Q&A with Jakob Nielsen and Kara Pernice

Few Web pundits stir-up as much debate as Jakob Nielsen. His theories on Web usability are sacrosanct to some and anathema to others. For my own part, I've at times had to strongly criticize his conclusions at one moment while vociferously defending his theories the next. Indeed, my first book...
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What is an “Online Comic”?

It's a little over a week until I'm at SxSW to talk about Online Comics with Richard Bruning (DC Comics), Ron Richards (iFanboy.com), and comic artist Rivkah. Richard is providing an industry perspective, Ron a reader's perspective, Rivkah an artists perspective, and me? Besides moderating, I'll be providing a technical...
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Jason Reads from SiS at SXSW 09

[caption id="attachment_80" align="alignright" width="240" caption="At my SXSW Book Signing. I don't usually look this menacing."][/caption] At SXSW last week, I read Chapter 3, "The Myths of CSS", from my forthcoming book Speaking In Styles, and then did a book signing for CSS, DHTML, & Ajax at the Barnes & Noble booth....
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Trusted Filters at Voices That Matter

In a little over a week I'll be heading cross-country to the City by the Bay for the Voices That Matter conference to talk about trust in design. The ideas I have researched and will discuss center around one central idea that I argue is the most important yet most...
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Web 3.0 at the Library of Congress

Tuesday I'm speaking at the Library of Congress in DC for the Fedlink meeting. They want to know about how they can improve online community aspects of their Web site, so I'll be talking about Designing for Credibility and Web 3.0. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="528" caption="U.S. Library of Congress"][/caption] What is Web...
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Thus Spoke Jason for the Week of 2010-03-05

Just saw interesting report on BBC WN about USB3. 10x faster than 2 with minimal CPU usage. FireWire RIP?» http://j.mp/ddlDu5 # @glazou agreed, but this is the final nail, and means I won't be buying that 1TB FW drive. Time to switch. in reply to glazou # io9: Why "Alice's Adventures In...
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Thus Spoke Jason for the Week of 2010-02-26

@shirleykaiser this is a replacement to my old 1st Gen iPhone and the speed increase is noticable. in reply to shirleykaiser # @DouglasBrull hope you enjoy the books! in reply to DouglasBrull # Obama sets record straight: 'I love Vegas' http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16029/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=B2tdU2bm # Yahoo-Microsoft deal set, taking aim at Google http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16036/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=NrW3mOsA # Designer of famous...
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Thus Spoke Jason for the Week of 2010-02-19

Take a look at this photo http://m.apnews.com/media/render.htm?m=80411179&width=400 # @mikehill33 No, I'm thinking this is from the Space Station. in reply to mikehill33 # @cerebus19 If only I'd taken it! Maybe one day. in reply to cerebus19 # @taracranford believes if the machines do take over the world, they won't bother her because they...
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Thus Spoke Jason for the Week of 2010-02-12

Feel like I'm living on Hoth! Where's a Taun-Taun when I need one. # Yuri's Night 2010 has launched! Glad my design from last year was versatile enough to work again this year! http://yurisnight.net/yn2010/ # @tim846 thanks Tim! Hope all is well. in reply to tim846 # @porter thanks! That's on the x-Mas...
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Thus Spoke Jason for the Week of 2010-02-05

@Jastrow75 glad you enjoy Fluid Web Type! in reply to Jastrow75 # Detect font smoothing with JavaScript » http://j.mp/a2A0Iy http://post.ly/LLAX # §New on SiS » : Detect font smoothing with JavaScript » http://j.mp/a2A0Iy http://bit.ly/cXMzPL # #Tweavesdropping = Reading a conversation on Twitter that you are not directly a part of. # Office cleaned: check....
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Thus Spoke Jason for the Week of 2010-01-29

@rbruning Trust me, for her, this was like facing a fire breathing dragon with three heads ;) in reply to rbruning # @tim846 I agree! but the standards on this are still flaky. in reply to tim846 # Testing out FontDeck. Nice clean interface and easy to install on a site. # @rbruning...
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Thus Spoke Jason (2010-01-22)

Beauty in trajedy: Art to Support Haiti http://bit.ly/5b5alz /via @davestreck # @rogerfrmchicago it's like being dumped from a dysfunctional relationship. Soon you'll wonder what the hell you were doing there. in reply to rogerfrmchicago # New on Web Designer Depot: CSS Transitions 101: http://tinyurl.com/yaz6fyr # @MarkClayson thanks for being the first to Tweet...
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Thus Spoke Jason (2010-01-17)

So, I'm thinking that I may just like the new Doctor Who » http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTikSllxnYE # @opentype That's an interesting distinction. I refer to @font-face fonts as "linked web fonts" or just "web fonts" if in linking context. in reply to opentype # RT @chankfonts: What type are you? http://bit.ly/8qe4al (password:Character) Holy crap,...
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