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Posts from January 2007

Wordpress 2.1 Database and Function Changes

This site runs on the blog publishing system called Wordpress. It is completely free and you can either download the version for your website from Wordpress.org or go to Wordpress.com and have them host the blog for you (like Blogger does–but I’d recommend Wordpress instead).
If you use the version of Wordpress you install yourself, then [...]


Where To Get Help With Usability Testing

Forrester Research recently compiled an 8-page report on usability vendors throughout the US. The list includes the Design and Usability Center at Bentley College (where I work). Here is the executive summary of the report:
Our survey of usability vendors uncovered 47 firms that have significant experience conducting usability lab tests. In addition to usability expertise, [...]


Amazon.com “Sign In” is Confusing

Signing in to every site on the Internet is easy. Even MySpace.com, arguably the worst site on the Internet, is easy to sign in to. Why, oh why then do I struggle every time signing in to Amazon.com? Where am I supposed to click?
In fact, the only place one can click to be taken directly [...]


likebetter

For the past few minutes, I have been clicking around on likebetter.com. It’s a simple site, where two photos show up and you click the one you like better. By your results, the site tries to determine characteristics about you (e.g. education level, right-handed/left-handed, etc.). I haven’t found it to be incredibly accurate, but it [...]


iPhone. I’m not getting one, but it’s a step in the right direction.

I had a 5-day intensive course at Bentley this past week, so this post has been in the works since Steve Jobs’ MacWorld keynote on January 9th. On that day, Apple released the iPhone, Apple TV (formerly known as iTV), and an updated Airport Extreme Base Station.
There are three major problems with the iPhone. Most [...]


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