Evernote is a useful service. I access this “note taking application” from all of my computing devices. It is a great way to organize ideas, maintain clips and links of interest and share information. The company’s growth is incredible. Here’s a snippet describing their subscriber base: Speaking of growing faster, here is Evernote’s registered user [...]
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Vaadin
I first started developing with Vaadin about a year ago for a business intelligence project written against the Java stack. Vaadin is a server-side Ajax web application development framework that allows you to build web applications just as you would with traditional desktop frameworks, such as AWT or Swing. Developing with the framework follows the [...]
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Making S.T.U.P.I.D. Users S.M.A.R.T.
Whenever I need a full-strength dose of Usability Reality, I wander over to Boxes and Arrows, one of the best peer-written websites on design, user interaction, and information architecture. An article was posted yesterday that is brimming with brilliance: “Are your users S.T.U.P.I.D.? How good design can make users effective“. Please take the time to [...]
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June 4, 2011
