Eh bien, quoi? As those of you who know me well are aware, I like to curse a lot. The "F" word is one of my favorite in the English language due to its amazing grammatical versatility and universality. However, I'd like to get to the point where I
Rhetorical appeals in interaction design. Once you start looking for connections, connections spontaneously pop up to say hello. For my presentation last week in Boulder at Interaction Eleven, I talked about Donald Norman’s three levels of cognition that designers need to know about in order to create great products: visceral, behavioral, and reflective – found
Words are sensuous. Words are beautiful. The historical B&O rail station. Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore. I need a sandbox full of consonants and vowels. Full, crisp, contrasty ones. Like the ones found in “Camden Yards”. Camden Yards is one of my favorite things to say. From the first time I ever
On touching data. Touch interface design guidelines dictate that the more simple and limited the gestural language used to control a system, the better. Use only these gestures when designing for touch devices: slide, pinch, zoom, tap, double tap. The reasoning goes that first of all, there are little to no affordances in
Eh bien, quoi? As those of you who know me well are aware, I like to curse a lot. The "F" word is one of my favorite in the English language due to its amazing grammatical versatility and universality. However, I'd like to get to the point where I
Rhetorical appeals in interaction design. Once you start looking for connections, connections spontaneously pop up to say hello. For my presentation last week in Boulder at Interaction Eleven, I talked about Donald Norman’s three levels of cognition that designers need to know about in order to create great products: visceral, behavioral, and reflective – found
Words are sensuous. Words are beautiful. The historical B&O rail station. Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore. I need a sandbox full of consonants and vowels. Full, crisp, contrasty ones. Like the ones found in “Camden Yards”. Camden Yards is one of my favorite things to say. From the first time I ever
On touching data. Touch interface design guidelines dictate that the more simple and limited the gestural language used to control a system, the better. Use only these gestures when designing for touch devices: slide, pinch, zoom, tap, double tap. The reasoning goes that first of all, there are little to no affordances in
Eh bien, quoi? As those of you who know me well are aware, I like to curse a lot. The "F" word is one of my favorite in the English language due to its amazing grammatical versatility and universality. However, I'd like to get to the point where I
Rhetorical appeals in interaction design. Once you start looking for connections, connections spontaneously pop up to say hello. For my presentation last week in Boulder at Interaction Eleven, I talked about Donald Norman’s three levels of cognition that designers need to know about in order to create great products: visceral, behavioral, and reflective – found