Didn’t feel like reporting on anything today and wanted to do something cheerful. Webreference reviewed usability pro Jakob Nielsen’s newest book, Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed and I got it in my head to do a song on him. Here’s what popped up. Apologies to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice for messing with their song and Dr. Nielsen for making him the subject.
JAKOB NIELSEN
Sung to the tune of “Jacob and Sons” from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Way way back many years ago
Not long after the Internet began
Jakob co-founded Nielsen Norman
He proclaimed himself the usability man
Jakob. Jakob Nielsen.
Depended on old browsers to earn his keep
Jakob. Jakob Nielsen.
Spent his days talking and making designers go -bleep-
Jakob was the founder of a whole usability nation
Thanks to the number of supporters he had
He was also known as a usability guru, but most of the time
Everyone called him a passing fad.
Jakob. Jakob Nielsen.
Use no graphics and only black text says his book
Jakob. Jakob Nielsen.
If you want your users to take another look.
Usability Engineering was the first of his books
Multimedia and Hypertext the next in line
Advances in Human/Computer Interaction
Designing Web Usability that made us all whine
Jakob. Jakob Nielsen.
Homepage Usability is the latest one
Jakob. Jakob Nielsen.
Jakob — Jakob’s favorite one
Jakob. Jakob Nielsen.
Jakob. Jakob Nielsen.
Jakob. Jakob Nielsen.
Jakob, Jakob, Jakob
Jakob. Jakob Nielsen.
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