notes on community building

another great ted talk.

refave

Quoted: Application usability is enhanced when users know how to operate the UI and it guides them through the workflow. Violating common guidelines prevents both.

Got this from a friend. Let me know if interested

A Microsoft team is recruiting participants for a usability study that is taking place this week on Microsoft’s main campus here in Redmond, WA. They are kind of running short on time so asked us employees to help out. If you know anyone interested and meets the following criteria please send me their names and contact information (email id\phone number should be enough). All participants will receive a gift item chosen from a list of Microsoft’s most popular software/hardware titles.

Study Profile Criteria
· Be available for a one-and-a-half hour session sometime between February 11th and February 15th
· Be a student (undergraduate or post-grad) between the ages of 18 and 25 majoring in engineering, medicine, science or math
· Reside in the Seattle/Redmond area
· Be of Indian heritage

Not 100% sure, but i think this is the book I'm thinking of that was a frikkin awesome book about framework and API design

Quoted: Amazon.com: Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries (Microsoft .NET Development Series): Books: Krzysztof Cwalina,Brad Abrams by Krzysztof Cwalina,Brad Abrams

Quoted: If you asked most MySpace-haters what's their problem with the service, they'd probably say: it's ugly. Meanwhile, people tell us ...

redot ryno/jacob.

Part I: Common Mistakes in Experimental Design
Part II: Common Mistakes in Interpretation of Experiments