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Can there be humour in usability? Is usability only in the digital space? User interface (UI) design extends beyond software and Internet into everyday physical world, too. In the image above, an example of commonly used icons in automobiles. It has a humorous take on what they actually represent and perhaps demonstrates one area for improvement. It’s not uncommon for those outside the…

Have You Seen the Magic Usability Unicorns? I’m happy to read more and more usability professionals are fighting to separate UI & UX. In The UX “Full Stack Unicorn” and How it was Born, Dave Lull not only breaks down the difference in UI & UX but the difference in a coder & programmer. All too often…

Yahoo! Beats Google for Most Visitors for July 2013 — Plenty of noise about Yahoo!’s visitor count surpassing Google’s—~4.3 million—for the month of July 2013. There is also a lot of talk about Marissa Mayer’s leadership as a reason for this success. Is she the reason? Does she deserve the credit? Looking at ComScore’s numbers since March, the gap has…