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Post number 9526

christina — Mon, 20 Aug 2001 18:16:05 -0800

happy birthday jakob Though we all like to scream about his pronouncements or catch him when he makes an error in his own rules, it's time everyone who has a job relating to human factors to acknowledge that Jakob Nielsen's tireless promoting of usability is very likely the reason our bosses or our clients are willing to consider allowing usability testing. Thanks guy! Wish I could afford to buy you that rogers and hamerstein collection...

By: jjg

jjg — Mon, 20 Aug 2001 19:01:34 -0800

Are you sure this is the same guy? Maybe our Jakob is really a James Patterson fan. Or perhaps he wishes for nothing at all, save a usable Web (not to be confused with usableweb.com, of course).

By: Dean_Paxton

Dean_Paxton — Mon, 20 Aug 2001 20:25:20 -0800

t-shirt! Actually, I like the 80 milion in venture capital shirt better.

By: christina

christina — Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:10:43 -0800

It is a different guy.. he responded on my weblog. We was quite happy to be thanksed instead of picked on for a change, though... FYi, his birthday is October 5th.

By: kv

kv — Mon, 20 Aug 2001 23:30:59 -0800

My birthday is next May, I hope you post a link for me then!

By: jpoulos

jpoulos — Tue, 21 Aug 2001 06:59:55 -0800

MeFi's back for 2 hours, and we've already got a pointless happy birthday post. I'm 12/18...XL shirt size, 9 shoe.

By: wackybrit

wackybrit — Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:54:38 -0800

http://www.nngroup.com/about/people/index.html Doesn't it seem like three crusty usability dudes got together and formed a company just so they could staff it with a variety of reasonably attractive women? I don't see a single guy except them ;-) Not to mention that Jakob's latest column is nothing more than a direct plug for his e-commerce report and a conference of his. But don't get me wrong, I actually think he's quite a good guy.

By: leo

leo — Wed, 22 Aug 2001 13:10:22 -0800

Wish I could afford to buy you that rogers and hamerstein collection... Syncophancy anyone?