ZodomaticaBits of Tzaddi's Life

photo credit: ODHD Once upon a time I bought a shiny new MacBook Pro. I bought it because although I’ve been a PC user for over 20 years, I needed a laptop and also to be able to test how my websites look on a Mac.  I didn’t believe all the Mac-lover hype – in [...]

Posted: January 19th, 2009 under Computers & Tech, Life, Usability & HCI.
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Whether you agree with him or not, at least you can count on Jakob Nielsen to be interesting. …on the Web, most people are bozos and not worth listening to. A snippet from Why Web 2.0 Can Be Dangerous.

Posted: February 27th, 2008 under Computers & Tech, Design, Usability & HCI.
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One of the things that excited me about Facebook when I first joined was the possibility of promoting events. (I wrote about what I thought after first joining on the Bluelime blog.) I didn’t mention the slightly annoying fact that there was no network for the Sunshine Coast. “OK,” I grumbled, “we’re kind of small. [...]

Posted: June 30th, 2007 under Design, Peeves, Usability & HCI.
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I was babysitting my niece and nephew last weekend. Fascinating to see how they interact with computers. Jeremy (almost 12) comes in the door, grabs the laptop, and plunks himself down in front of the TV. Multitasks away. I invite him to join Makerra (8) and me in some craft-making. He joins us, and still [...]

Posted: May 11th, 2007 under Computers & Tech, Marketing, Usability & HCI.
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I’m trying to find information about appliances available at a major department store. I go to their website and can’t find anything related. In desperation I click the “shop online” tab, even though I don’t really want to shop online, just want information online. (Imagine that. Information. Online.) A search for “dishwasher” returned “We could [...]

Posted: April 12th, 2007 under Design, Peeves, Usability & HCI.
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