I'm a long time reader, first time commenter. Overall, I think many of the articles are incredibly valuable - very good stuff. Recently, there have been a few that made me go "huh?" Your "In Defense of A/B Testing" article is really strange. Local minima? Global minimum? Seriously? Quoting Rand that testing headlines is a waste of time? Really? This article is full of buzzwords and misinformation. This kind of article really gives good ammunition to people that think Smashing is all fluff and list posts, and very little substance - even though I don't think that. If you really wanted to post a useful article on A/B or multivariate testing, I would respectfully suggest that you link to useful resources, describe interesting testing success stories, and highlight how easy it is to make site improvements through testing - all in the simple, direct, entertaining style that I've come to expect from Smashing articles. This particular article was a complete miss, and anyone with more than a passing interest in testing would know that right away.
I used to frequent SmashingMagazine twice a day, but after the whole "SmashingMag Network" deal, I stopped reading SmashingMagazine altogether. Tweets from Smashing Magazine is the most I read now.
I don't really get much time read here at work. However, i've loved the tweets about the quality of design. The focus on the basics and the quality rather than the tools involved is great. Learning a lot from those reads! Thanks guys!
I'm a long time reader, first time commenter. Overall, I think many of the articles are incredibly valuable - very good stuff. Recently, there have been a few that made me go "huh?" Your "In Defense of A/B Testing" article is really strange. Local minima? Global minimum? Seriously? Quoting Rand that testing headlines is a waste of time? Really? This article is full of buzzwords and misinformation. This kind of article really gives good ammunition to people that think Smashing is all fluff and list posts, and very little substance - even though I don't think that. If you really wanted to post a useful article on A/B or multivariate testing, I would respectfully suggest that you link to useful resources, describe interesting testing success stories, and highlight how easy it is to make site improvements through testing - all in the simple, direct, entertaining style that I've come to expect from Smashing articles. This particular article was a complete miss, and anyone with more than a passing interest in testing would know that right away.
Smashing's articles have been consistently good and relevant. Keep doin' whatcha doin'!
They are Awesome than before ;) ...
I used to frequent SmashingMagazine twice a day, but after the whole "SmashingMag Network" deal, I stopped reading SmashingMagazine altogether. Tweets from Smashing Magazine is the most I read now.
They've always been good. Lately some great contributions have been added. Thumbs up!
Recently was supposed to mean recent 4-5 weeks.
I don't really get much time read here at work. However, i've loved the tweets about the quality of design. The focus on the basics and the quality rather than the tools involved is great. Learning a lot from those reads! Thanks guys!
It'd be nice to have some sort of time-frame to work within. "Recently" could mean anything.