What's the best layout for a blog front page? To show full articles or to show summaries of the latest post?

According to research done by Jakob Nielsen, using summaries works best with blogs that people don't visit every day. They are better at drawing readers in as they offer a broader selection of subjects and increases the likelihood that they will find something that interests them.

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• Corporate Blogs: Front Page Structure 

Henrik Olsen - August 10, 2010

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At his blog, Amir Khella has a thorough post on how to build interactive prototypes of iPad applications using Keynote. In the post Amir shares his Keynote iPad template for download.

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• How to prototype interactive iPad applications in 30 minutes or less using apple keynote 

Henrik Olsen - July 30, 2010

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Apple's presentation making software, Keynote, is apparently becoming a popular design and prototyping tool. According to Luke Wroblewski, the reason why is that:

- It's efficient to work with
- It has fairly powerful drawing capabilities that allow you to design in high-fidelity
- It's great for showing process flows and interactions
- Its animation tools makes it easy to show how things like transitions and rich interactions might actually work

Links:

• Designing with Keynote 

Henrik Olsen - July 30, 2010

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Is sketching, wireframing or prototyping the way to go?

In this short article, Tyler Tate concludes that different design methods aren't mutually exclusive. "Rather, each method is appropriate in a certain context. At the end of the day, it simply comes down to selecting the level of fidelity that gets the job done in the least amount of time. As it's been said, 'Laziness is the mother of efficiency.'"

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• Concerning Fidelity in Design 

Henrik Olsen - July 13, 2010

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Over at Smashing Magazine, Lyndon Cerejo has written a nice primer on prototyping. In the article, he outlines the prototyping process and discusses questions such as fidelity, deciding what to prototype, and how to select prototyping tools.

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• Design Better And Faster With Rapid Prototyping 

Henrik Olsen - July 13, 2010

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