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The psychology of banner ads

Turns out, <a href="http://heisel.org/blog/2003/11/05/beyond-the-click-through/">I was right</a>. They promote a feeling of well-being and tend to make the user like the product more. Almost like a branding play, wait, exactly like one! Not that I’m one t

More praise for design constraints

Excellent piece on how constraints can be a benefit, not a, well, constraint. Too often I think we find ourselves in Sean’s first universe, rather than the second.

MintCache

I’d love to see this rolled into Django, or at least a better integration than patching your copy of Django.

Software estimation considered harmful?

Very interesting read. I don’t know of any group that finds this easy…

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