Techmeme: Does the US suck at design? (Kathy Sierra/Creating Passionate Users)

3:40 PM ET, July 14, 2006

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Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:

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Todd Woodward / symantec.com:

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Will Price:

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Mike Langberg / Mercury News:

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