Tony Stephens / Simian Design

These are my delicious links for November 13th:

• Ralph McQuarrie Concept Paintings for Star Wars - a set on Flickr - I love his stuff, I have the book and have spent much time enjoying his work.
• delizzy - del.icio.us Bookmarks Search Engine - Sure, Delicious has a search, but they don't search everything, they just search tags, and title. This searches everything, the contents of each bookmarked page or site.
• Common Visual Design Misconceptions :: UXmatters - Excellent points here. Answering the questions/assumptions of: 1) Visual design is about making things look pretty.
  2) Making things pop more can improve visual design.
  3) It’s possible to evaluate visual design in pieces.

These are my delicious links for October 6th:

• When to Use Which User Experience Research Methods - Modern day user experience research methods can now answer a wide range of questions. Knowing when to use each method can be understood by mapping them in 3 key dimensions and across typical product development phases.

These are my delicious links for September 30th:

• About Us Information on Websites (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox) - Representing a company or organization on the Internet is one of a website's most important jobs. Effectively explaining the company's purpose and what it stands for provides essential support for all other website goals.

  Unfortunately, while most sites offer an About Us section, they often do a poor job of communicating the crucial information it should contain. Jakob now helps us figure out what that information should be.

• The Milky Way Galaxy, as seen from the False Kiva in the Canyonlands National Park. -
• Cool collection of Wolverine Art. - Just a nice little collection of cool Wolverine pictures and art. I like the Dinosaur the best.

These are my links for September 24th from 14:05 to 14:05:

• Fake popup study sadly confirms most users are idiots - Some researchers have tested how college students respond to fake dialog boxes in browser popup windows and found that the students are so anxious to get the dialog out of the way, they click right through obvious warning signs.