Yes, they are likely to be forgotten when days are busy.

betweenblog:

Not new, but good to read it again.

1. Focus on the Primary Task
2. Elevate the Content that People Care About
3. Think Top Down
4. Give People a Logical Path to Follow
5. Make Usage Easy and Obvious
6. Use User-Centric Terminology
7. Minimize the Effort Required for User Input
8. Downplay File-Handling…

Usability rule #8: Do not place negative button right next to other (frequently clicked) buttons

I’m looking at you, Tumblr.

New generation Mental model vs. Affordance

I expected this day would come, but not this early.
O, Apple, you made any product designer’s life so difficult.
We now have to make everything finger interactive. 

Thanks Celestesaurus for posting this!

Evolution of Web by Google

This awesome visual presentation made from HTML5 explains transition of web browsers including IE, Net Scape, Opera, Safari, Firefox, and Chrome. It also contains development of markup languages. I’m sure it will be quite useful to get a grasp of web technology now and then.

Thanks Google!

Fun fact:

Most claimed skill: HTML and CSS

Companies want someone who can design, not analyst.

Like I mentioned before, looking up some good design patterns are totally fine and make your work much more efficient and easier. Here is a very convenient design pattern search engine, which incorporated with 22 design pattern websites.

Go use it!

Sincere gratitude to UX for the masses 

I totally agree with this article. It’s a dumb thing, after all.

Augmented reality looks set to become a serious commercial tool

The hint for new interaction design.

Source: BBC

Mobile First, a presentation by Luke W

Awesome presentation that overlooks . Most of them are kind of basic, but he also explain very deep usability insight on current mobile interaction, hardware, and interfaces.

Thanks! kylefrost

Do you still say iPad is just a bigger iPhone? Yes, it looks like it.
But user experience on iPad is totally different from iPhone’s.

And what do you think, if you are iPad2 owner?

Via Jacob Nielsen’s Alert Box