NUBlog has some advice for us on how to create a better printable page that is filled with tips on how to design - you guessed it - printable versions of web pages. (thanks Zeldman)

Well, another successful launch or our corporate website. Not a major redesign, mind you, but we did add an additional main service-related section and overhauled most of the site's content to support our new corporate messaging. Most of my IA and usability-related struggles revolved around educating marketing about the importance of user-centricity, comprehensible taxonomies, intuitive information flows and consistent grammar utilization.

As most of you in the field know, explaining the benefits of user-centricity is one thing. Getting corporate buy-in is another. The latter can be quite a difficult mission to see through, especially when you're flying solo like I am. Despite that, I feel that I've accomplished quite a lot in terms of educating my colleagues, being viewed by them as a user advocate and injecting intuitiveness and value into the process that is information design. Our job is never complete, however. There's always the next project...

evolt.org has posted a well-written introductory article on regular expressions. Since I recently found myself in need of a refresher on this very topic (my days of being knee deep in Perl have been, sadly, few and far between of late), I obviously found it quite timely. Thanks to sprocket for taking the time to write.

JavaScript doc.Right is another handly HTML-to-JavaScript converter, not unlike a similar utility referred to here in August 2001. Take your pick and enjoy!

My beta testing of iMorph's Infominder just came to a close. It's a service that provides members with the ability to track web sites and recieve e-mail notification when content on a given website changes. An introductory version of the service is free - try it out. It's a good way to, at the very least, keep tabs on all of the blogs you read.

Just back from San Francisco. Didn't run into any of the resident A-listers, but did have a great time. The city has definitely slowed down since the dot-com bubble burst, which makes it that much better IMO.

Chicago-based 37signals does it again... First, it was a better bank. Now it's a better FedEx.

Some late afternoon cheer - Echo finally works from behind my corporate firewall! Echo is a music site that allows members to create online stations, rate music, instant message each other, vote on the songs playing, and invite others to join their communities. Worth a look, if you haven't already.

This week's setlist, "Le musique du jour", features an assortment of blood pumping, energetic favorites of mine. Go download them.

Builder.com has posted an informative XSLT primer written by Jason Monberg and Mike Wynholds. Good starting point for newbies and a good refresher for the experienced.

37signals has written an excellent white paper on contingency design, intended to help web professionals design better experiences for when things go wrong.

Clickz has an informative, albeit lightweight, refresher on web navigation design approaches. Jacob would, no doubt, approve.

This week's setlist, "Red Square", features an excellent sampling of Russian music. Go download them.