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I spend a lot of time buying and testing iPad apps for kids.

A Dad's Plea To Developers Of iPad Apps For Children | Smashing UX Design

http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2012/03/12/dads-plea-developers-ipad-apps-children/
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The new iPad - View all the technical specifications.

http://www.techsmith.com/morae-uses.html Use Morae to gain valuable insight about your product and remove the guesswork from your decisions.

Website testing, user testing, and market research done with Morae by TechSmith

Tobii Technology is a world leader in hardware and software solutions for eye tracking. Eye tracking enables a computer to tell exactly where a person is looking. http://www.youtube.com/user/TobiiEyeTracking

TobiiEyeTracking's Channel - YouTube

http://www.tobii.com/eye-tracking-research/global/library/white-papers/tobii-eye-tracking-white-paper/

Eye Tracking White Paper

Eye tracking commonly refers to the technique used to record and measure eye movements. The aim of this paper is to give a brief introduction to the human visual system, and to explain how eye movements are recorded and processed by Tobii Eye Trackers. Some basic concepts and issues related to remote eye tracking and eye movement data interpretation are also briefly discussed.
http://www.tobii.com/eye-tracking-research/global/products/hardware/tobii-x1-light-eye-tracker/ Collect eye tracking data in a coffee shop, mall or office—wherever your participants are. The compact yet full-feature eye tracking system snaps into place on your laptop so you can study websites or ads.

X1 Light Eye Tracker Laptop Web

http://sheandmehq.com/

She & Me - Creative Web Strategy and Content Development

She & Me helps companies create successful online product strategies Whether you're launching a new web property, reinvigorating a brand or growing your existing site, She & Me helps you reach your desired audience with the right content in the right context. She & Me brings passion and deep experience to every project in order to translate your challenges into winning solutions.
Eye tracking by Tobii Technology has revolutionized research in many fields and enabled communication for thousands of people with special needs. Tobii offers world-leading eye tracking and eye control for research, communication and industrial integration.

Eye tracking and eye control for research, communication and integration

http://www.tobii.com/

Morae usability testing software from TechSmith

What’s New in Morae 3.3 Morae 3.3 comes equipped with real-time chat for communicating during testing, enhanced pluggable architecture for a customizable testing experience, improved eye-tracking capabilities, searchable table of contents for easy sharing, and more. http://www.techsmith.com/morae.html
by anthony on 08/04/11 at 10:05 pm Icons are visual cues that help users use interfaces more efficiently.

Why Distinct Icon Outlines Help Users Scan Faster - UX Movement

http://uxmovement.com/buttons/why-distinct-icon-outlines-help-users-scan-faster/

9 Rules to Make Your Icons Clear and Intuitive - UX Movement

by anthony on 10/31/11 at 9:09 am Have you ever looked at an icon and struggled to figure out what it meant? Users do this all the time with icons they’re not familiar with.

px - em - % - pt - keyword | CSS-Tricks

Keyword Valid options for setting font-size in keyword are xx-small, x-small, small, medium, large, x-large , and xx-large as well as relative keywords smaller and larger . Surprisingly enough, keyword sizing is pretty consistent across browsers and platforms.
Have you ever looked at a bizarre building design and wondered, “What were the architects thinking?”

Designer Myopia: How To Stop Designing For Ourselves | Smashing UX Design

Is There Ever A Justification For Responsive Text? | Smashing Magazine

Depending on who you follow and what you read, you may have noticed the concept of “responsive text” being discussed in design circles recently. It’s not what you might imagine — resizing and altering the typography to make it easier to read on a range of devices — but rather delivering varying amounts of content to devices based on screen size.

Media Queries

Abstract HTML4 and CSS2 currently support media-dependent style sheets tailored for different media types . For example, a document may use sans-serif fonts when displayed on a screen and serif fonts when printed. ‘ screen ’ and ‘ print ’ are two media types that have been defined.

Touch Gesture Reference Guide

The guide may have missed one. The iPad entire hand finger open then closing together to return to home. by hfernety Nov 22

The Relevance of User Experience: Using Every Opportunity to Impress Users | UX Booth

AN GREAT QUOTE - "a recent epiphany I had when thinking about software UX: its all ones and zeroes. Every single bit of it. All we are selling is what you do with it, and how." by hfernety Nov 22

LOVED THIS QUOTE - By capitalizing on a best not first strategy, the combination of marketing and critical mass reached the large, profitable group of non-tech savvy users. by hfernety Nov 22