links for 2008-01-26

• XMPP Standards Foundation
  Seems to be a lot of jabber about jabber these days.
  (tags: jabber xmpp protocol im)
• Business social networking site Xing buys Turkish counterpart cember.com | Technology | guardian.co.uk
  (tags: socialnetworking)
• EveryBlock: A news feed for your block.
  (tags: hyperlocal local news)
• Caffeine 1.0.1 software download – Mac OS X – VersionTracker
  (tags: osx freeware utilities)
• Noisy Decent Graphics: Data, Branding, Web Design, Pouring Acid Into My Eyeballs and What Graphic Design Is For.
  Starts off with some nice examples of information visualisation, and designing for data. Essay loses some steam at the end as he points out the importance of information design, especially when designing for websites. Um… yeah.
  (tags: design interface informationdesign infovis)
• Putting the Fun in Functional
  Using game mechanics to make more compelling interactive experiences
  (tags: game psychology uxd)
• ..::: Mogi :::..
  (tags: mobile games japan japanese gps mapping)
• Amazon.com: Kindle: Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device: Kindle Store
  Forget the device … give me the ebooks.
  (tags: amazon kindle ebooks)
• Ecommerce Registration Usability Tips – Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog
  Good, thorough study. Did a similar study, but we couldn’t publish ours.
  (tags: usability registration forms)
• BOXHEAD.SEANTCOOPER.COM (WORK IN PROGRESS) 2007. All rights reserved.
  (tags: games flash)
• Lost Garden: Tree Story wireframes
  (tags: games ui wireframes)
• Kosmix
  Gino’s new gig
  (tags: ginozahnd health verticalsearch)