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AccuWeather: Client Shout-Out, preview edition

We’re thrilled to congratulate our client AccuWeather on the launch of their new beta site. Also, on the positive comments by the folks over at Techcrunch (”streamlined” is exactly the word we would use . Stay tuned for the “full” relaunch soon — we look forward to any comments from the weather-checking public.

Nick’s Talk at EdUI 2009

Here’s the video of my Applications vs. Websites presentation at EdUI 2009. Enjoy!

The NYPost.com Redesign – SPD had a few questions…

Here’s a neat little interview with yours truly about our redesign of the NY Post website. http://www.spd.org/2009/11/nypostcoms-redesign.php

Citi Usability Fail

We know from many years of usability testing with financial services and insurance companies that getting customers or members to “go paperless” can represent real cost savings – not to mention the environmental impact of all that paper and printing. So, upon logging into my Citi credit card account, I was not surprised to [...]

Home… Again.

Here’s one solution to the ever-popular “do we need a ‘home’ link in the main navigation?” dilemma… Amazon provides an informative “homepage” rollover state on their logo — just in case you weren’t sure what would happen if you clicked there.