According to a very interesting article by David Travis, many usability tests are worthless. Researchers recruit the wrong kind of participants, test the wrong kind of tasks, put too much weight on people’s opinions, and expect participants to generate design solutions.
Read more in this article by David Travis on usability test.

Αφορμή γι′ αυτή την καταχώρηση είναι ένα τελευταίο email που λάβαμε με το τίτλο “ISWS BGALOYME XRΗMATA??” και δυστυχώς δεν είναι για το αν θα καταφέρουμε να βγάλουμε χρήματα αλλά για να επισημάνουμε σ’ όλους τους φίλους που μας εμπιστεύονται ότι δεν υπάρχει τρόπος να ακολουθήσεις την πορεία ενός ηλεκτρονικού μηνύματος με απλό κείμενο εκτός και αν κάνεις κλικ σε κάποιο ενεργό δεσμό link ή το προωθήσεις μέσω κάποιας ενσωματομένης φόρμας στην οποία θα καταχωρηθούν από τον πρώτο παραλήπτη τα στοιχεία του νέου παραλήπτη.
Το εντυπωσιακό με το email που λάβαμε ήταν ότι υπήρχαν 345 διευθύνσεις άλλων ανθρώπων. Προστατέψτε τα προσωπικά σας δεδομένα και των φίλων σας. Όταν προωθείται ένα email σε πολλούς παραλήπτες αν δεν υπάρχει κάποιος σοβαρός λόγος βάζετε τους αποδέκτες με κρυφή κοινοποίηση (BCC)

Στην εποχή μας η πληροφορία συνήθως μας βρίσκει δεν τη βρίσκουμε αλλά Διαβάστε, Ψάξτε, Κρίνετε και απλά σπάστε τις αλυσίδες!

Για να πιστοποιήσω ότι είναι μία από τις αλυσίδες που απλά δεν έχουν νόημα σας παραθέτω τα παρακάτω links.

Bill Gates Is Sharing His Fortune! – Urban Legends
Bill Gates isn’t sharing his fortune with random folks who forward email chain letters. No merger between Microsoft and AOL has been announced — indeed, it’s hard to …

urbanlegends.about.com/library/blmsaol.htm

Share Bill Gates’ (Microsoft’s) Millions – BreakTheChain.org
Share Microsoft’s Millions? Date Added: Jan. 1, 2001 Last Updated: Dec. 14, 2004. This one could very well be the granddaddy of all “free money” e-mail tracking hoaxes.

www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/msaol.html

snopes.com: Thousand Dollar Bill – snopes.com: Urban Legends …
For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $ … Chain letters and other types of e-mail that promise free products or gift certificates from …

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/nothing/billgate.asp

Email Chain Letters: Bill Gates is STILL not giving away free …
Email Chain Letters: Bill Gates is STILL not giving away free money … For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Microsoft will pay you $245.00 For …

fraudpreventionunit.org/2009/11/03/email-chain-letters…

The human virus: e-mail chain letters | The Secure Channel
The spread of misinformation in some chain letters is dangerous, and some businesses like Microsoft and Intel … I’m still going to do my best to stop e-mail chain …

www.spamstopshere.com/blog/2008/07/28/the-human-virus-e…

One of our partners has received the following SMS on his cellphone yesterday 10/03/2011 at 17:07 (GMT+2h) from a phone number in U.K.

You have been awarded 500,000 British Pounds in the 2011 Shell Intl Mobile Draw. To receive your prize, contact Dr Williams via email: shellwin11[@]live.com

After searching the web we found out that the SMS was a scam possible fraud and we thought to mention it here so our visitors be informed!

A firm owned by billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen today sued Apple, Facebook, Google, YouTube, and seven other companies, charging them with infringing patents filed more than a decade ago. Read more »

In May and June 2010, the Oriella PR Network carried out a survey of over 750 journalists in 15 countries to see how digital media has changed the nature of news-gathering.

This third survey uncovers growing uncertainty over the future of print titles and increased interest in paid-content models. Over 50% of the journalists surveyed believe their titles will shift to online-only.

“Concerns about the viability of journalist’s traditional media channels (print, radio or television) have intensified,” the report reads.

Thanks to George Dimitriou for this post

Check the following video so we don’t forget and younger people learn!

In his latest article, Robert D. Hof, in the In Depth section of the Business Week on October 1-2009, examines and presents key issues that affects the dominance of Google in the search engines. Another interesting point that he examines is the reason Google has become such a powerhouse isn’t just because its search technology is exceptional. It’s because the company perfected a way to match advertisements to its search results. Read more »

Industry analyst Gartner recently released its annual report on the top ten strategic technologies for the upcoming year. The 2009 list included a variety of existing and emerging technologies that offer a business advantage for early adopters, or that have the potential for significant market disruption in the next five years. Read more »