Nielsen and Norman Weigh in on Gestural UI
As usual, our usability leaders have shown a light on the shortcomings of the latest user interfaces. I don’t necessarily take these reviews as an admonition of all that is gestural, but as cautionary...
View ArticleTop 25 Oddball Interview Questions
These were posted on Glassdoor, a great site for reviewing companies when you are in the job market (as many people are these days) and preparing for interviews. While we all know the interview process...
View ArticleMobile Sketch Paper
For those who like to draw out your mobile application ideas or prototype on paper first, here is a jpeg of a mobile phone with a grid and space for notes. The original file, as well as other sizes;...
View ArticleStop H-Commerce Hacker Documentaries
When I first started at McAfee, I was introduced to Stop H-Commerce and saw this video: The concept of the site is to present how hacking has changed over the years, what criminals are doing and how...
View ArticleOmnigraffle Keyboard Shortcuts
Nick Fink of created a great resource that lists the keyboard shortcuts for Omnigraffle. I recommend creating a PDF and posting wherever you work. You can download the graffle file, open it in...
View ArticleW3C Mobile Web Best Practices
In reading over the W3C’s mobile development ‘best practices’ there are key steps developers can take for ideal mobile web structuring: Spare the network Use appropriate Web protocol features to reduce...
View ArticleWebsite Testing Resources
Here is an impressive collection of validators and other tools that are useful to web developers in a single resource, along with a site check page to automatically provide a set of links with the...
View ArticleAndroid Security Application
With the recent rash of viruses and malware in the Android Market, more attention is being paid to the need to protect mobile devices. A recent free application is Lookout Mobile Security reviewed on...
View ArticleGlobal mobile statistics 2011
Global mobile statistics 2011: all quality mobile marketing research, mobile Web stats, subscribers, ad revenue, usage, trends… | mobiThinking. Related Posts:Mobile Internet Trends 2011August browser...
View ArticleAardvark Shutting Down
According to an email I got this morning: Dear Aardvarker, This mail is to remind you we will be shutting down vark.com shortly, and you will no longer be able to access Aardvark. We’re sad to say...
View ArticlePractical Usability Rating by Experts (PURE): A Pragmatic Approach for...
While working at Intel Security, working with colleagues we developed and tested an economical and expedient alternative method for testing usability. Usability testing has long been considered a gold...
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