: It may be hyperbole, but copy as we know it is nearly useless. Why is that? First we must define what copy is: copy is marketing text designed to persuade users to take action. Today, copy is less successful at persuading users and moving them forward than it has been in the past. Marketing [...]

: In the web design community, Doug Bowman has distinguished himself both as an individual and as a part of big-name creative teams. Currently, he is Twitter’s creative director, a job he took after leaving Google last year. : http://mashable.com/2010/11/22/doug-bowman-design-tips/

: Feature-creep or featuritis is a tendency to constantly add features which inevitably leads to complex products that are confusing and hard to use. To make matters worse, by adding features we move the product away from solving primary issues – the reason for making the product in the first place. Some products are even [...]

: Since setting up my little pet project @UXBooks I’ve been meaning to write a related blog post but haven’t managed to put aside the time until now. At a similar time to me setting it up UXBookClubs started to pop up around the World. : http://shortboredsurfer.com/2009/05/the-ultimate-user-experience-book-league-table/

: As a web designer I’ve always felt that I’d somehow cheated the system, having been absent on the day God handed out the ability to draw. I didn’t study fine art, I don’t have a natural talent to effortlessly knock out a realistic bowl of fruit beside a water jug, and yet somehow I’ve [...]

: A roundup of resources by Measuringusabilility.com including books, chapterspapers, and questionnaires. : http://www.measuringusability.com/blog/25-resources.php

: An interesting idea but this book is neither a good exploration of the concept of interaction frameworks or a library of frameworks. : http://www.purecaffeine.com/2010/12/book-review-web-anatomy-hoekman-spool/

: Putting “placeholders” in the application user interface is a bad practice that conflicts with Agile development methodology, confuses users, gives engineers a false sense of accomplishment, and should be banned. If a feature or object isn’t serving some purpose today, it shouldn’t be in the user interface at all. : http://www.voximate.com/blog/article/782/ui-placeholders-confuse-users/

: Infinite scrolling is a new interface technique you’ll find popping up on various web sites. It allows users to browse through content without clicking on pagination links. : http://uxmovement.com/navigation/best-practices-for-infinite-scrolling

: Apple always gets flack for not conducting user research (even though that’s a myth — it’s market research they don’t conduct). Apparently Facebook doesn’t feel the same way about keeping their research under wraps. I recently happened upon an interesting page on Facebook where they allow people to apply to participate in user research [...]