Archive for September, 2004

3 is the Magic Number

Tuesday, September 21st, 2004

Yes it is. It’s the magic number. Somewhere in this UCD community…
Three articles, all written this week, that have an underlying theme of questioning the value of UCD and those who provide expertise in it.
The User-Centric Design Trap [props] WebWord [/props]

UCD isn’t flawed. Rather, it was never intended to solve the complex motivational [...]

Trading Spaces

Friday, September 17th, 2004

Sagan was moved to a new room and new teacher today.
Claire and I had some philisophical differences with Sagan’s initial teacher. No problems whatsoever with the teaching assistant though.
Sagan usually goes through an adjustment period when she starts doing a new thing with a new schedule. But she never takes longer than a [...]

Best. Interface. Ever.

Friday, September 17th, 2004

Friday fun. 4 minutes of design and development and I can solve 7 +/- 2% to 80/20% of the usability problems most computer interfaces have today.
I am birky!
Or perhaps this is what happens when you focus too much on user-centered design.

Quick Poll & Request for Feedback

Tuesday, September 14th, 2004

Have you ever attended the HCI International Conference?
This year the conference pulls together:

11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (held jointly with)
Symposium on Human Interface (Japan) 2005
6th International Conference on Engineering Psychology & Cognitive Ergonomics
3rd International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction
1st International Conference on Virtual Reality
1st International Conference on [...]