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September 20, 2002

Short Term Memory & Bad Design

Chad Lundgren shares a story about his online odyssey to buy some memory for his camera. He includes a few good examples of bad design.

More bad design articles:
- 37signals should know better - links should be obvious
- Pop-up ads are viruses
- Excuse me, your Johnson & Johnson is showing - home page suckiness
- Penguin Code - bad forms design
- Eating your own dog food doesn't work if you're a cow
- The 101 Dumbest Moments in Business2.0 - good story, bad design
- Our search is broken and we're broke
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Since 1996 I've been helping companies design and improve technology based products. I write occasionally about product management, usability, web design, information architecture and user experience.
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