links for 2010-09-09

Behind the scenes on how the BBC mapped the tube strike

"Frankly, we're glad that Google isn't including adult-related keywords in real-time search. We can only imagine the questions a seven-year-old girl would ask when she started typing 'Pussycat Dolls.'"

Responses to Ryan Carson's "UX is bullshit" tweet are still flooding in, this is one of the latest - and here are a selection of the best and most linked to...

"1. Some people are very sensitive about job titles. 2. People in the UX/design/etc world might win the prize for most sensitive. If ever you want a popular blog post - post about how 'UX doesn't exist' or 'interaction designers are kitten kicking liars' and you'll be well on your way". I may steal the "x are kitten kicking liars" formula for a series ;-)

"What we're seeing is a maturing of a term that represents different things. It repres­ents some thing different for our clients, to the web industry as a whole and to the sub set of professionals who have been practicing user experience design for the past 20 years."

"We employ specialists because it allows them to do just that, specialise. All our UI designers have the ability to design and code websites, but we ask them to focus the majority of their efforts on designing interfaces because there isn't enough time in the world to be amazing at everything within the web design industry."