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    A New Direction for UX Design

    September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment

    I  believe Fred Beecher has cut straight to the heart of why the iPhone has changed the way that mobile computing and touch interface will be designed in the future.
    He mentions not only game theory, but learnability and the use of fun to help users become familiar with an interface.
    While he disagrees with those that [...]

    Aug

    20

    3 Levels of Usability Design

    August 20, 2009 | 1 Comment

    While I may have wanted to blackball my colleague, Dana Chisnell out of personal poutiness due to her leaving the Bay Area (pooey); She just keeps on churning out amazing and useful books Handbook of Usability Testing, 2nd Ed. and articles.
    Today, she wrote this blog post about providing more than just basic usability in a [...]

    Jul

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    Time Breakdown of Modern Web Design

    July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment

    There seems to be a general irritation on the part of really talented web designers that has to do with design becoming easier with all these great tools that do most of the coding for you. No need to do fancy CSS or java coding, just make a table and drop some pre-made widgets in [...]

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    Photographic Fabric

    July 14, 2009 | 2 Comments

    If it weren’t on the other side of the country, I think I would be spending alot of time hanging out at MIT. They are constantly researching and creating products that I find fascinating.
    This article was posted HERE on their news site last week.
    A Fabric with Vision
    by Elizabeth A. Thomson
    Researchers create flexible lensless camera from [...]

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    Data Visualization

    June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment

    As a researcher and professional working with accessibility, special needs, education, usability and interaction design, I am constantly searching for better ways to present information. Especially complex and dynamic information.
    Web 2.0 has introduced cloud sourced information that defies traditional representations (graphs and pie charts). We as an industry of information technology specialists need to find [...]

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