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Borrowing a page from Mapping the Web, I thought I’d list out a few of my favorite blogs. I spend almost too much time reading blogs, and trying to better my craft, and there have been many blogs that have helped me along the way. So I’d like to share those blogs: Signal vs. Noise - This[...]

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eSymposium is a pretty unique conference, hosted annually by Tourism Ireland, that's focused exclusively on how organisations working in the tourism industry can use the internet as an effective sales and marketing tool. Most of the big issues were touched on yesterday, from user experienc[...]

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Roughly 20 days ago, I took delivery of a shiny new HTC TyTN II Kaiser (recently re-badged and offered stateside as the at&t Tilt). Similar to the feature packed Nokia N95, HTC’s TyTN II Kaiser pulled out all the stops offering everything you could possibly want in a mobile handset that st[...]

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I’ve always been a bit obsessed with keeping an up-to-date list of contacts. I think it goes hand in hand with the OCD I’ve diagnosed myself with when it comes to computers and my using them. One thing that seems to constantly come up in the office is a lack of client contact information[...]

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Online seems almost chocked full of instant gratification. You can twitter your thoughts, tumblr your findings and pownce your files with friends. I have to admit I have fallen for 2 main forms of instant gratification. Other forms have come and gone like beta flotsum and jetsum along the shore of m[...]

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This week we were chuffed to find ourselves included on a "Top 100 user-centered blogs" list. Their top 10 list is quite good. I'd happily recommend almost all of those, too. But the major exception I'd take is that UIE's blog (and their great podcasts) is ranked right next to us. [...]

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Wonderfully sexist humor, just the way we like it. About Hump Day Funnies Making it to “Hump Day”–an American(?) colloquialism for Wednesday, or the middle of the week–can sometimes be hard, and you still have two more days to go before you get a break! Laughing is a great way to relax [...]

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Yesterday, one day before filing their lawsuit against the Oklahoma State Government, Rev. Miguel Rivera of the National Coalition of Latino Clergy issued a statement where he accuses the state of, get this… ETHNIC CLEANSING due to HB1804 being signed into law. He claims that we have scared of[...]

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Now it’s time to go to sleep! [...]

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Google has targetted India earlier. Now it is extending its reach to the lowest common denominator by using the combination of SMS on mobiles. Unlike many western countries, SMSs are quite popular here. SMS over mobiles is the best solution considering its availability and affordability, especially [...]

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