May 14th, 2010 • #sanity#business#Apple • 
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Mike Davidson wrote a brilliant piece about Apple and the current state of things. He’s a man of few words, but when he says something, it’s a good idea to pay attention. I feel smarter for having read this article, and want to pat him on the back for being a calm, sane voice in all the hoopla that’s been voiced on the subject lately.
February 25th, 2010 • #process#business • 1 note
I often find it difficult to adequately explain what it is that I do, especially when the person asking is someone outside the web industry. This article does a nice job of explaining the process of designing for web applications, and how that differs from designing a web site (and there’s plenty of information here that extends beyond business applications). Don’t glaze over the links throughout the article either. There’s some good references.
A blog full of thoughts and observations on making the web a better place, collected by Sarah Harrison.
Recommended reading
blogs
52 Weeks of UX — usually updated weekly with two short & sweet articles on a variety of topics related to design for the Web. Really good stuff.- A List Apart — I’ve been a reader since probably 2001, and they keep producing quality content, year after year.
- Asterisk 52 — The experienced and talented D. Keith Robinson writes about web design, game design, and more.
- Brown Blog — From Matt Brown and Tiffani Jones, a fearsome duo producing some useful and straightforward articles on web design, content strategy, and more.
- Smashing Magazine — I have kind of a love-hate relationship with this blog. Half their articles are mindless lists of lists clearly aimed at driving traffic, but then there's a steady undercurrent of real, useful, meaty content sprinkled throughout.
- User Interface Engineering Brain Sparks — The blog at UIE.com, from usability researcher and speaker Jared Spool, is full of examples, insight, interviews with designers from all over the world, and a lot of great information.
- UX Booth — I'm a new reader of this User Experience and usability focused blog, but what I've seen so far has been really useful and interesting.
