BlobFisk.com

Is the 1,9,90 Rule Outdated?
http://www.futurelab.net/blogs/marketing-strategy-innovation/2012/05/1990_rule_outdated.html

Do A/B Tests Focus Us On The Wrong Problems?
http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2012/05/14/do-ab-tests-focus-us-on-the-wrong-problems/

Behavioral Targeting Pros and Cons
http://behavioraltargeting.biz/behavioral-targeting-pros-and-cons/

Designing Search: As-You-Type Suggestions
http://uxmag.com/articles/designing-search-as-you-type-suggestions

Scalable Navigation Patterns in Responsive Web Design
http://www.palantir.net/blog/scalable-navigation-patterns-responsive-web-design

Video of the week (purely on the sheer numbers below)
Gotye – Somebody That I Use to Know

214,568,663 views
13,951,108 shares all time
13,940,367 Facebook shares
290,511 comments
10,741 blog posts

When you know your content is bad
http://blog.braintraffic.com/2012/05/when-you-know-your-content-is-bad/

6 Persuasive Product Design Steps to Get Conversions
http://www.zurb.com/article/960/6-persuasive-product-design-steps-to-get-

Responsive web design: a project-management perspective
http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/responsive-web-design-a-project-management-perspective/

A/B Testing: It’s not about the results, and it’s definitely not about the why
http://37signals.com/svn/posts/3169-ab-testing-its-not-about-the-results-and-its-definitely-not-about-the-why

Quote of the week:

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.

- Steve Jobs

Video of the week:

http://mashable.com/2012/05/04/texting-behind-the-wheel/

How Mobile Technologies Are Shaping a New Generation
http://blogs.hbr.org/erickson/2012/04/the_mobile_re-generation.html

UX Immersion: The Mobile Frontier
http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1546

5 Ways to Create Better iPad Applications
http://uxmag.com/articles/5-ways-to-create-better-ipad-applications

Behavior Change as Value Proposition
http://dev.adaptivepath.com/ideas/behavior-change-as-value-proposition

Clicks Don’t Count!
http://www.neurosciencemarketing.com/blog/articles/clicks-dont-count.htm

Usability testing video games with biometrics
http://www.spotlessinteractive.com/articles/usability-research/usability-testing-video-games-biometrics.php

Quote of the Week:
“Being a geek is all about your own personal level of enthusiasm, not how your level of enthusiasm measures up to others. If you like something so much that a casual mention of it makes your whole being light up like a halogen lamp, if hearing a stranger fondly mention your favorite book or game is instant grounds for friendship, if you have ever found yourself bouncing out of your chair because something you learned blew your mind so hard that you physically could not contain yourself — you are a geek”

- The Mary Sue (via Curiosity Counts)

Video of the Week:

- Viral Video Chart

Designing for touch
http://www.netmagazine.com/features/designing-touch

Semantic web: context for the rest of us
http://www.tnooz.com/2012/04/12/news/semantic-web-context-for-the-rest-of-us/

How will the new law on cookies affect internet browsing? (really nice explanation of cookie use here)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/13/new-law-cookies-affect-internet-browsing

Does it have legs? Information Architecture Heuristics for InteractionDesigners
http://www.slideshare.net/AbbyCovert/information-architecture-heuristics

8 Ways to Boost Ecommerce Shopping Cart Conversions
http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/32200/8-Ways-to-Boost-Ecommerce-Shopping-Cart-Conversions.aspx

Tracking the Trackers: Guardian initiative to reveal big companies using web tracking and monitoring
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/13/tracking-the-trackers-cookies-web-monitors