Mark Hurst of Creative Good is one of my favorites, but he does tend to go overboard on the whole “Customer Experience” thing. So this Being Mark Hurst

page strikes me as funny.

Using DVD Profiler, I’ve now got my DVD Collection online, for anyone who might care.

WebWord.com > Flash Usability Challenge Aftermath

“flashturbation” and other fun responses to the Webword.com challenge.

Handspring VisorPhone: Overview

I like this better than the other way around.

Phone keypad may go way of rotary dial (9/25/2000)

I don’t even like talking on the phone, now I’m going to have to talk to it as well.

The Importance of Simplicity: Create Ease of Use Without Losing Power

Yes, this is a Microsoft article extolling the virtues of simplicity. It’s not a bad read, but coming from Microsoft makes it almost a parody of some kind.

Numbed by Numbers

Hey, figures lie and liars figure.

kottke.org has some reasonable comments about the flash usability challenge.

Trouble is, the whole Flash Usability arguments aren’t really fair for the Flash folks. Flash developers are forced to use a tool that makes it difficult to create usable products to begin with. Besides, it’s too much fun to just “make cool stuff”. It’s also too easy to sell. The Gee Whiz Factor is still getting in the way.

I think I’d like to develop a basic html form in Flash which talk to a server somewhere running ColdFusion/ASP/PHP - whatever. Although doing the same thing using DHTML would probably be just as effective and a lot less time-consuming. Hmmm.

six reasons not to use an asp

Freshmeat editorial hilighting some of the downsides of using an application service provider.

Application Service Providers bring the mainframe dumb terminals model to the Web, and users get all the benefits of a centrally-maintained system. Unfortunately, the distance from your house to my.service.com is longer than that from your office to the admin down the hall, and it can be harder to hold your provider accountable. In today’s editorial, Paul Reiber points out the downsides of ASPs.

Apple licenses Amazon’s 1-Click

Sort of validates the whole thing for Amazon, doesn’t it?