My job involves a lot of different skills now - I'm as much entrepreneur and management consultant as anything else these days - but IA is still my favorite part of the work I do.

Ajax isn't a technology. It's really several technologies, each flourishing in its own right, coming together in powerful new ways.

Ajax is an important development for Web applications, and its importance is only going to grow.

If you need to take a step back from day-to-day operations and plot out the long-term direction of your user experience strategy, consultants can give you a perspective you can't get on your own.

I'm not sure that you can say definitively that some roles are better filled by consultants, but I would say that some projects are better handled by consultants.

But the best teams I've encountered have one important thing in common: their team structure and processes cover a full range of distinct competencies necessary for success.

User-centered design means understanding what your users need, how they think, and how they behave - and incorporating that understanding into every aspect of your process.

Building technical systems involves a lot of hard work and specialized knowledge: languages and protocols, coding and debugging, testing and refactoring.

Effective communication is a key factor in the success of your product.

But despite the universality of URLs, we often forget that they're not just a handy way to address network resources. They're also valuable communication tools.

Problems with visual design can turn users off so quickly that they never discover all the smart choices you made with navigation or interaction design.

We build up pretty pictures of men, when we want to be in love. We hate to have them ruined.

You are the only thing I've ever needed. The only treasure that matters.- Seamus Tierney

You haven't seen a thing until you've seen this man fight. My sword is sharp. My heart strong. My spirit ferocious - and I am going to live. Let the swords clash. Let the fight begin.

That's it, Uncle Huey!" Imogene Duckworthy whipped off her apron and flung it onto the slick, stainless steel counter. "I quit!" If only her voice didn’t sound so young.

It occurred to her that nobody really knew what anybody else was upset about, and that seemed like a terrible thing.

Few speeches which have produced an electrical effect on an audience can bear the colourless photography of a printed record.

No power on this earth can destroy the thirst for human dignity

Every Christian in every time and place is going to be tempted by certain forms of heresy. I'm sure I'm tempted by my own.

The people who have sacrificed their view in order to get to the top have very often left no footprints in the sands of time.

You don't need a prince to be a princess