I posted a little article about some research on how quickly people get an impression of a web page. It’s quick; literally in the blink of an eye. We here’s some real science just reported from Johns Hopkins U about visual perception and how it takes place. Ties in nicely with the observation about impressions. "Vision doesn’t happen in the ...

Over at NetSquared Marshal Kirkpatrick did an interview with Barb Dybwad, an editor at Weblogs.Inc., titled Social Software and Social Change. I highly recommend reading it to get an idea why social software and web 2.0 are different from what has gone before and why they’re important to nonprofits,

Trish Snyder,  author of Blogging for a Cause, will be posting to FISpace (if she can find the time). Trish contributed to RelayBlogger last summer (just went there and it’s blank, so some remodelling must be underway). She’s involved in Relay for Life in her hometown, Everett, WA. Anyway, make Trish welcome.

First impressions are often the truest, but how fast is the first judgement? Barely a twentieth of a second when it comes to viewing a webpage, according to the BBC. A team of Canadian researchers has found that such snapshot decisions – involving rating websites in terms of their aesthetic appeal – can incorporate significant amounts of design information. The ...