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August 5, 2008 — Look at what you’ve made. Beautiful, isn’t it? But does it work? For whom does it work? Of course you can use it, but can anyone else? In short, is it functional? Read more…

July 22, 2008 — You may have noticed that in certain business and marketing circles there exists a “backlash” against the design community. Despite the rise of attractive, user-friendly solutions, in such cirlces unattractive designs have somehow managed to remain at the verge of acceptance. You’ll hear ideas being thrown around like “design is a waste of time — we have a really ugly site which outsells our competitors 3 to 1” or “we are not worried about the design, we’ll outsource it or use a free Wordpress theme, let us focus more on the product”. Read more…

January 31, 2008 — If users can’t use a feature, it might as well not exist. Let’s explore the guidelines of good web design and effective interface design. Read more…