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  • Usability guru publishes top ten design mistakes for blogs

    Jakob Nielsen has released his top ten design mistakes for blogs. Nielsen said that while his usability guidelines for websites also apply to weblogs, blogs are a special website genre, “they have unique characteristics and thus distinct usability problems.” The author information you see on the right, the highlights tab listing some of my most…

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  • PocketMod “Sony” edition

    I love paper planners, especially PocketMod. I used to have stacks of index cards that serve as hipster PDA but when I found PocketMod, I stuck with it. PocketMod is a flash application that allows you to customize a letter printout that you can fold into a multi-page planner. I use PocketMod to take notes…

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  • Planning a lifehack: quitting cigarettes

    Every year doctors would ask me during our company’s physical exam sked whether I smoked. I’d say yes and the doctor would then ask how many sticks I smoked everyday and then I’d say 20 sticks or one pack. Last week, the doctor actually told me “gusto kang malata imong lungs?” (do you want your…

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  • Another to-do list

    I’ve been trying out RememberTheMilk.com‘s services since Thursday. At first use, I had difficulty entering tasks in my list (this is because I have been used to the interface at www.backpackit.com and I always proceed to using a new service I spot before reading its help pages or FAQ). But after a day of using…

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  • Philippine Commentary is back

    From Manolo Quezon: Dean Jorge Bocobo is blogging again. I’ve just updated my feed reader to include his XML feed.

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