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Vote or Not – $100,00 to vote

VOTEorNOT.org is a contest created by the same group that produced the Hot or Not websites. It’s offering a $100,000 contest open to registered voters. Interesting…

Reset and Cancel Buttons

Reset and Cancel Buttons (Alertbox Apr. 2000) Most Web forms would have improved usability if the Reset button was removed. Cancel buttons are also often of little value on the Web. It is one of the most basic heuristics for interaction design to support user control and freedom by allowing users an ’emergency exit’ out ...

Teacher Editions on P2P Networks

One purloined test key can mean a book has to be junked, Haga said, resulting in a potential loss of $20 million for a popular textbook. ‘We’ve seen more and more of these teacher solution manuals showing up on peer-to-peer networks, eBay and other places,’ she said. ‘Once that happens, it can kill a textbook…It ...

In Soccer Loss, China’s Rising Ire at Japan

An international soccer match is never a place for the faint of heart. But the insults aimed at the Japanese team during the Asian Cup soccer tournament, held in China this year, are being called the latest example of a strain of rising anti-Japanese nationalism among many younger Chinese that seems increasingly volatile. It’s interesting ...

katie.com hijacking

Unsurprisingly, the book received massive press attention in the States when it was launched in April 2000. It has since been through several reprints, been printed across the world, and Katie has managed to make a career out of retelling her tale. Most recently an entire TV show called ‘Katie.com’ aired in the US. She ...