Year: 2015

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My Twitter Digest for 03/23/2015

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Facebook releases Augmented Traffic Control, an open source tool for simulating network conditions

Augmented Traffic Control (ATC) is a tool to simulate network conditions. It allows controlling the connection that a device has to the internet. Aspects of the connection that can be controlled include:

bandwidth, latency, packet loss, corrupted packets, packets ordering

In order to be able to shape the network traffic, ATC must be running on a device that routes the traffic and sees the real IP address of the device, like your network gateway for instance.

https://github.com/facebook/augmented-traffic-control

This tool should be useful to anyone building an app on the network. CALI could use this to test behavior of Lessons on a bad connection, something we’ve been thinking about recently.

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Use Personas to Make Websites Better

The purpose of personas is to create reliable and realistic representations of your key audience segments for reference. These representations should be based on qualitative and some quantitative user research and web analytics. Remember, your personas are only as good as the research behind them. Effective personas:

  • Represent a major user group for your website

  • Express and focus on the major needs and expectations of the most important user groups

  • Give a clear picture of the user’s expectations and how they’re likely to use the site

  • Aid in uncovering universal features and functionality

  • Describe real people with backgrounds, goals, and values

via Personas | Usability.gov.

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My Twitter Digest for 03/20/2015

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My Twitter Digest for 03/19/2015