by Theo Mandel | Jan 31, 2008 | Marketing Usability, Technology, Usability Bloopers, Usability Humor
You knew it was coming…move over iPhone! Here is a cellular phone that *really* can multitask! The Sumsing Turbo 3000 Xi mobile phone! View the video!
by Theo Mandel | Nov 14, 2007 | Application Usability, Technology, User Centered Design (UCD), Web 2.0, Web Usability
I conducted eye-movement research on reading comprehension in my graduate work on my M.A. and Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology back in the early 80’s. Eye-tracking hardware and software have come a long way since then and they provide very interesting analyses of...
by Theo Mandel | Oct 28, 2007 | Real-World Usability, Technology
Interesting article on future UI research going on at Microsoft. They are even filing patents on the technology. – Read the article – Microsoft’s Patent application Companies that develop some of the world’s most well-known user interfaces,...
by Theo Mandel | Oct 22, 2007 | Application Usability, Technology, Usability Humor
Police excuse angry computer user for outburst Reuters, Tuesday July 17, 2007 2:35pm EDT (View article) BERLIN (Reuters) – A German man who startled his neighbors when he hurled his computer out of the window in the middle of the night, was let off for...
by Theo Mandel | Oct 11, 2007 | Healthcare Usability, Technology, World Usability Day
Very illuminating interview with Stanford doctor, Christopher Longhurst, a general pediatrician who works in the IT department there. Recorded from the Scoble Show, a video blog about “geeks, technologists and developers.” The most interesting thing? Just...
by Theo Mandel | Jul 21, 2007 | Application Usability, Technology, User Centered Design (UCD)
Good interview with Larry Tesler, one of the innovators from Xerox PARC who created the early GUIs with icons and folders on the desktop. After the Xerox PARC years, he worked at Apple on the early GUI products, the Apple Lisa and the Macintosh. This was an exciting...
