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In his interesting article on techcrunch.com, Erick Schonfeld explores the new scenario of real-time search. Twitter and instant blogging are a consequence, and the result, of how we use technology and how technology is changing our lifestyles. Among these transformations, Schonfeld includes a series of new search engines (OneRiot, Collecta that are trying to address the need of real time search.

Real-time search looks like something different to the search we are used to. It is based on the criterion of recency (date sorted results, for example). Twitter search is a good example of a real-time search engine that does nothing special but sorting result by date. Read all»

Some days ago I was having a look at monster.com, a website for job posting and carrer development. It has a new cool design that I had not explored yet. I think the visual is pretty solid and well-done: the search box lets you choose between your country (the domain you are surfing on, e.g. dot com for the US) or the rest of the world. And it worked quite well for me (even though I am Italian and changed domain on purpose).

However, since I read Wroblewski’s book on form design, I cannot help but analyse the forms websites present to me and look for good ideas or usability issues. Read all»