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February 01 2010

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RedTacton

RedTacton is a new Human Area Networking technology that uses the surface of the human body as a safe, high speed network transmission path.

January 19 2010

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December 14 2009

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Fitts's law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fitts's law (often cited as Fitts' law) is a model of human movement in human-computer interaction and ergonomics which predicts that the time required to rapidly move to a target area is a function of the distance and the size of the target. Fitts's law is used to model the act of pointing, either by physically touching an object with a hand or finger, or virtually, by pointing to an object on a computer display using a pointing device. It was proposed by Paul Fitts in 1954.
Tags: ux hci theory

September 25 2009

bashford

BOKODE - Barcodes for the rest of us

These tiny reflective devices can store thousands of bits and look like a much better version of QR codes, and could even replace RFID for nearfield stuff.

June 29 2009

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May 28 2009

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May 08 2009

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May 05 2009

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On Engineering and Design: An Open Letter - BusinessWeek

Bill Buxton has a great article on Business Week entitled On Engineering and Design: An Open Letter which is about the need for engineers to focus on what they do best and the need for companies to hire professional User Experience Designers.

April 28 2009

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A List Apart: Articles: In Defense of Eye Candy

Research proves attractive things work better. How we think cannot be separated from how we feel. The next time a boss, client, or co-worker scoffs at the notion that beauty is an important aspect of interface design, point their peepers here.

April 25 2009

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User experience design, research and strategy :: Flow Interactive

Flow specialises in user-centred design, customer experience strategy, user research and usability testing.

April 07 2009

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GUUUI - Competitive Usability

Old article explaining why usability is going to be "a key differentiator of tomorrow's internet"

March 13 2009

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What Is User Experience Design » Articles » Intelligent Experience Design

User experience design can sometimes be a slippery term. With all the other often used terms that float around in its realm in the technology and web space: interaction design, information architecture, human computer interaction, human factors engineering, usability, and user interface design. People often end up asking “what is the difference between all these fields and which one do I need?” This article examines the term and field of user experience to plainly extrapolate its meaning and connect the dots with these other fields.

November 29 2008

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Special GUI for Your Eyes Only

Researches at the University of Washington have recently developed a system, which for the first time, offers an instantly customizable approach to user interfaces. Each participant in the program is placed through a brief skills test and then a mathematically-based version of the user interface optimized for his or her vision and motor abilities is generated.

November 25 2008

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Interaction Design: An Introduction

Adaptive Path's Dan Saffer explains the emerging field of designing interactive systems for everyday products and services like iPods and TiVo

November 13 2008

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World Usability Day | Making Life Easy!

It's about making our world work better. It's about "Making Life Easy" and user friendly. Technology today is too hard to use. A cell phone should be as easy to access as a doorknob. In order to humanize a world that uses technology as an infrastructure for education, healthcare, transportation, government, communication, entertainment, work and other areas, we must develop these technologies in a way that serves people first.

November 12 2008

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Good Experience: customer experience, user experience

Focus on customer experience, user experience, human experience..
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Shneiderman's Eight Golden Rules of Interface Design

To improve the usability of an application it is important to have a well designed interface. Shneiderman's "Eight Golden Rules of Interface Design" are a guide to good interaction design.
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