Got a great link from Scott at ClientJava, one of the lists from Jakob Nielsen, the former usability guru, on how to design weblogs.
I say former, because far to many people in the User Centered Design community don't take him seriously anymore.
1) - The alertbox is poorly designed - what does that say?
2) He takes an antagonistic view of weblogs - even calls them websites - which is a bit like saying video phones shoud be held to the same standards as broadcast television.
3) He wants an author photo. {sigh}
I don't have time to go into all of these right now - but I'm going to post a lengthy critique on this before I leave for Barcelona in the next couple of days. In the meantime, check out his link - and send me a trackback if you want to start a discussion on the good and bad portions of his list. .
