: In 1928 Edward Bernays wrote a book called Propaganda. He is considered by many to be the father of public relations. For him, good PR was not as much about selling stuff, but rather setting up circumstances where things would sell themselves. Instead of selling a piano by putting ads in the newspaper, Bernays [...]

: A user-contributed collection of ready-to-use UI components and design patterns built using Balsamiq Mockups. : http://mockupstogo.net/

: Websites and web applications are getting more and more interactive each day. Content on websites have the advantage over their printed counterparts in that, if we wanted to, we can let our users interact with them. : http://sixrevisions.com/user-interface/user-interface-patterns-for-dealing-with-interactive-content/

: I’m being reminded again that UXE only has until the 13th April 2011 until it could be shut down. This isn’t a reflection on the community or on my want to personally fund and to support the site. Despite my offers to StackExchange it’s become clear that I cannot continue this site as is. [...]

: Most clients think they know their business and when they approach User Experience professionals, they’re anxious to get wireframes cranked out. How do we get clients to take a step back and engage in strategic type activites to optimize their technology solutions? : http://www.usabilitycounts.com/2008/09/26/how-to-integrate-strategy-focused-activities-into-your-process/

: Many usability tests are worthless. Researchers recruit the wrong kind of participants, test the wrong kind of tasks, put too much weight on people’s opinions, and expect participants to generate design solutions. : http://www.userfocus.co.uk/articles/4-forgotten-principles-of-usability-testing.html

: Today on Radio Johnny, Jeff Parks talks with Aaron Irizarry and Lynne Polischuik about the many benefits in using web analytics to drive design choices. They discuss using analytics as a means to get buy-in for design decisions—and by extension, building stronger lines of communication with other teams—and encourage all UX professionals to not [...]

: CAPTCHAs, or Completely Automated Public Turing Tests to Tell Computers and Humans Apart, exist to ensure that user input has not been generated by a computer. These peculiar puzzles are commonly used on the Web to protect registration and comment forms from spam. To be honest, I have mixed feelings about CAPTCHAs. They have [...]

: A persona template has just been shared by the folks over at Orange Bus. Perhaps what might be interesting about this particular one is that it invites quick and dirty hand drawing or writing. : http://wireframes.linowski.ca/2011/03/persona-template/

: What’s credibility and why is it soo incredibly important for you website? Learn how to boost trust levels with BJ Fogg’s credibility guidelines and hands-on examples from six successful examples. : http://blog.usabilla.com/credibility-trustworthiness-expertise/