Forget That You Write for Your Future Boss’.