Paul Love from work forwarded this great blog post by Seth Godin on his experiences from Eye Tracking. I think websurfing is a hunting activity. The eye is looking for …
Flickr goes Gamma from an earlier Beta version
I was revisiting my Flickr account today to explore interestingness when I noticed that some of the interface had changed. It was a breath of refreshing air to see how …
IA Summit 06 Redux
According to recent academic and business research, there is an enormous wave of people on its way to adulthood that may very well take us by surprise. And while many …
Sorting Things Out: Classification and its Consequences
Peter Merholz posted an interesting dicussion the other day on the classification of systems becoming invisible through use. Bowker and Star showed that classification systems become invisible through use, but …
What is a widget & how to create one in OS X 10.4
Apple have a useful website on developing OS X Dashboard Widgets. I’ve recently upgraded to OS X 10.4.5 from 10.3.9 and I’m fascinated by the widgets in OS X that …
Characteristics of Being In Flow & current literature
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 …
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 …
VoiceOver for OS X adds speech to the interface
Apple have released VoiceOver for Mac OS X. The next version of OS X will include the new accessible spoken interface that provides a new way, through speech, audible cues, …
Dave Shea’s presentation from WE04
I was unfortunately away from Sydney, to attend the recent WE04 Accessibility conference, at UTS last week. I soooooooo wanted to be there, especially that I was arriving from the …
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 …
The NextD Design Journal
An interesting journal titled, The NextD Design Journal looks at a variety of topics and areas, including human-centered design, navigation, innovation, interaction and research.
Digital Pick and Drop concept
I’m finally back at the helm of the reloade journal, been away for a few months working on a uni research project. I came across this interesting article today on …
REELISE project wins an AIMIA
Congratulations goes out to some of my friends from UTS, Phil, Ailin, Peter, Jess and Anna, who last night won an AIMIA award for Best Student Developed Content for their …