Monday, August 25, 2003

Burning Man Never Gets Old. Even though Burning Man is now 17 years old and 30,000 people are expected to show up this year, the festival still stirs souls. Veterans say they can't wait to get out to the Nevada desert to feel those fleeting, perfect moments. By Xeni Jardin. [Wired News] 4:00:12 PM

Useit.Com: Usability 101. Usability is a quality attribute that assesses how easy user interfaces are to use. The word "usability" also refers to methods for improving ease-of-use during the design process. [Tomalak's Realm] 3:59:59 PM

Cooper Interaction Design: The Origin of Personas. Alan Cooper. The Inmates Are Running the Asylum, published in 1998, introduced the use of personas as a practical interaction design tool. Based on the single-chapter discussion in that book, personas rapidly gained popularity in the software industry due to their unusual power and effectiveness. [Tomalak's Realm] 3:59:47 PM

America's Army v1.9 now available. Following its initial Mac release in July, America's Army v1.9 is now available for download from the official Web site. This game provides users with a look at what it's like to train and fight as a U.S. Army soldier, applying specialties you learn in battlefield conditions. You go through a series of training exercises then cut your teeth in live online combat with other soldiers on a virtual battlefield. [MacCentral] 3:49:26 PM

Macworld review: Acrobat 6 Professional. With all the features of the Standard version and then some, Acrobat 6.0 Professional is a dream come true for graphic artists and prepress pros. But it may leave its secondary market, engineers and architects, stranded by the side of the road. [MacCentral] 3:49:13 PM

"Apple good, PC bad" in Hollywood [The Macintosh News Network] 3:49:02 PM