Articles and Essays
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Bugs
Description of common bugs
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Better browser
Tog talks on what a browser needs to be
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Better browser (2)
From a former IE project lead
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Open Source Horror Story
sums up why I rarely use Open Source products
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Why HCI is in the stone age
I don't agree with all of this- but it's nice
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Alarm Clock
Do you have the best alarm clock?
The sources
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Donald Norman
Many books including my favorite: "the Design of Everyday Things" which is this site's single most inspiration
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Jakob Nielson
Web usability guru
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Creating passionate Users
Good articles- updated regularly
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Luke W
Balance of function and form
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Brain Sparks
Good articles here
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Henry Petroski
Author of "Small Things Considered" discussing everyday things
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This is Broken
Deserves several links here :)
Around the Opera Community
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NPlus
Best Opera Community Group to date!
Everday reading
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This is Broken
See what everyday things are broken
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Signal vs. Noise
Good issues from a smart company
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Usabilty in the news
A good collection of usabilty issues of the day- I post articles there on occasion
Older stuff we wrote...
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My stove has a crappy UI
Mental mapping of a stove UI
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Riff on riffs.com
Browser checking on websites.
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Cable Co Menu guide
My cable box has the most frustrating UI
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Corporate phones
The phone you have a work sucks
- When will maps think like us?
- Nail clippers with a catch
- Bad Idea for a Software Interface
- Toothpaste Cap
- Lunch Soup Containers from Hell
- Turbo Tax Usability
- DAPs- Focus on Cord Management
- My posts on MNteractive
- A Brighter Outlook
- Short interview w/Donald Norman
- "Terms of Service" on different types of websites
- Vacuum cleaner
- New Spin on Voice Mail
- Mobile Phone Trackball- Great usability
- BlackBerry Pearl Review
- Pie Menus and Mouse Gestures
- iTunes as a podcast manager
- Collection of Usability Principles
- Web App Forcing Functions
- Techie Toys Series