Metacreations has announced a new release of Poser , their unique tool for figure design and character animation. They examined usage logs of 60,000 AOL customers for one day in 1997 and created an intriguing statistical model based on the data. While 120,000 different Web sites were visited, users congregated at a small number of sites. The Association of National Advertisers surveyed 120 large companies about their Web practices. Web Design Lance Arthur talks about ways of rediscovering creative spirit in Creative Notions , appearing in A List Apart.
Mistakes are good, admire advertising, and other heresies.
Peter Meerholz takes on the accepted wisdom that fast downloads are the essence of good Web design in Wait for It . Jon Katz explores the ecology of electronic communities in Electric Media part 2 . Foragers, lurkers, defenders, and anonymous cowards.