The Science of Word Recognition
“Evidence from the last 20 years of work in cognitive psychology indicate that we use the letters within a word to recognize a word” [Read more]
STC Annual Conference: I will be presenting a paper
I will be presenting ‘Low Cost Usability Testing’ on 9 December at 9:45 AM. Be there. See the Conference website Write to me: Sumank[at]gmail[dot]com
Google to Merge Writely and Spreadsheets to Form Google Docs
Breaking news: Google will announce tomorrow at the Office 2.0 conference a new product called Google Docs, which will merge Writely and Google Spreadsheets into a collaboration and document management solution, according to sources. The new offering will be available at docs.google.com, although that address produces a 404 error right now. [Read more] docs.google.com works […]
Use Old Words When Writing for Findability
“Familiar words spring to mind when users create their search queries.If your writing favors made-up terms over legacy words, users won’tfind your site.”[Read more on Useit.com] powered by performancing firefox
Quality of Communication
Although technically, e-mail (with or without a hyphen) and its even faster cousins, IM and text messaging, make communicating across time and distance a breeze, it’s still the quality of the communication that counts. [via Wired] Write to me: Sumank[at]gmail[dot]com
Death to Caps Lock
“The antagonism toward the Caps Lock key extends beyond its misuse by 13-year-old trolls and naive users. Caps Lock is also responsible for failed entries of passwords and other case-sensitive phrases. Users of word processors are forced to retype any text that was entered with Caps Lock accidentally turned on.” [via Wired] Write to me: […]
A Comma Worth $2.13 Million
A grammatical blunder may force Rogers Communications Inc. to pay an extra $2.13-million to use utility poles in the Maritimes after the placement of a comma in a contract permitted the deal’s cancellation. [Read More]
e-learning 2.0 – how Web technologies are shaping education
Written by Steve O’Hear and edited by Richard MacManus. This is a two-part series in which Steve will explore how Web technologies are being used in education. Read on!
Technical Writers of India (TWIN) Portal Launch Today!
Yours truly will be talking at this event. I was responsible for implementing the CMS (Drupal). Be there if this piques your interest.Start: 2006-06-10 16:00End: 2006-06-10 18:30Timezone: IndianWhere: Nahar Heritage, St.Marks Road, BangaloreWhen: 10th June (TODAY!) between 4 and 6:30 P.M. Event sponsor: Interwoven Inc. Agenda of the event: a) Welcome – Sandeep Balakrishna (TWIN […]
One Billion Users and Counting
Via Useit.com:Somewhere in 2005 the billionth user of the Internet logged on. Jakob says it could be someone from Shanghai. 36% of the Internet users are from Aisa. 24% are from Europe. Only 23% are from North America. Now, you tell me who should control the Internet? And who actually does? Technorati tags: web, internet, […]