feed magazine: "the butterfly effect – steven johnson talks with information-design experts jakob nielsen, bruce tognazzini, brenda laurel, and don norman about the ballot debacle in florida, and why usability matters."

i wish oliver wrede's article "designer und die brauchbarkeit" would be available in english to set a real counterpoint to this evergrowing usability-hype. it is just too hip to talk about usability and even worse, to focus on the personalities behind the buzz (which is not simply buzz all the time, i damit – heheh, beautiful typing mistake!). how does it come that we and them still need this cult of personality?