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My Favorite-Everything of 2007

Published December 27th, 2007 under Personal, The Web
by Mashhoor Al Dubayan

As we’re reaching the end of the year, I thought of sharing some of what I think was the best in 2007 in some random categories. So here goes:

Podcast:

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TWIT (This Week In Tech). A podcast on everything technology-related.

Why?

Perhaps because it’s the only tech podcast I’ve listened to that’s actually funny and interesting. Oh, and John C. Dvorak. I love that guy’s honesty and sense of humor.

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Facebook: Most popular. Least usable.

Published August 7th, 2007 under The Web, Usability & Accessibility
by Mashhoor Al Dubayan

You know what’s ironic about web site usability? it makes so much sense, yet many sites manage to make it to the top even though they’re frustrating to use.

Facebook is one of those sites. I’ve been using it for over two months now, and I still find myself having to stop often to think where should I click next to proceed.

To be a little more specific, Facebook suffers from those usability issues:

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