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Fascinating post by Lee Maguire which, tangentially, comments on the failure of user experience design and the occasional benefits of agency in the realm of usability and discoverability. The question above refers to a question which no travel booking site every asks you.
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"Users hate change, so it's usually best to stay with a familiar design and evolve it gradually. In the long run, however, incrementalism eventually destroys cohesiveness, calling for a new UI architecture."
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Jeff Jarvis's amazingly detailed spreadsheet showing a framework for building, funding and operating a hyperlocal news site, with predicted costs and revenues over a three year period. Focused on the US market.
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"Form Follows Function, Start with a Question, Interactivity is Key, Cite your Source, The power of Narrative, Do not glorify Aesthetics…" and so on.
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Pitcher Don Larsen pitched a perfect game (no hits, no runs) for the New York Yankees in the 1956 World Series, against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
"What has always made Larsen's 1956 World Series perfect game so memorable is that it seems to exist separate from the rest of baseball lore — at first glance, it doesn't appear to have much meaning outside itself. Larsen was an extremely average pitcher, and sometimes less than average. (As a Baltimore Oriole in 1954, he somehow managed to go 3-21 as a starter.) Were it not for this one game, he'd mainly be remembered for how much booze he consumed on Broadway. But Paper's book feels meaningful. The author's interest lies in the game around Larsen — he is, ultimately, a minor character in his own story. Nineteen players touched the field of Yankee Stadium that afternoon; seven ended up in the Hall of Fame. This book is about them as much as it is about the man on the mound."
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Why Did M.I.T. Switch from Scheme to Python?
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"How do news organisations unlock the potential of the innovators in their midst? Mostly, all you have to do is give them space and a little support. Recognise that their needs might be slightly different than the rest of the staff. Help them measure the relative success of their experiments and share their success stories."
Kevin Anderson is talking about enabling innovation amongst journalists, but he could equally be talking about technologists.
links for 2009-09-30 at paulcarvill.com, the home of Paul Carvill on the web
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Hi, I'm Paul Carvill, I'm a web developer. I'm currently working as Technical Lead at LBi, Europe's largest digital agency.
I also like walking, cooking, Bollywood and rock 'n' roll.