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Friday Link Round-Up

Beyond the pixel: Measuring visual designers' strategic value

The psychology of persuasion

On Criticism, Cynicism & Sharpening Your Gut Instinct

A Driving Vision Has 4 Key Elements

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How can neurosciences help marketing and e-business directors to meet their online results in the short term?

Content Strategy and Responsive Design

The Proxority Principle in Web Design

Why Stories Sell: Transportation Leads to Persuasion

Friday Link Round-Up

Persuasion Profiling: Attending to Individual Differences
http://johnnyholland.org/2012/01/persuasion-profiling-attending-to-individual-differences-in-responses-to-persuasion-principles/


Neurosciences: the natural complement of traditional quantitative and qualitative tests
http://www.simplifyinginterfaces.com/2012/01/neurosciences-the-natural-complement-of-traditional-quantitative-and-qualitative-tests/


Imperialist Tendencies (a nice essay from Jan Chipchase)
http://janchipchase.com/content/essays/imperialist-tendencies/


The Models We Use
http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2012/01/09/the-models-we-use/


Using Content Modules to Improve Efficiency and User Experience
http://e3contentstrategy.blogspot.com/2012/01/using-content-modules-to-improve.html

Friday Link Round-Up

Broad vs Narrow: Modelling Strategies for Online Behavioural Targeting

Gadi Amit Offers 4 Lessons From Dieter Rams's Successes, And Failures

Principles of Alignment Diagrams

Desire Is A Universal Language

Deep Dive Brainstorming Techniques

Friday Link Round-Up

The Content Triangle: Empathy and Accountability Create Engagement

The Mobile Future of UX

Click versus Clock: Measuring Website Efficiency

The ROI of Content

Videos of the week:

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The End of Demographics: How Marketers Are Going Deeper With Personal Data

The Ultimate 8-Point Checklist for Remarkable Content

How Print Design is the Future of Interaction

Ted Talks in less than 6mins: Robert Hammond: Building a park in the sky

Viral Videos of the Week:

Aldi Tea
#3 in the UK Viral Ad Chart

Can I be your friend?
#12 in the UK Viral Ad Chart

Quote of the Week:
Failure is only postponed success as long as courage "coaches" ambition. The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.

Friday Link Roundup

Being Predictable: The First Essential of a Customer Centric Business
http://uxmag.com/strategy/being-predictable


The Value of Content, Part 2: Nobody’s Perfect
http://blog.braintraffic.com/2011/06/the-value-of-content-part-2-nobody%e2%80%99s-perfect/


How to Promote Visionary Thinking
http://www.spring.org.uk/2011/06/how-to-promote-visionary-thinking.php


…On Communicating Strategy for Design
http://experiencinginformation.wordpress.com/2011/06/19/on-communicating-strategy-for-design/


Adding Game Mechanics to Agile Processes Part 1: Card Aging
http://www.jeffgothelf.com/blog/adding-game-mechanics-to-agile-processes-part-1-card-aging/


Friday Link Round-Up

Learning Styles: The Cognitive Side of Content
http://johnnyholland.org/2011/06/16/learning-styles-the-cognitive-side-of-content/

Online Advertising: Heterogeneity and Conflation in Market Design
http://behavioraltargeting.biz/online-advertising-heterogeneity-and-conflation-in-market-design/

The Impact Number Formats Have on Judgment and Decision Making
http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2011/06/the-impact-number-formats-have-on-judgment-and-decision-making.php

An iterative approach to innovation strategy
http://uxmag.com/strategy/an-iterative-approach-to-innovation-strategy


Quote of the week:

The designer is not always right. The researcher is not always wrong. Profit is not always the motive; market research, whatever its outcome, should never be used as a good excuse for bad design – in the same sense that good design should never be used to promote a bad product.
- Paul Rand


Friday Link Round-Up


Service Design: Setting The Stage For The Consummate Experience
http://uxmag.com/strategy/service-design


The Art of Design Research (and Why It Matters)
http://designmind.frogdesign.com/blog/the-art-of-design-research-and-why-it-matters.html


Usability Maturity Model: Human Centredness Scale
http://www.theuxbookmark.com/2011/05/usability-engineering/usability-maturity-model-human-centredness-scale/


The  ROI of UX 
http://www.i-thought.org/computer-science-thoughts/experience-design/roi-of-ux/


Videos of the week: social media
http://madebymany.com/blog/videos-of-the-week-social-media

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How Cognitive Biases Shape User Experience
http://sixrevisions.com/usabilityaccessibility/cognitive-bias-user-experience/


Effects of Multimedia on Mobile Consumer Behaviour
http://behavioraltargeting.biz/effects-of-multimedia-on-mobile-consumer-behavior/


Typographic Hierarchy
http://iatelevision.blogspot.com/2011/05/typographic-hierarchy.html


I Trust You to Trust Me: The Right Relationship With Your Customers
http://johnnyholland.org/2011/05/05/i-trust-you-to-trust-me-the-right-relationship-with-your-customers/


“Checklist Thinking” for UX Professionals: Retaining your sanity in a complex project
http://johnnyholland.org/2011/05/02/checklist-thinking-for-ux-professionals-retaining-your-sanity-in-a-complex-project/