http://miskeeto.com A Socially-Conscious Web Collective Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:58:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We make it a point to understand our clients' business models, and we strongly believe that you can't design a good experience without this understanding. So when renowned design researcher Jared Spool wrote up his thoughts on the IxDA discussion list about why understanding business models is important to interaction designers, ... http://miskeeto.com/bytes/business-models-and-interaction-design/ Need a lightning-fast, super-cheap way to run a usability test? Keep reading. When Jared Spool (UIE) talked about running 5-second tests to test the usability and understandability of a web page, I was inspired. I’ve used this trick many times since, and can personally vouch for its greatness. To spread the ... http://miskeeto.com/bytes/fivesecondtests/ I’m often asked about the name of our little collective. In response, I usually recite the simple story of how I came up with it, but truth is, there’s far more to the name than the story. So for the inaugural, and rather lengthy, post on the "Miskeeto Bytes" blog, ... http://miskeeto.com/bytes/thename/