Persona and Role of Design Documentation

As personas have become part of the design orthodoxy, they have become a target of often intense debate. Andrew Hinton digs deep down into the origins of the persona to find how a great idea has lost much of its original context and reflect on how modern business uses (or misuses) design documentation.

Findability.org

A "selective, seriously incomplete, and perpetually evolving collection of links to people, software, organizations, and content related to findability." Despite its disclaimers, it offers a wide spectrum of links to topics, people and organizations.

Better Living Through Taxonomies

Large websites and intranets can benefit from improved methods of search and navigation. These include site maps, A-Z indexes, sophisticated search engines, and generally improved navigational design—and playing a potential role in all of these methods is well-planned taxonomy.

Taming the World Wide Web

A rising tide of companies are tapping Semantic Web technologies to unearth hard-to-find connections between disparate pieces of online data.

G0-Daddy's Hail Mary TV-to-Web Strategy

Once again, GoDaddy saved its biggest ad blitz for the Super Bowl. And once again, the goal was to drive as many viewers as possible to the end zone: GoDaddy.com

Common sense web design with Steve Krug

Steve Krug, the author of Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, is a highly respected usability consultant, and he has worked with companies like Apple, Netscape, AOL, BarnesandNoble.com, Excite@Home, and Circle.com. Krug's book is packed with practical techniques for developing a highly usable web site. Before you create or redesign your web site, make sure your designer has read Krug's book.

SEO for FireFox

Are you curious why a certain page on Google or Yahoo! ranks better? Do you ever wonder how many links your competitor has, but don’t feel like logging into your SEO tools? If so, the SEO for FireFox extension is for you. Created by Aaron wall - it will save you countless hours of research frustration and complexity.

8 web design mistakes that developers make

An excellent website takes a particularly savvy blend of both great design and great code. Because of this, you often find designers having to figure out code and developers trying their hand at design.

100 Photoshop tutorials for creating beautiful art [w/pics]

Each tutorial starts as a thumbnail that can be hovered over to display more information. A truly great resource.