Although previous articles have advocated using personas and scenarios eventually your web site or electronic product needs to interact with real users a.k.a. human beings. Robert Hoekman Jr. discusses possibilities for testing the usability of your site or product with guinea pigs in your own company and outside your doors....

Balancing usability and security isn t an easy task as evidenced by the number of systems with security features that are easy for users to turn off. David Chisnall discusses the issues on both sides of the fence....

Find out the importance of having solid user design techniques in place when designing an interface....

David Chisnall compares single vs. multi-button mouse design....

David Chisnall ponders the safety features of two common appliances....

Debugging can be a daunting task because of the arcane command syntax and the simple fact that it s sometimes hard to remember what each command does. Fortunately you can now annotate debugger command output using Debugger Markup Language DML . Mario Hewardt shows you how....

Mark Edward Soper shows how virtualization will help you practice the skills you need to master Windows XP and Windows Vista virtually for the CompTIA A operating system objectives....

In this chapter learn how HTML can be used in the WordPress.com environment. This is useful whether you just want to do a few simple things with your blog postings and the Text widget or if you want to go much further....

This chapter gives you an overview of adaptive principles in organizational design and some ideas on the ways to grow a structure in your own organization....

In the second of a two-part series David Chisnall continues his look at some useful Objective-C design patterns inspired by the code that generated the ePub version of his latest book....

Edward Haletky explains that by paying careful attention to operational issues it is possible to successfully manage ESX and remove some of the most common issues related to poor operational use of ESX....

As well-intended as some laws may be they do have unintended consequences. The latest challenge is the FTC s proposed Do Not Track legislation which is dissected by Web specialist James Mathewson author of a Relevance and Search Targeting Web Audiences with Relevant Content< a> ....

This chapter goes beyond the ITIL documentation to describe a working formula for capacity plans. It suggests that you create more customized plans for those areas that really need detailed plans and keep them current through a repeatable process. You will learn the details of what goes into a capacity plan and how and when to create your plans....

This chapter describes fundamental terms and concepts associated with service-oriented computing including those related to service-oriented architecture service-orientation and cloud computing....

Anyone who has ever taken a basic economics course knows that fewer players in an industry lead to higher prices and more limited choice absent regulatory oversight. Noted author and technical futurist Leo Wrobel explains why the AT& T T-Mobile merger is a bad idea for consumers the market and even the U.S. Constitution and how the future...