Authentical: Random factoids I’ve encountered in authentication user research so far
Dana has put together an excellent grab-bag of data on people’s password habits.
Tags: research
Times Higher Education - Memory failure detected
A worrying report on the state of digital preservation and the web, specifically in the UK. Welcome to the memory hole.
Open science: a future shaped by shared experience | Education | The Observer
A nice summation of the open science movement, courtesy of Bobbie.
The ‘Science’ of Good Design: A Dangerous Idea - Ben McAllister - Life - The Atlantic
The perils of “scientism” in design. Reading this reminded me of Google’s forty shades of blue.
Experience Is What We Make It | UX Magazine
The Riegers are like emissaries from Planet Smart and we mere mortals are fortunate that they take the time to give us great articles like this.
finding baby sciences and new moons (17 Mar., 2011, at Interconnected)
Matt casts around for new areas of scientific research.
mezzoblue § Serendipity
The web demonstrates its loosely-joined nature yet again; a photo of mine from a science hack/design fiction exhibit results in Dave discovering his family crest.
Findings - People Share News Online That Inspires Awe, Researchers Find - NYTimes.com
Network data fills me with awe. And now I'm sharing this because I like its positive message.
FT.com / Weekend columnists / Tim Harford - Given the choice, how much choice would you like?
Finally, some debunking of the "paradox of choice" oversimplification.
Service Design Tools | Communication methods supporting design processes
A nice collection of design tools and methodologies.
The Musical Cliché Figure Signifying The Far East: Whence, Wherefore, Whither?
A fascinating account of the origins of a musical cliché.
Web Use Project: Papers
A wonderful source of data on user behaviour and perceived skill levels online.
Empty Links and Screen Readers » Yahoo! User Interface Blog
Excellent research into how screen readers respond to empty links (i.e. A elements with no text between the opening and closing tags).
adaptive path » blog » Charmr Project
Charmr is a design concept for diabetes management devices proposed by Adaptive Path following a process of research and iteration.
The microformats process
John Allsopp has created this flowchart of the research and development involved in the creation of a new microformat. It looks kind of like the workflow of any good iterative development.
BBC NEWS | Health | Sex 'cuts public speaking stress'
This is exactly the kind of timely research I need before next week's Ajax workshop.
Conversation with Five Teenagers
Talking with the youth of today about how they spend their time online.