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Visualizing search results can tread a fine line.  A fragile line that separates usefulness and gratuitousness.  To some degree, this judgement is subjective depending on the orientation of a user’s brain. The visual folks out there will  be drawn to visually rich interfaces, and in this case, search results. Take a look and let me know what you [...]

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Coming off the best year in the Sci Fi Channel’s history, what better timing than to change what was already working. 
“The name Sci Fi has been associated with geeks and dysfunctional, antisocial boys in their basements with video games and stuff like that, as opposed to the general public and the female audience in particular,” [...]

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Thanks to Mapspread, you can now build your own personal Store Locator, and this doesn’t require a developer’s skills!  With this service, you import your data from spreadsheets, maintain it with fun tools, share with coworkers and friends, publish to the world. Create a FREE account now >
Highlights

Collaborative real-time map editing
Import your data from spreadsheets, KML, ESRI Shapefiles [...]

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It looks like the user experience folks over at LEGO are doing some creative UX  mapping.  Thanks to Bruce Temkin from Experience Matters for sharing this.
The UX map above illustrates a scenario of an executive traveling on a plane and expands this to encompass his customer experience. Surrounding this persona, the wheel divides the experience into “before”, “during” and [...]

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The following OPA ad units have started appearing around the web:

The Fixed Panel: 336 wide x 700 tall, remains constant as the user scrolls to the top and bottom of the page
The XXL Box: 468 wide x 648 tall, opens for seven seconds to 936 wide x 648 tall with 1/24x frequency
The Pushdown: 970 wide [...]

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With the user base of Amazon’s Kindle growing larger every day, Amazon has recently allowed customers to subscribe to blogs with their Kindle.

How it works

Kindle Blogs are auto-delivered wirelessly to your Kindle and updated throughout the day so you can stay current.
It’s risk free—all Kindle Blog subscriptions start with a 14-day free trial. You can cancel [...]

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Ah yes, the four-letter F word. Lets not beat around the bush here, we all hate the form. Well let me be more accurate with that statement. We all hate completing forms.  But as we go about our everyday lives on the web, we’re confronted by these annoying SOB’s relentlessly and mercilessly on every turn [...]

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I’m sure everyone is aware of the titanic battle between Bing, Microsoft’s new search engine, and Google. But I doubt the pundits give Bing any hope of pushing Google off their long occupied and solitary pedestal.
To get an idea of user preferences between the two search engine interfaces, Catalyst Group, a New York based usability research company brought [...]

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These highly recommended user experience books cover everything from user research and interface design, to information architecture and UX strategy. If you’re really serious about your career as a user experience professional, these books should be the cornerstone of your personal library.
What are your top 5 User Experience books?

Subject To Change: Creating Great Products & Services [...]

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With the recent release of 3D Super Sniper 2 – the sequel to the smash hit iPhone App, Super Sniper – I sat down with Coresoft’s CEO and President Dave Connelly, to get an insider’s take on the gaming industry.
Eleven years, twenty-five published titles, and eleven iPhone apps later, Coresoft, stands as an accomplished and [...]

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