Tag: Usability

Video: New technology

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Formatting tips from Scott Adams

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Scott Adams, of Dilbert fame, recently posted on his blog about some of the atrocious formatting used in online travel itineraries and driving directions.
When I book a flight on Orbitz, they e-mail me this little confusing mess of a confirmation that just pisses me off:
“Tuesday, June 5, 2007
United Airlines […]

CHI 2007: Day 4

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CHI is now officially over.
The last day was just as good as the rest. I went to:

Papers: Usability
Papers: Usability Evaluation
Closing Plenary: The Mobile as a Post-Industrial Platform for Socio-Economic Development (Niti Bhan)

There were several really interesting papers presentations in the two sessions I went to, but two […]

CHI 2007: Day 3

I’m finally starting to get over the jet-lag, which is good… but it’s almost 11pm now and I’m feeling pretty worn out.
Today was a fun day that consisted of the following:

Course: Ajax Design and Usability
Experience Reports: Development Process
Microsoft Party
Google Party

The course was a good introduction to Ajax and talked about some of the limitations that […]

CHI 2007: Day 2

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It’s only 6:30pm, but I feel so worn out that I just want to go to bed. Maybe it’s the jet-lag that’s getting to me.
Today was a really good day at CHI, though I was only able to attend two sessions:

Interactive Session: “Get Real!” What’s Wrong with […]