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They’re Building A New DNS Mousetrap (But It’s Not Better)

By On November 28, 2005 · 2 Comments

The domain name system (DNS) was built by geeks for geeks. It was never intended to be all that user friendly — and, for many people, it’s not. That’s one reason why search engines have come in handy — because they function as a more usable front-end to the DNS. I can’t count how many [...]

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The Other “W” Comes to China

By On November 18, 2005 · Leave a Comment

While President Bush is about to enter China, another W is also set to enter the Chinese market — the hotel W.

According to this article, the W Shanghai – Pudong will debut in 2008. And the W will have plenty of company — every major multinational hotel chain has set its sights on [...]

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Of Global Consistency and Current Knowledge

By On September 15, 2005 · Leave a Comment

Web usability consultant Jared Spool recently wrote about the difference between designing for “consistency” and designing for “current knowledge.” This concept has great relevance to the design of global Web sites

Jared writes…

The problem with thinking in terms of consistency is that those thoughts focus purely on the design and the user can [...]

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Baidu Beating Google in China

By On September 2, 2005 · Leave a Comment

The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) just published a survey of the Chinese search engine market.

Baidu comes out on top in market share. But Google is more popular among high-end users. And Baidu relies heavily on MP3 search to drive traffic, primarily among the younger generation.

But I found this one [...]

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