I spoke to Josephine Wong from
Apogee - Usability in Asia about the state
of usability in China.

Josephine mentions the "User Friendly"
conference. That's run by UPA China.

Disclosure: Apogee and my company,
Information & Design, work together
from time to time.

The Cultural Probes technique provides a
 way to explore the user's world when other
methods are not available or appropriate.

Gerry Gaffney discusses the technique with
John Murphy, of Design4Use.

Note that this interivew was updated on July 17
to provide some additional detail.

We often encounter rules of thumb. This brief podcast discusses "3 clicks" "7 plus or minus 2", and the application of such rules.