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Ruthless Web Users
Sat, 24 May 2008 23:04:53 PDT
When people go online they know what they want and how to do it, says Jakob Nielsen, the usability guru. The annual report into web habits by Jakob Nielsen shows people are becoming much less patient when they go online. Instead of dawdling on websites many users want simply to reach a site quickly, complete a task and leave. Most ignore efforts to make them linger and are suspicious of promotions designed to hold their attention. Look at the observation here : "In 2004, about 40% of people v
This story has legs - CBC.ca
Aftershock in Sichuan kills 1 and injures 260, government-run news agency says (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Sun, 25 May 2008 04:01:00 PDT
A Chinese news agency has reported that an aftershock has killed one person and injured 260 others in Sichuan province.
BNi Building News Public Works with Cdrom
Finally, what the industry has been asking for -- a costbook tailored to the special needs of public works construction. This is the first professionally engineered costbook ...
Media Alert
Tue, 20 May 2008 06:04:46 PDT
On Friday I posted that I was going to appear on the CBC Newsworld program Politics to talk about election gag laws. Unfortunately, I got bumped at the last minute. The good news, however, is that I have been rescheduled to appear on the show today at approximately 5:10 PM EST. So I will definitely be on today --- unless I'm bumped.
Mobile phone users top 3.3 billion: report
Sat, 24 May 2008 09:14:36 PDT
Africa showed the strongest gains over the past two years and more than two thirds of all mobile subscribers were from developing countries by the end of 2007, the ITU said. This is "a positive trend that suggests that developing countries are catching up," the report said.
Micro Trends - Mark J. Penn
Sat, 24 May 2008 13:29:14 PDT
Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes Mark Penn The first "micro" trend I encountered was "micro-commerce/economy" back in the internet boom era while I was doing ecommerce projects, we imagined a world with individual little choices interacting with each other forming up the whole commerce model. More and more the world is opened up to even more individuals through developments on the net - paypal, ebay, blogging, eshop, etc. As Mark J. Penn put in his intro
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Sat, 24 May 2008 23:04:53 PDT
When people go online they know what they want and how to do it, says Jakob Nielsen, the usability guru. The annual report into web habits by Jakob Nielsen shows people are becoming much less patient when they go online. Instead of dawdling on websites many users want simply to reach a site quickly, complete a task and leave. Most ignore efforts to make them linger and are suspicious of promotions designed to hold their attention. Look at the observation here : "In 2004, about 40% of people v
This story has legs - CBC.ca
This story has legs CBC.ca, Canada - May 5, 2008 CBC Newsworld went live from the scene, and other networks placed the story prominently in their noon newscasts. Also in the crowd, quietly taking notes, ... |
Aftershock in Sichuan kills 1 and injures 260, government-run news agency says (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Sun, 25 May 2008 04:01:00 PDT
A Chinese news agency has reported that an aftershock has killed one person and injured 260 others in Sichuan province.
BNi Building News Public Works with Cdrom
Finally, what the industry has been asking for -- a costbook tailored to the special needs of public works construction. This is the first professionally engineered costbook ...
Media Alert
Tue, 20 May 2008 06:04:46 PDT
On Friday I posted that I was going to appear on the CBC Newsworld program Politics to talk about election gag laws. Unfortunately, I got bumped at the last minute. The good news, however, is that I have been rescheduled to appear on the show today at approximately 5:10 PM EST. So I will definitely be on today --- unless I'm bumped.
Mobile phone users top 3.3 billion: report
Sat, 24 May 2008 09:14:36 PDT
Africa showed the strongest gains over the past two years and more than two thirds of all mobile subscribers were from developing countries by the end of 2007, the ITU said. This is "a positive trend that suggests that developing countries are catching up," the report said.
Micro Trends - Mark J. Penn
Sat, 24 May 2008 13:29:14 PDT
Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes Mark Penn The first "micro" trend I encountered was "micro-commerce/economy" back in the internet boom era while I was doing ecommerce projects, we imagined a world with individual little choices interacting with each other forming up the whole commerce model. More and more the world is opened up to even more individuals through developments on the net - paypal, ebay, blogging, eshop, etc. As Mark J. Penn put in his intro
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