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Category Archives: Usability & HCI
Learning to love my Mac (maybe)
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 … Continue reading
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Please, Jakob, tell us how you really feel.
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.
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How Facebook is squelching adoption
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 … Continue reading
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Babysitting as field study
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 … Continue reading
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What’s wrong with this picture?
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, … Continue reading
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