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Q’sOTD: What is Design? What is Usability? By Marisa | February 7th, 2006

Great quotes from Sigia, which is a very academic mailing list devoted to user-centered design, usability and information architecture. They’d all crap their panties if they saw I didn’t capitalize any of those terms. Shnort!

“Design is doing for a dime what anyone can do for a dollar.”

I like that one a lot. It encapsulates what we do here at YVOD, I think.

“Design is the art and science of balancing the …

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Quote of the day: Liberal Arts major: will think for food. By Marisa | December 9th, 2005

With love, to all my friends at Evergreen and other Liberal Arts Colleges everywhere…

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“It’s the most insidious mind-fuck ever.” By Marisa | December 8th, 2005

Kalle Lasn, editor in chief of the advertising watchdog magazine Adbusters, speaking about how Neopets is revolutionizing the world of product placement.

From Wired.

Neopets has a staggering 25 million members worldwide. It has been translated into 10 languages and gets more than 2.2 billion pageviews per month. These dedicated Neopians spend an average of 6 hours and 15 minutes per month on the site. That makes Neopets the second-stickiest site …

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