by Theo Mandel | Aug 18, 2009 | Application Usability, Marketing Usability, Real-World Usability, Usability Bloopers, Usability Humor, User Centered Design (UCD), Web Usability
Seth Godin, bestselling author, entrepreneur and agent of change in his Gel 2006 video. Why are so many things broken? In this entertaining talk – one of the favorites of Gel 2006 – Seth Godin gives a tour of things poorly designed, the reasons why they...
by Theo Mandel | Jun 23, 2008 | Technology, Usability Bloopers, Usability Humor, User Centered Design (UCD), Users, Web Usability
Fun, somewhat tongue-in-cheek article about reading/browsing online vs. paper. He uses Jakob Nielsen’s writings as examples and goes from there. Worth a read on Slate (Aricle by Michael Agger).
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 | 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 | Jun 21, 2007 | Usability Humor
It’s always great to see examples of how important the consumer experience is. Here’s a great video parody about the consumer experience....
by Theo Mandel | Mar 20, 2007 | Usability Bloopers, Usability Humor
Let users do what they want to do, when they want to do it, and how they want to do it.