Theo Mandel and Larry Marine present “Agile – When Theory Meets Reality” at RM PDMA
Theo Mandel and Larry Marine present “Agile – When Theory Meets Reality" at the Rocky Mountain PDMA monthly meeting on September 16, 2010. Larry Marine, NPDP, is President at Intuitive Design Group and member of RM PDMA. The Product Development and Management...
Observing the Customer Experience
Mark Hust of Good Experience runs a wildly successful and informative conference, Gel, every year that focuses on user experience. One of the key speakers was Alex Lee, president of OXO. From Good Experience's blog: Product developers everywhere could learn a lesson...
No more vacation: How technology is stealing our lives
Have we become too dependent on our mobile computers and devices? This article answers the question: "E-mail and smart phones were supposed to liberate us. So why does it feel like we never have any free time?" Things may have gotten worse than we thought: "There's...
Healthcare IT News: Health 2.0 2010 Developer Challenge
This is a wonderful community effort! The Health 2.0 2010 Developer Challenge was launched on June 2nd, 2010 at the Community Health Data Initiative (CHDI) meeting at the Institute of Medicine (IOM), with support from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)....
Smashing Magazine: 40+ Helpful Resources On User Interface Design Patterns
User interface design patterns are common researched and reusable solutions to frequent user interface problems. There are a number of user interface pattern repositories. This article in Smashing Magazine lists over 40 resources for user interface design patterns....
Electronic Pill Bottle Cap Increases Medication Use, Study Says
Finally, technologists provide enhancements to healthcare usability! Usability of medicine pill bottles, that is!! I work on the usability of healthcare software systems. I'm glad to see that usability professionals are also working on medical devices and other areas...
Ideo – The Future of Self-Service Banking
ATM banking systems haven't kept up with touchscreen technology. Look what you can do on an iPad and then look at your bank's ATM screen. There's no reason an ATM needs to have an out-dated on-screen with buttons on the frame of the hardware. Ideo created an new ATM...
Healthcare wants a tablet, but not Apple’s iPad
Since the introduction of the iPad, everyone has wondered if this is the ultimate tablet platform. However, one industry that has been using tablet computers for many years - the healthcare industry - does not necessarily think the iPad is the bee's knees. Here's the...
Mandel presentes “Golden Rules of Usable Web Design” at Direct Marketing Association Conference
Theo Mandel, Ph.D. presented a session at Rocky Mountain Direct Marketing Association's (RMDMA) Direct Marketing Day conference in Denver on May 19, 2010. The session was titled, "The Golden Rules of Usable Web Design." Each year, the Rocky Mountain Direct Marketing...
iPad Usability: First Findings From User Testing – Mixed Results!
Now that the iPad is out and people are using the new apps supposedly designed for the iPad, their usability falls short of the expected Apple usability experience. Jakob Nielsen, in his Alertbox, May 10 2010, summarized his findings: "iPad apps are inconsistent and...