So I agreed today to take on the role as User Experience Designer for trendi.com. It looks like this is going to be pretty fun. We’re doing a total overhaul of the front end and may be re-writing the backend as well. Right now the backend is in Python/TurboGears, but we’re thinking about trying to [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2006
Reading: The 1984 Olympic Message System
December 21, 2006 – 4:27 pm
Today I read the Gould Paper “The 1984 Olympic Message System: a test of behavioral principles of system design”. (PDF from www.tol.oulu.fi) It was an interesting paper from a systems design perspective and I’m hoping I can draw from it some useful points for the designers and builders of modern web applications.
More after the cut, [...]
A quick Usability Bug
December 21, 2006 – 3:53 pm
I’m working from a coffee shop in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood today. Just now I went to the restroom and while I was there I washed my hands and went to dry them.
At this shop they’ve elected to use a paper towel dispenser that incorporates a motion detector to release the towels, presumably to promote [...]
Back to School
December 21, 2006 – 2:46 pm
So I’m going back to school. I’m going to MIT to study Human Computer Interaction and Interface Design. Sort of.
Here’s the catch: I’m doing it for free.
You might be familiar with MIT’s OpenCourseWare project. Basically they offer the syllabus and lecture notes for free online. Most of th readings are available for free online (Checkout [...]
Walking on Water
December 7, 2006 – 2:48 pm
Despite the fact that I am in fact an ordained reverend I cannot yet walk on water. Although, google thinks I can:
Google Transit Route from Home to Parents’
