Here’s our team’s round-up of the most useful links, resources and industry news we’ve bookmarked this week – July 6th – 12th (2009).
Creative & Technical Development
- Building Respect For Usability Expertise by Useit.com
- Agile Development Improves ROI – But RPF Processes Are Stuck In Waterfall by Pathfinder Development Blog
- 10 Usability Lesons From “Don’t Make Me Think” by UX Booth
- Laddering: A Research Technique For Uncovering Core Values by UX Matters
- Finding Gold In Your User Research Results by UX Matters
- Books For Your UX & Usability Library by UX Booth
- Guidelines Are Important, But Interpretation Is Key by Online Community Strategist
- Augmented Reality: Bringing It Down To Earth by ClickZ Experts
Promotion & Distribution
- Most Online Videos Found Via Blogs by Beet.TV
- Debunking Social Media Myths by Harvard Business Blogs
- 5 Ideas To Steal From Trent Reznor by NewTeeVee
- Does Length Matter? by CinemaTech
- Advanced Video Ads Gain Momentum by Digital Media Buzz
Consumer Behaviour & Statistics
- 15% Of Video Downloads Are Legal by Video Business
- Study: Web Video Protail As Entertaining As TV by Media Post
- European Content Fills 75% Of Peak Viewing by Mediadesk.co.uk
Business & Monetisation
- Free: It Works, It Cries, It Bites by ReadWriteWeb
- From 1995: Esther Dyson On Monetising Creative Content by CinemaTech
Technology & Infrastructure
- Decoding The HTML 5 Video Codec Debate by Arts Technica
- Everything You Need To Know About Silverlight 3 by Techcrunch
- State Of The Internet by GigaOM
Tips & Tutorials
- 5 Things You Can Learn From Public Stats by KISSmetrics
- 20 Web Hosting Providers by Instant Shift