Robert Hoekman’s books are inline with Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think. They are quick reads that take a simplistic, straightforward, and humorous approach to explaining usability principles. Designing the Obvious focuses on Robert’s 7 qualities of great web-based software. Explaining how to use each …

Recently heard: I don’t get the whole social media thing… if I want to talk to someone I’ll just call them. Social Media is on the way out. No one uses it other than those in technically related industries. I say these people are: Truly …

You just know that the term “Web 2.0″ is played out when an accounting firm is praising the virtues of Facebook. A snippet from an eye-opening Fortune Magazine technology article has found its way to my desk. Apparently, companies, not just consumers, are using Web …

I’ve been thinking a lot about privacy, lately. Consider what has become the norm in the past couple of years: social networking is becoming the prevailing source for information about family, friends, acquaintances, and even strangers bloggers spill their deepest thoughts into public posts Youtube …

Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera, “oh my”… Flock, Thunderhawk, Lynx, “really?!”… So many derivatives of each engine… Game Console Browsers, Mobile Browsers, Kiosk Browsers… “Oh give me a break!” And Google wants to introduce yet another… Google Chrome… Why, why, WHY?! I’ve heard many reasons …