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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../assets/xml/rss.xsl" media="all"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Graeme Pietersz - integrated IT, finance &amp; strategy consultancy (Posts about usability)</title><link>http://pietersz.net/</link><description></description><atom:link href="http://pietersz.net/tags/usability.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><language>en</language><copyright>Contents © 2026 &lt;a href="mailto:graeme@pietersz.net"&gt;Graeme Pietersz&lt;/a&gt; </copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:27:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>Nikola (getnikola.com)</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>What determines success and failure on the web?</title><link>http://pietersz.net/posts/web-success-failure/</link><dc:creator>Graeme Pietersz</dc:creator><description>&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img src="http://pietersz.net/images/background.png"&gt;&lt;/figure&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;What makes a web site (or a web app) a success or a failure? Having seen a lot of successes and failures I find there are a few common types of business website that have different risks and determinants of success:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://pietersz.net/posts/web-success-failure/"&gt;Read more…&lt;/a&gt; (6 min remaining to read)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><category>strategy</category><category>usability</category><category>web</category><guid>http://pietersz.net/posts/web-success-failure/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:52:11 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why your website should be ugly</title><link>http://pietersz.net/posts/ugly-website/</link><dc:creator>Graeme Pietersz</dc:creator><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Most people (out side the industry anyway) assume that web sites should look good, and an aesthetically good website will produce better results than an ugly one. This is not true, and many of the things that make a website look good will tend to
make it worse for users.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://pietersz.net/posts/ugly-website/"&gt;Read more…&lt;/a&gt; (3 min remaining to read)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><category>design</category><category>ui</category><category>usability</category><category>web</category><guid>http://pietersz.net/posts/ugly-website/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2019 10:35:42 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>