Usability Design
by Garth A. Buchholz | DigitalPractices Media Inc. ISSN 1920-1893
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Why buy the milk when you can rent the cow? Many businesses find that software subscriptions may be more economical and efficient than endless cycles of software purchases, upgrades and customization. 
Only a few years ago, most businesses felt the pain of being software licensees. The cycle went something like this: 

Issue an RFP, then pay big [...]

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When I was updating my information on LinkedIn.com, a business networking site that allows professionals to create and expand their own private networks of colleagues, clients and consultants, it occurred to me that in an open Internet environment where it’s hard to know who you can trust (e.g. what used to be called “cold calling” [...]

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Jimmy Wales is the founder of Wikipedia and director of the Wikimedia Foundation. He was recently profiled in Wired Magazine.
We’ve all read in Wired Magazine and other publications about how you founded Wikipedia. What’s something we didn’t know about how it all began?

My daughter was born December 26, and Wikipedia was founded January 15. Her [...]

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Gerry McGovern has spoken, written and consulted extensively on Web content management issues since 1994. He has written three highly respected books, including Content Critical and The Web Content Style Guide, and is currently working on a fourth.
You’ve said that Web designers should think of the Web as a publication and think of themselves as [...]

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Jesse James Garrett is author of the landmark information architecture book, Elements of User Experience. He is also the founding partner of Adaptive Path, a user experience consulting company.
The Elements of User Experience got its start on your Web site. What are the origins of that book?
The model described in the book really grew out [...]