: It should already be clear by now that Google is continuously trying to optimize the usability of their search engine (e.g. fading navigation on the google homepage and Google Instant) and this latest implementation, called Instant Preview is no different. : http://www.paulolyslager.com/google-instant-previews-search-results

: The term “online dating” is misleading. On existing dating sites you don’t date online at all. Rather, you search and email (and possibly IM) online. The date, if it happens at all, takes place in the real world… and is usually unsuccessful.* : http://blog.vkistudios.com/index.cfm/2010/11/4/Online-Dating-Why-the-User-Experience-Sucks-And-Where-the-Future-Lies

: In designing mostly interactive systems (spaces, processes, and artifacts for people to use), I must increasingly stretch the limits of communication tools to explore and document what it will be like to interact with the things I create. Artifacts used in communicating design create an inherent frame of experience between the subjective response of [...]

: ‘Sticky’ refers to everything you do to your site to make people stay there longer; return, and keep returning – and I don’t mean trapping them there! 

What makes your site stand out from competitors? : http://thinkvitamin.com/design/how-to-make-users-stick-to-your-site/

: I interviewed three well-regarded New York-based startups and a powerful Silicon Valley venture capitalist to get their definition of what user experience actually is, how to do it, and why it really matters. : http://uxmagazine.com/strategy/when-you-startup-with-ux

: The concept of user experience (UX) is a good one, but many people try to position it as a role in an organization that helps make an app or website successful. In fact, UX is a shared goal among the entire company. If the team understands the customer’s motivations, then they’re able to use [...]

: These medical mockups are designed to maximize user experience. : http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2010/11/01/130983207/pills-that-get-sick-for-you

: If you emerge from university today with a web design degree, chances are rather slim that you’re employable as a user experience (UX) or web designer. Maybe you learned a lot of stuff; it’s just probably the wrong stuff. Congratulations, you’ve been defrauded. Hope it didn’t cost you or your parents too much. : [...]

: Getting started in user experience can be difficult. Our profession has an identity crisis. You need look no further than swarm of acronyms that we hide behind: CHI, HCI, UI, UE, UX, IA, ID, IxD, IxSD… the list goes on. : http://uxmag.com/design/so-you-want-to-be-a-designer-top-5-list

: Having the right amount of characters on each line is key to the readability of your text. It shouldn’t merely be your design that dictates the width of your text, it should also be a matter of legibility. : http://baymard.com/blog/line-length-readability