Here are some interesting links that I have come across in the past week and definitely worth a read or keeping up-to-date with:
First up on the link roll is CX Partners‘ blog post on the Myth of the Page Fold. It an interesting look at the theory of the page fold and why, in their opinion it doesn’t matter. They base this opinion and user testing and also take you through some thoughts on what inhibits page readers from actually scrolling.
Second up is a great SEO-related blog by Malcolm Coles. I hesitate to call him a guru, but his blog clearly and very honestly covers the search engine optimisation niche, and providing opinion, reviews and interesting related info.
In the same vain, Planet Anarky by George Rosier, also provides useful insight into the world of web design and the process therein to get the job done. He frequently reviews sites, and details a range of information on the likes of effective display advertising.
The Web Usability Blog is another great resource for, as you guessed, Web Usability. Articles and topics that they cover includes SEO aspects and making the most use out of meta descriptions, titles and other elements in your web pages, but also talk about usability, and building web pages, debunking theories and cementing others.
Whilst on usability, back on my favourite topic of the iPhone and mis-guided app dev for it, Marked Lines has a great post of masses of iPhone-friendly websites. I say iPhone because they are clearly optimised for that screen size, but they still provide good lead on some great ideas for mobile friendly websites as a whole. The article entitled 45 Web Design Inspirations for the iPhone is at least worth a look in.
Almost perfectly slotting in after is the piece on quality, an interview with Tim Armstrong, AOL’s CEO, on Contagious Magazine and entitled Quality Emphasis Late (And Integral). For those of us who do care about needs based output, rather than simply pushing a project out the door based on tight deadlines, then its worth a read. Quality should always trump everything else!
Following on is Seb Chan’s ridiculously expansive blog post on how he and the rest of the Powerhouse Museum tech team launched the web presence for their successful Building the 80s exhibition, the post is entitled: Building the 80s – a multichannel longitudinal exhibition web presence.
On an interesting and more light-hearted note is OK Trends, the official blog of OK Cupid, the free dating web site. They take a wry look at peoples use of the site, as well as trending. Blog posts such as The 4 Big Myths of the Profile Picture and The Democrats are Doomed or How A Big Tent Can Be Too Big make for interesting and useful consumption.
And to finish up this dandy round of mixed up bed-fellows, Swiss Miss, a lady out of Brooklyn NYC who does an amazing job of collecting posts on a plethora of incredible topics and items. I love the blog and found so much good material on it, both to learn from and to make my own commentary on. Forthcoming soon will be one on the post, Why You Can’t Work at Work. As an aside, congrats to her on blogging and giving birth, at almost the same time!
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