Comments on: Achieve User Goals Through Usable Design

By: Idetrorce

Idetrorce — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:54:08 +0000

very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
Idetrorce

By: Michael Martin

Michael Martin — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:25:39 +0000

I wouldn’t worry about that kind of comment either. If someone goes out of their way to insult you, I’d say they have the bigger problem regardless…

Thanks for the kind words though.

By: kristarella

kristarella — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:20:11 +0000

There’s nothing unfortunate about it – you’ve shown your opinions and advice to be worthy of our time, even worthy of Problogger readers’ time.

Someone once reviewed my blog and said that my youth and immaturity were apparent. As if he expected that all young people should have the maturity of a weathered oldie. Perhaps my youth was obvious, but I think he was probably more immature than I am… whatever, I’m over it. You definitely shouldn’t worry about that stuff, people who judge you are not worth your time.

By: Michael Martin

Michael Martin — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:52:42 +0000

lol Kristarella – It’s about a year or two ago, but not too much longer unfortunately.

By: kristarella

kristarella — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:09:48 +0000

Either that photo was taken a while ago or I was way off with how old I thought you were! How embarrassing – let us never speak of this again…

By: Michael Martin

Michael Martin — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:50:02 +0000

Thanks David. I’d been considering the photo for a while, but I managed to continue putting it off. Turning down a request from the ProBlogger, right after he had invited you to post on his blog, is very hard to do though! (Of course, he was as nice as ever, and wouldn’t have minded at all if I hadn’t given a photo! Great guy.)

Now that it’s up though, I have no more reason not to add it to the About page here.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:31:41 +0000

Off-topic (apologies), it was nice to see your photo over on Problogger. No surprise to see Darren have you as a guest author, as your posts are always well-thought.

Great job, Michael.

By: Michael Martin

Michael Martin — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:29:55 +0000

Steven – I agree. Focusing on both can be hard at times, but essential. Your design is well spaced out and doesn’t feel cluttered at all to me.

Mohsin – It’s a shame that so many still fall into those traps. It seems to me that they see their site as something to be “viewed,” as opposed to being “used.”

By: Mohsin

Mohsin — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:19:51 +0000

This is exactly what has been going through my mind lately. Some bloggers actually still stick to heinous design practices that lost all their luster in the beginning days of the web. I have highlighted some of those practice in this post http://bloggingbits.com/top-10.....r-readers/

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 18:39:55 +0000

Michael I’m glad you mentioned the balance between your goals and your reader’s goals. I think it’s easy to get caught up in one and forget about the other.

Hmm? My design. I hope it’s uncluttered and easy to navigate, though both can be improved. While I still forget at times I’ve been making more of an effort to use better post formatting, particularly above the fold.