The 60-picture photoset illustrates four key ages of a woman’s life, with an array of beautifully average models between the ages of 18 and 53. The pictures are associated with a quote (sometimes witty, sometimes wise), a name and a job: the very core of being a woman in the early 21st century.

The slide show is well worth clicking through all 60 pictures and giving a few seconds and a thought to each one of them.

The point of the article, of course, is that if we find it so amusingly remote how the web looked like thirteen (now fourteen) years ago, will we find it amusing how the web worked in 2010, when we look back on it in ten – fifteen years?

The pace of development, is, obviuosly huge, technologies change, big players come and go, but if you ask me, the answer to that very question is no.

According to the thought provoking and provocative piece Apple is like China, based on its arguments in the Adobe vs. Apple war, and Apple is like Disney(land) because it tends to provide an ever so steril, ever so clean and shiny, but ever so closed environment for both its users and its developers.

Which is, of course, fine with some 95% of its users, but, unfortunately for Apple, the 5% turns out to be the the loudest part.

We will not judge Apple or Louis, but the article certainly makes an interesting read.

According to Google, making faster websites is beneficial both on the cost end (by reducing operating costs) and from the user experience’s point of view.

According to an internal study driven (and quoted) by Google, if a site responds slowly, visitors spend less time there.

While the importance of site speed, among many other factors is relatively small at this point (around 1%), leaving most sites unaffected, the aim proclaimed by Google, a half-second download time for a certain website seem to be beyond reach for many players on the internet.

Simplicity in rules, and a wide range of complexity in levels, from a no-brainer rookie level to an astonishing world-cup stage for professionals (with gazillions of invested work hours in most cases).

All other things, like design, effects or even, background story only follow the simplicity based user experience, and, in reality, add very little to the game’s value.

Wired Magazine is now (in cooperation with the creators of Bejeweled creator Jason Kapalka) revealing the secret of addictive games. In not more than a few paragraphs (simple, isn’t it?)

• Bejeweled Creator Spills Secrets of Addictive Games

Wireframes have changed a lot from the early days, when application functionality was lightyears away from design elements. As the two got closer, both the function and the making of wireframes have changed completely. The process now includes the client (who now can read wireframes), and in an ideal world it would end up in a better product.

The article is quite long but it is worth the read.