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2008 November 9 • books, businessKnow Your Site
sample chapter: Extract from the forthcoming book, the Website Owner’s Manual. Paul Boag takes a look at some of the simple things you can do to gain a fuller understanding of how your website is performing, both for your users and in a broader sense.
[credit: Digital Web]
Prioritizing Web Usability
book excerpt: The biggest web usability No Nos. The book is written by Jakob Nielsen and Hoa Loranger of the Nielsen Norman Group. In the online chapter they cover the eight major web usability problems that haven't changed.
2004 September 19 • booksBook Reviews
reviews: Web design and development book reviews
2004 September 12 • books, processThe Mythical Man-Month
essay: A classic book on software project management written by Fred Brooks, recounts mistakes made and lessons learned in developing of the IBM OS/360. One of the mistakes was the attempt to add more workers to a project falling behind schedule, in the hope of speeding development. His observation, known as Brooks's Law, was simple: "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later."
2004 August 1 • books, resourcesWeb Graphics for Non-Designers
book: If you are new to creating graphics for the web, this is a pretty good book to look at. [credit: Andy Budd::Blogography]
2004 March 14 • books, business, design, resourcesDefensive Design for the Web
book: Defensive Design for the Web: How To Improve Error Messages, Help, Forms, and Other Crisis Points. "The folks at 37signals have created an invaluable resource: tons of 'best practice' examples for ensuring that Web users can recover gracefully when things — as they inevitably will — go wrong." Steve Krug, Author, Don't Make Me Think.
2004 February 21 • books, resourcesWeb Style Guide, 2nd edition
website: It's a book and a website: Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites by Partick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton. Despite its modest 176 pages, the book is very comprehensive. It covers topics such as project management, the development process, information architecture, page design, typography, editorial style, and the use of graphics and multimedia. [credit: GUUUI]
2004 January 1 • books, iaGuiding Users with Persuasive Design
interview: with Andrew Chak. In his book, Submit Now: Designing Persuasive Web Sites Andrew explains how to create persuasive web sites that meet users' needs. User Interface Engineering's Will Schroeder talks with Andrew about how designers can create sites that go beyond being usable to being persuasive. Also see related article: Designing for Decisions.