Last Sunday’s New York Times pointed to new research that indicates that future returns of the stock market are far more uncertain than appreciated, making the market much riskier than investors believe. As investors come to grips with the study, stocks could be permanently discounted at a level below Professor Jeremy Siegel’s mean (over a [...]
Here’s a study on how mega drop-downs overcome the downsides of regular drop-downs: Mega Drop Down Navigation Menus Work Well By Jacob Nielsen Here’s a screenshot of a great example not listed in the article above:
Are you using social media marketing? if so is it providing benefit to you and your company? A new whitepaper called “How Marketers Are Using Social Media to Grow Their Businesses” by Michael A. Stelzner, has been written and distributed (one of the top retweeted updates on Twitter right now) that looks at how SMM [...]
Charley Schwab had an opportunity to create a true conversation about retirement built around some very interesting survey findings. They had the chance to create a social media community. Instead, they just plugged in some corporate talking heads and made it just another site selling IRAs. Take a look at Rethinking Retirement, and see if you [...]
I’ve collected a set of UI design patterns libraries. Some of them present patterns with descriptions and advices such as Yahoo, others collect screenshots of UI designs, such as PatternTap. With all the available sites, you have a lot of patterns to tap into for your sites and applications! http://www.welie.com/patterns http://ui-patterns.com http://designinginterfaces.com http://time-tripper.com/uipatterns http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns http://patterns.littlespringsdesign.com [...]
This article takes a detailed look at the design, layout and usability of Craigslist and point out some areas where the author feel change and improvement are possible. This is only one opinion of what could be done to improve the site. The goal was to demonstrate the process of evaluating a website in certain [...]
“Psychological and economic theories suggest that humans seek to minimize costs and maximize gains. Increasing the perceived benefit/cost ratio increases a person’s motivation to engage in the behavior.” – B.J. Fogg
In the showcase of fashion websites, you’ll see some variety, but you will also notice the presence of certain trends. Fashion websites are sometimes a good source of inspiration. They really try to push the boundaries of what websites can achieve, through their design and functionality. But most of the times they pay the high [...]
“If Ernest Hemingway, James Mitchener, Neil Simon, Franck Lloyd Wright, and Pablo Picaso could not get it right the first time, what makes you think that you will? – Paul Heckel