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15th April 2005

Identifying the Business Value of What We Do

“Imagine we’re starting work on the user registration functionality of a web site. After conducting a thorough set of user tests, we discover that half of all users who attempt to register can’t successfully complete the process. Those who do register find the process very frustrating. Fixing the registration process to eliminate any frustration would important, right? Not necessarily.”

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15th April 2005

Why Small Web Design Firms Should Think Big

“If you are a freelance or small Web design firm, I have an uncomfortable question to ask you: are you thinking too small?”

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15th April 2005

O’Reilly CodeZoo

“CodeZoo exists to help you find high-quality, freely available, reusable components, getting you past the repetitive parts of coding, and onto the rest and the best of your projects. It’s a fast-forward button for your compiler.” (See also: “Some notes on the building of CodeZoo“)

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