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<title>Jesse James Garrett at UX Week 2009</title>
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<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/6952223">Jesse James Garrett | UX Week 2009 | Adaptive Path</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/adaptivepath">Adaptive Path</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>
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<p>Thanks <a href="http://adaptivepath.com/aboutus/jjg.php">Jesse</a> for sharing this with us, it's really insightful</p>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:25:59 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Point studios redesign</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>The main reason I decided to redesign is because alot of people tell me we don't understand anything when visiting your site, a <abbr title="User Experience">UX</abbr> problem, I realized my old site was hard to understand for regular un-advanced web surfers, it may be usable for web savvy but for other people it's not.</p>

<p>So this is how I started rethinking about the <abbr title="Information Architect">IA</abbr> from the very beginning, mixing up <abbr title="Information Architect">IA</abbr> main three aspects context, content &amp; user.</p>

<p>What do I want the visitor to understand, what action I want him to take, what image I want to deliver to him and how this will work with the content I have, mixing this by the user needs, first who is the visitors what they wanted to see, what's make them happy.</p>

<p>Redesigning a site's <em><abbr title="User Experience">UX</abbr> sometimes is not enough, sometimes you have to go further and redesign the whole <abbr title="Information Architect">IA</abbr></em> to get the <abbr title="User Experience">UX</abbr> design you desire, <strong>I think of <abbr title="User Experience">UX</abbr> as hospitality</strong>, if you imagined some stranger visiting a hotel lobby, how hospitable receptionists usually be, your home page is the same, you have to make it as hospitable and comfortable to users as possible, that's why I make up the comfortable home theme, most welcoming the visitors and inviting them to feel home.</p>

<p>Even in choosing the words, the first word in the new design is <strong>You</strong> while this kind of sites usually start with the word <em>I</em> , <abbr title="User Experience">UX</abbr> involves human psychology alot.</p>

<p>Thanks alot for your support, I hope you like the new design, and if you have any comments or you see any thing here as confusing or annoying, please leave your comments below.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.point-studios.com/archives/point/point_studios_r/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 07:40:51 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>The survey for people who make websites 2009</title>
<description><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/survey2009"><img src="http://www.point-studios.com/img/news/i-took-the-2009-survey-big.gif" width="180" height="105" alt="A List Apart - The survey for people who make websites 2009" /></a>Whether you call yourself a user experience consultant, web developer, or content strategist; whether you design customer flows, buttons, or brands; no matter what title you hold as a full- or part-time web professional, your work shapes our future and ought to command the world's respect. But we won't win that respect without understanding, and we can't hope for understanding without data and the knowledge it reluctantly yields to the patient hand and steady eye.</p></blockquote>
<p>For the good of our profession, <strong><a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/survey2009">take the survey</a></strong> and promote it, it's really useful to all of us at the end.</p>
<p>Check the <a href="http://www.aneventapart.com/alasurvey2008/00.html">findings of 2008 survey</a>.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.point-studios.com/archives/various/community/the_survey_for/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:39:28 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Egypt to unleash the first arabic webdomain</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Congrats, this has been waited so long, finally <em>Arabic web domains</em>.</p>
<blockquote><p>Egypt will open the world's first Arabic language internet domain, its communications minister has said.</p> <p><cite><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8361676.stm">BBC NEWS - Egypt launches Arabic web domain </a></cite></p></blockquote>

<h5>Why this step was delayed till now ? here's why</h5>
<blockquote><p>Last month, internet regulator Icann voted to allow non-Latin web addresses. Domain names can now be written in Arabic, Chinese and other scripts.</p> <p><cite><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8361676.stm">BBC News - Egypt launches Arabic web domain</a></cite></p></blockquote>

<p>I still don't know what will it exactly look like, we may learn about it the next few days hopefully but here is one example I found. <a href="http://حوراء.com">http://<span lang="ar">حوراء</span>.com</a>, if anybody know other examples of Arabic domains please write it down in the comments</p>

<p>The big question is, Will we actually use this domains ? What is it's effect on <abbr title="Search Engine Optimization">SEO</abbr> ? will it have any compatibility issues with different browsers or devices like mobiles etc..?</p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.point-studios.com/archives/web_news/web_in_the_middle_east/egypt_to_unleac/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:54:43 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Explaining UX Research to clients</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/issues/295">ALA issue no. 295</a> was published containing one of the best articles I ever read about <abbr title="User Experience">UX</abbr> "<a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/can-you-say-that-in-english-explaining-ux-research-to-clients/">Can You Say That in English? Explaining UX Research to Clients</a>" , solving one of the main problems of <abbr title="User Experience">UX</abbr> designers which is explaining <abbr title="User Experience">UX</abbr> research to clients. very informative and useful. written by <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/authors/s/davidsherwin">David Sherwin</a> of <a href="http://changeorder.typepad.com/">ChangeOrder</a> &amp; <a href="http://changeorder.typepad.com/80_works_for_designers/">80 Works for designers</a>.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.point-studios.com/archives/user_experience/explaining_ux_r/</link>
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<category>User experience</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:50:23 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Wireless Electricity</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Electricity is the only thing that can't be transfered wirelessly, take a look at your laptop or mobile phone and most probably you will not see any thing attached to it except electricity, this is not the case any more, take a look at this video.</p>

