Dog-Eared Links for August 29th

Below are the links for today, lovingly scoured from the walls of the Tubes. See all links posted to this blog at Del.icio.us

• About the Book - Designing Interfaces - J.Tidwell’s companion site to her book “Designing Interfaces” Contains examples of design patterns.
• Blueprint - a css framework - I need to play with this. Basically, provides much of the stuff that the Yahoo grid builder does but without lots of cruft. Especially nice is the baseline alignment for type and images

Dog-Eared Links for August 22nd

Below are the links for this period, lovingly scoured from the walls of the Tubes. See all links posted to this blog at del.icio.us

• Conway’s Law - In a nutshell, this states that a software product reflects the communication structure of the organization that designed it
• The Road to Clarity - New York Times - An article on Clearview, the new highway signage typeface. The slideshow is what makes it.
• Usability of Click-Based, Graphical Passwords (PDF) - Research paper presented at SOUPS (Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security).

Dog-Eared Links for August 5th

Below are the links for today, lovingly scoured from the walls of the Tubes. See all links posted to this blog at Del.icio.us

• Solavista : Website Reviews, Evaluations & Testing - Scottsdale, AZ-based firm offers website usability reviews. Maintains a database of panelists who will review a site. Appears to be mostly heuristic analysis

When Punctuation Goes Awry

I saw this during my daily commute. Harrah’s apparently is offering an “excitement-free” ride. This must be the bus that brings the low-rollers home from Vegas.