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Desktop wallpapers can serve as an excellent source of inspiration. However, if you use some specific wallpaper for a long period of time, it becomes harder to draw inspiration out of it. That’s why we have decided to supply you with smashing wallpapers over 12 months.
And to make them a little bit more distinctive from [...]

This is my nomination for the Most Amusing Error Messages of the Day award:

A normal day at the SmartMoney.com Map of the Market interactive market mapping tool:

But yesterday was anything but a normal day:

(The green box represents Barrick Gold, which saw a 4.5% increase in its value yesterday. The next biggest winner I could find was Campbell’s Soup at 0.32%. Gold? Soup lines? Hmmm.)
Update: A new day brings [...]

On one of the member-only lists I hang out on, there’s been a discussion about asking participants in studies to role play in a usability test’s scenario. Instead of saying,
“Find information about the costs for summer camps in Vermont”
the list member asked if there was a problem with using a scenario like this [...]

From a user experience professional perspective, the current economy has a weird convergence happening:

Because of the economic downturn (due to the rising fuel costs and mortgage market crisis), some companies are laying off and some are disappearing outright.
Because executives understand the competitive value of creating great experiences, user experience professionals are in great demand.

This convergence [...]