A certain sense of Déjà vu
This is one of the more surreal forms I’ve come across recently…
A real page turner
I was listening to the excellent I.A. Podcast with Jeff Parks the other day. In the episode titled “Working in the post-industrial era” with Dorian Taylor they spoke about many interesting subjects concerning modern working…
Bad user testing beats no user testing
Jakob Nielson offers a great summary of why to do at least some user testing. Even if it’s poor, you’re likely to catch at least a few major errors. I believe that when deadlines are…
In Favour of Complexity
I was fortunate enough to attend the sell-out ‘UX London’ conference at The Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch this year (June 15th – 17th). It was the first conference if its type here in London aimed…
In a perfect world, no one would be able to use anything*
Fantastic Dilbert cartoons at 90% of Everything this morning. Dilbert on User Experience: http://www.90percentofeverything.com/2009/05/26/dilbert-on-user-experience/ * The views expressed in this title are Mordac’s alone and do not represent my own…
How to turn a light off in the dark
Hotel rooms present a variety of novel user-interactions to their often tired and stressed guests. But do travellers really value chic design and high-concept living when all they want to do is turn off the…
Poka-yoke
Poka yoke, pronounced “POH-kah YOH-keh” — is a Japanese term that translates as “mistake-proofing” (from the Japanese yokeru (avoiding) and poka (inadvertent errors). A poka-yoke device is any mechanism that either prevents a mistake from…
