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As much as we may want to withdraw into a world of pure problem solving, we have to acknowledge that the most successful architectures are the ones y….

But the best teams I've encountered have one important thing in common: their team structure and processes cover a full range of distinct competencie….

At Adaptive Path, we've been doing our own work with Ajax over the last several months, and we're realizing we've only scratched the surface of the r….

If you need to take a step back from day-to-day operations and plot out the long-term direction of your user experience strategy, consultants can giv….

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Ajax isn't a technology. It's really several technologies, each flourishing in its own right, coming together in powerful new ways..

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The more everybody knows about all aspects of the problems we face, the better off all of us will be. Less time spent explaining things means more ti….

My job involves a lot of different skills now - I'm as much entrepreneur and management consultant as anything else these days - but IA is still my f….

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Building technical systems involves a lot of hard work and specialized knowledge: languages and protocols, coding and debugging, testing and refactor….

But despite the universality of URLs, we often forget that they're not just a handy way to address network resources. They're also valuable communica….

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Giving something your time isn't the same as giving it your attention..

Google is making a huge investment in developing the Ajax approach..

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Ajax is an important development for Web applications, and its importance is only going to grow..