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September 2002 Archives

Email Marketing Usability September 30, 2002
Jakob Nielsen turns to a subject dear to my heart: the improving your email newsletters to enhance the reader experience.

Banana Republic September 27, 2002
Hartlepool, England has elected a monkey for mayor.

Internet MLS discussion September 26, 2002
The National Association of Realtors is considering a ruling that will prevent brokers from displaying full property data on the Web. Read how this might help consumers.

The Amazing Google September 24, 2002
I needed a driver for a product, but I didn’t know who made it. This sounds like a job for Google.

Creating a comments feed September 20, 2002
How to create an RSS feed of your recent comments in Movable Type.

Movable Designs September 19, 2002
Stolen MT designs show up in Radio.

Agile requirements September 19, 2002
How to use solid requirements management principles in an agile environment.

A reason to buy September 18, 2002
Anti-piracy measures that reward music fans instead of punishing them.

Worth quoting September 17, 2002
"The problem is that few portals... have much in the way of content management functionality..."

Comments feed September 17, 2002
An RSS feed that contains the comments on items in this weblog. Keep up to date on the comments without repeatedly checking the site.

GPL restricts innovation? September 17, 2002
LawMeme looks at government-sponsored open source software.

Chinese filtering check September 16, 2002
Is access to your Web site being blocked by the Chinese government? Here’s how you can find out.

Agile gloss September 13, 2002
Can agile methodolgies work on large-scale projects? This New Architect article promises to tell us, but it doesn’t quite make it.

Recent Comments bug fix September 10, 2002
A simple fix for a MySQL bug that kept Movable Type from displaying recent comments correctly.

Wireless Adoption September 10, 2002
At the real estate softare company where I used to work, our WAP product won us sales, but nobody bought it.

Search box patterns September 9, 2002
A thorough analysis of search interfaces.

Usability test serendipity September 9, 2002
Marketers can use usability testing to build a better product.

RSS for publishers September 9, 2002
Mark Nottingham’s introduction to RSS for content publishers.

Landspeeder for sale September 5, 2002
A full-size Star Wars Land Speeder for sale on eBay.

eGray September 4, 2002
A well-executed use of online satire in the California Governor’s race.

Opportunity lost September 3, 2002
Improve the customer experience of automated emails.

KM Myths September 3, 2002
These seven Knowledge Management mistakes happen in a variety of software implementations.

SpamAssassin plugin for Eudora September 3, 2002
Users of Eudora can de-spam their mailbox with this free plugin.

IMAPAssassin September 3, 2002
Filter your mail with SpamAssassin from your desktop over IMAP.

DoubleClick's privacy settlement September 2, 2002
A quick overview of the events leading to DoubleClick’s privacy settlement.

Labor Day origins September 2, 2002
Why is the first Monday in September a national holiday?

Google woes September 1, 2002
Why won’t Google provide a more complete description?