Victor Bayin has commented on the ACM Ubiquity article by Benjamin B. Bederson titled, Interfaces for Staying in the Flow. I haven’t read it yet, but it looks like an …
UK UPA london event: Games and the EyeToy
The UK Chapter of the UPA, the Usability Professionals’ Association who promote usability concepts and techniques in the UK, will be holding an event tomorrow night at Microsoft London on …
UXnet meet in London
It was a pleasure attending the first UXnet meet in London last night which featured a talk by Kevin Cheng of OK/Cancel. It was a fantastic turn out, and was …
IAWIKI Sydney Meet on Wednesday
Thank you to the 20 or so people who came to the IA meet in Sydney organised by Eric from IAWiki. It was great to meet with fellow peers both …
The ethics within Ubiquitous Computing
Adam Greenfield has written an informative and interesting article in Boxes and Arrows on some of the ethical guidelines for user experience within ubiquitous-computing. It is an very interesting read, …
Interaction Design Institute Ivrea (Italy)
I was out last night with some friends for dinner at the IA Sydney meet and we spoke briefly about the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in Italy and some of …
Turning the Pages a project by the British library
Turning the Pages is a digital project by the The British Library that allows museums and libraries to give members of the public access to precious books. Initially developed by …
Paralysed man sends e-mail by thought
A Nature article comments on how a Paralysed man is able to send e-mail by thought The device allows the patient to control a computer or television using his mind, …
The new Beta Yahoo search, MySearch
Yahoo have launched their beta version of their new search engine, MySearch. A personalised search engine that recalls and categorises results.
37 Signals paper on Using Patterns in web design
Ryan Singer has written an interesting article, that is an introduction to using patterns in web design. The paper covers ways to group, prioritize, and organize similar items during mockups …
Master of Interactive Multimedia
I graduated from my Master of Interactive Multimedia (MIMM) the other day alongside some postgrad and undergrad friends and peers from IML, the Faculty of IT and Science Faculty at …
Colour selection with Scheme Generator 2
Web Style have created a useful colour tool that helps in the selection of colour combinations. The tool creates suitable colour combinations within various palettes that are comfortable and pleasant …
User Interface Patterns and Techniques
Jeniffer Tidwell has written a useful list of common patterns that helps provide literary solutions within Interface Design. Her list isn’t intended as a step-by-step guide on creating an interface, …
Nose movement and blinking controls the mouse
New Scientist comments on a new innovative interface that allows users to move the cursor on the screen by softly twitching your nose from left to right, and accepting actions …
Movement & Meaning presentation and Lavanotation introduction
My visit to Sussex University included attending the presentation of PhD student from UTS Lian Loke, titled, Movement & Meaning: A Study of iToy. The presentation was extremely interesting and …