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<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Designing With Web Standards 3rd Edition</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>The first edition of <a href="http://www.zeldman.com/">Zeldman</a>'s book <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=wUGTSdey6TwC&amp;dq=designing+with+web+standards&amp;printsec=frontcover&amp;source=bn&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=06WTSs-hKcGcsAaus-HGDw&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=5&amp;safe=active#v=onepage&amp;q=&amp;f=false"><acronym title="Designing With Web Standards">DWWS</acronym></a> was my first step on the road of web standards, it's published 2003 , I read it 2005.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.point-studios.com/img/news/zeldman3.jpg" width="108" height="143" alt="Blue Zeldman part of the cover"/>Toady after web 2.0 and after web standards is more familiar, alot of things has changed and a bunch of new standards and technologies are out there, Zeldman's 3rd edition of <acronym title="Designing With Web Standards">DWWS</acronym> will <a href="http://www.zeldman.com/2009/08/23/dwws-3e-pre-order-tout-page/">cover most of those topics</a>.</p>
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<ul>
<li>Explore HTML 5, CSS3, and the future of markup.</li>
<li>Learn how to put your content in front of the public and keep it there, regardless of how technologies and browsers may change in years to come.</li>
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<p>The new <a href="http://www.zeldman.com/dwws/">mini site</a> of the book, includes an embedded web font that work even on <abbr title="Internet Explorer">IE</abbr>.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.point-studios.com/archives/various/community/designing_with/</link>
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<category>Community</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:44:08 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Google Chrome OS</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Really great news, what do you expect if Google introduced a new operating system, yesterday Google <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html">introduced the Google Chrome OS</a> to be available to consumers the second half of 2010 and ofcourse it will be web focused.</p>

<blockquote><p>the Google Chrome Operating System. It's our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be</p> <p><cite><a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html">Introducing the Google Chrome OS</a></cite></p></blockquote>

<p>I expect a brilliant <abbr title="Operating System">OS</abbr> from Google as we always expect Google products in general.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.point-studios.com/archives/technology/google_chrome_o/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:27:37 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>New job, New life @ Riyadh</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>I've reached Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2 weeks ago, to join the quality management team of the <acronym title="Knowledge Exchange &amp; Technology Transfer">Kett</acronym> in <acronym title="King Saud University">KSU</acronym>, a big university maybe the biggest in Africa and the Middle East.</p>
<p><img src="http://point-studios.com/img/news/riyadh.png" width="250" height="189" alt="Riyadh at night"/> The working environment is nice, it's the first time I work in such a big organization, the management here is not very organized, every project has more than one agency responsible for it, so you don't know exactly who you should talk to. but as long as you keep inside the borders of your agency it's OK.</p>
<p>About the life here that is the best part, the city is really nice the first thing that grabbed my attention is the clean roads, luxurious cars, tall towers. Every thing is delicious beside life here is not expensive.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.point-studios.com/archives/various/community/personal/new_job_new_lif/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:55:18 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Tim Berners-Lee on the next Web</title>
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<p><em>Raw</em>, <em>Data</em>, <strong>Now!</strong></p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.point-studios.com/archives/web_news/tim_berners-lee/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 07:53:05 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>What are startups ?</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Feel a need</strong></p>
<p><strong>Fill a need</strong></p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.point-studios.com/archives/technical/web20/what_are_startu/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:40:20 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Findings from the ALA Survey, 2008</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>I believe it's really useful for every person in the web industry to check this survey out, it has alot of details about titles, salaries, regions, satisfaction, skills, blogs &amp; a very useful comparison between freelancers &amp; employees + also a useful comparison between type of organizations, like partners in companies, employees &amp; startups owners etc...</p>
<p>It also shows that web persons in Africa are more satisfied &amp; get's more salary than Asia &amp; South America.</p>
<p>A must read to the very last bit of it.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aneventapart.com/alasurvey2008/00.html">Findings from the ALA Survey, 2008</a></p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.point-studios.com/archives/various/community/findings_from_t/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:26:12 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>What are web standards ?</title>
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<p>And check other Jeffrey ideas on <a href="http://bigthink.com/jeffreyzeldman/ideas">his Big Think page</a></p>
<p>I'm really a <em>big fan</em> of him and I'm proud to consider myself one of his students.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.point-studios.com/archives/web_news/web_standards/what_are_web_st/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:30:30 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>W3C site redesign</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p>Check out the W3C <a href="http://beta.w3.org/">new design</a>, it's still beta, looks very nice and clean and the content is better categorized I think.</p>
<p>Go check it and provide your <a href="mailto:site-comments@w3.org">feedback</a>.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.point-studios.com/archives/web_news/web_standards/w3c_site_redesi/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:19:13 +0200</pubDate>
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<title>Web standards lovers in Egypt a new Facebook group</title>
<description><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://point-studios.com/img/valid.jpg" width="88" height="31" alt="The Group icon"/>I've started a new Facebook group named <q><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=71596824888&amp;ref=nf">Web standards lovers in Egypt</a></q>, if you are one of them, go on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=71596824888&amp;ref=nf">join the group</a>.</p>]]></description>
<link>http://www.point-studios.com/archives/web_news/web_in_the_middle_east/web_standards_l/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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