Month of August, 2007

Comment Policy Feedback

I’ve posted a Comment Policy for this blog, and I’d love to get reader suggestions. So, I’m making a special exception: when commenting on this post, you can ignore the comment policy! I will read all the feedback.

So, what do you think of the comment policy?

How To Do Social Bookmarking Better: Del.icio.us vs. Ma.gnolia.com

I’ve made a slight change to how I’m saving interesting sites I come across on the web. Before about a week ago, I was using Yahoo’s Del.icio.us service (bkudria on Del.icio.us), but now, I’ve switched over to the, in my opinion, much better Ma.gnolia.com (bkudria on Ma.gnolia.com).

Blasting the Myth of the Fold

Blasting the Myth of the Fold

Milissa Tarquini writes about how, well, users have learned to scroll, already. Research suggests the fold isn’t as important as we think.

How to Write a Resume

How to Write a Resume

An excellent guide on how to write a resume - writing tips, resume types, style suggestions, and more. A great resource.

Improving Undergraduate Computer Science Education

Improving Undergraduate Computer Science Education

Notes for a talk Philip Greenspun gave about undergraduate CS education at MIT.

Outsource Your Blogging Chores for Free

Outsource Your Blogging Chores for Free

Hint: recruit your loyal readers to muck in and help with moderation and promoting your site (among other duties)!

Using Psychology to Create a Killer Sticky Website

Using Psychology to Create a Killer Sticky Website

What social web features appeal to our human instincts for acceptance and belonging? Laura Alter takes a look at some of the key components of successful social media sites.

The Vanity Experiment: Digital Identity Archives

The Vanity Experiment: Digital Identity Archives

An interesting blog with a nice overview of the desire for aggregating social network, identity, and having it all portable.

Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design

Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design

About the Book - Designing Interfaces. With a compiled list of all the patterns, with in-depth explanations, and helpful examples.