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Don't use these 4 words in email
May 3, 2007Avoid these no-nos.
Netflix and its 2 week design iterations
April 27, 2007User Interface Engineering wrote an excellent article about how Netflix publishes changes to their site every 2 weeks. Highly recommended. I'm envious of Netflix.
Focus on less to handle your extra long task list
April 25, 2007If you are an entrepreneur, then you know what it's like to have a super-long to-do list. Here's some great advice to make you feel less overwhelmed.
Rant: The early adopters are grumbling about the web's going mainstream
October 14, 2006As techies are starting to see more widespread adoption of web standards, they are starting to run out of things to complain about.
What I've learned from Extreme Programming
October 9, 2006An examination of Extreme Programming, its pros and cons.
PDF is overused on the web; let's blame content management systems
October 6, 2006Probably the biggest annoyance in developing government web sites has been the overuse of the PDF format.
Book Review: The Invisible Computer
October 3, 2006I love Don Norman's The Invisible Computer. It is packed with so many great ideas and observations that I cannot share them all with you without writing a book myself. So here are the basic points of the book.
The human-centered view vs. the machine-centered view
September 29, 2006Most technology professionals still look at technology solutions from a machine-centered point of view. Norman suggests a solution by pointing out a different point of view where the human wins.
Authoring accessible web forms
September 7, 2006HTML tags were designed to describe information, not necessarily to dictate how to display information.
Book Review: Designing Web Usability
May 5, 2006Although slightly outdated, Jakob Nielsen's Designing Web Usability is a must-read. Seriously, go get it. It's your responsibility as a web designer to know this information.
About Chris Peters
With over 20 years of experience, I help plan, execute, and optimize digital experiences.