Ajax isn't a technology. It's really several technologies, each flourishing in its own right, coming together in powerful new ways.

Ajax is an important development for Web applications, and its importance is only going to grow.

If you need to take a step back from day-to-day operations and plot out the long-term direction of your user experience strategy, consultants can give you a perspective you can't get on your own.

I'm not sure that you can say definitively that some roles are better filled by consultants, but I would say that some projects are better handled by consultants.

But the best teams I've encountered have one important thing in common: their team structure and processes cover a full range of distinct competencies necessary for success.

User-centered design means understanding what your users need, how they think, and how they behave - and incorporating that understanding into every aspect of your process.

Building technical systems involves a lot of hard work and specialized knowledge: languages and protocols, coding and debugging, testing and refactoring.

Effective communication is a key factor in the success of your product.

But despite the universality of URLs, we often forget that they're not just a handy way to address network resources. They're also valuable communication tools.

Problems with visual design can turn users off so quickly that they never discover all the smart choices you made with navigation or interaction design.

My job involves a lot of different skills now - I'm as much entrepreneur and management consultant as anything else these days - but IA is still my favorite part of the work I do.

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

It seems to me that wherever religion and politics mix in one body, fascist values - and not 'family values' - rear their ugly head.

I do play tennis, but I don't really like competition. I'm supposed to be so intense, but I hate competition.

My family life and my ideals, my commitment to the community and to other people - all people - has been improved. I think less about myself and more about my community today.

Man is, above all, he who creates.

She simply stood there and waited for him to show her the next move. And hoped it only involved sword fighting and not seduction.

Catelyn wanted to run to him, to kiss his sweet brow, to wrap him in her arms so tightly that he would never come to harm.

God created a path to his kingdom that is simple and straight. The obstacles that stand between you and God were created by man.

I love you. You have no idea what you are worth to me.

He can best avoid a snare who knows how to set one.