: How can we create effective call to action buttons that grab the user’s attention and entice them to click? : http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/10/13/call-to-action-buttons-examples-and-best-practices/

: The author describes how putting people first when it comes to optimizing your website can make all the different. “Search Engine Optimization is not a legitimate form of marketing. It should not be undertaken by people with brains or souls. If someone charges you for SEO, you have been conned.” : http://powazek.com/posts/2090

: 10/GUI aims to bridge this gap by rethinking the desktop to leverage technology in an intuitive and powerful way. : http://10gui.com/video/

: Utah’s portal offers a user experience tailored to each citizen’s local surroundings, thanks to the state’s deployment of Geo Internet protocol (IP) technology. : http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/732104

: Andrew Maier discusses and defines affordances, a concept that is rooted in psychology, and first manifested within a practical application in industrial design. Andrew then shows how to bring these concepts to web and interface design. Lastly, Andrew speaks to overdesign in interface design and how to avoid it. : http://www.slideshare.net/andrewmaier/affordances-in-modern-web-design

: This seminar will help information professionals design websites that represent all aspects of an organization as a coherent whole, rather than a jumbled collection of disparate departmental pages. You’ll learn how users want to access your information and the best ways to present it to them. This seminar is perfect for information architects, content [...]

: Google Website Optimizer, a powerful tool that allows website owners to split traffic and test the effectiveness and conversion rates for an array of variables, has traditionally required a lot of back-and-forth between any given site and the Website Optimizer interface. : http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_releases_api_for_website_optimizer_ab_multi.php

: I’ve always liked this story about Betty Crocker and how General Mills took such care in designing the experience of making a cake. : http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2009/10/20/just-add-an-egg-usability-user-experience-and-dramaturgy/

: Comment forms are an essential part of our blogs, social networks and websites. Comment forms are our websites’ communication channel. : http://www.noupe.com/how-tos/comment-form-styling.html

: You can have the most gorgeous Web site with the most amazing interactive functionality, but if the words on the site don’t work for the site’s users, you don’t have a good Web site. : http://techinsider.nextgov.com/2009/11/promoting_plain_language.php?oref=latest_posts