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Some experiments CSS 3 patterns.

Some interesting information on moving away from the 1 pixel slices that make up most gradients in HTML.

8 mistakes to avoid when redesigning the intranet

16 steps to a better intranet

Discussion and pros/cons to a total redesign vs. incremental changes on the intranet

A quick self-evaluation checklist for the intranet

A good article with several useful RSS readers. Most of them rely on the user having a Google reader account already setup.

Information on CAPTCHA's basic philosophy and logic. There are some examples of non-standard CAPTCHA examples.

Great post. It perfectly summarizes all my problems with captcha and the fact that there's not yet a good solution. I think that using computing power to recognize spammy submissions and weed them out (based on time it takes to complete the form or the language used in the post or the attached link) would work well for our purposes but ultimately we have to reduce/eliminate the benefit of spamming in order to stem the tide at the source.

This will be important to keep in mind as we create usability tasks for the website testing.  We can't give the answers away in the way we word the questions!

Webinars on various topics including accessibility, from the University of California

Free hosted project management tool.  Watch the video, it looks pretty awesome.

A good article on using the proper language and injecting some intelligent humanity into the text used on website content, forms and pop-up windows.

Eye tracking study of the new Facebook timeline layout for brand pages

Repetition, even in graphic design, is okay, I promise. It's the way human beings learn. The perception is that if something is included on the page once, especially in an obvious fashion, there's no reason to repeat it elsewhere.

Interesting open source project for managing a local display screen network

The premise is misleading, but the article has some useful tips and information. The article should clarify that: "Everyone can be creative at something; but that something might not be a way to earn a living." A comedian once said, "A dodo bird can be beautiful and useful and important...but you don't encourage the dodo bird to fly."

TedEd has opened a YouTube channel with short educational videos