I left my heart…
I haven’t even been in Cambridge for a week and already I’m leaving again. I’ll be in San Francisco and other Bay Area locales for the next week, meeting new and old friends as well as attending the DUX conference. I won’t be blogging the conference, but I will have my Hiptop/Sidekick, so drop me [...]
UsabilityNet
Just stumbled across UsabilityNet. Not a bad little overview of usability, with a nice table of methods (though their typography could use some work). Similar to Usability.gov, but from the EU.
Design for Real People
“Designers learn about aesthetics. They seldom learn about human psychology…. Humans are fallible. Learn that. Cherish that…. Design for people as they are, not as you would have them be. Design for inefficient users. Design for creative, imaginative people who will do things with your design that you never have dreamed of, things both good [...]
NIME Proceedings
The New Interfaces for Musical Expression conference was wonderful. So was Montreal. I’ll post more in a few days, but for now, you can check out the online proceedings. It’s so wonderful when proceedings are publicly available… Completely unrelated: I just saw five huskies walking down the sidewalk, single-file, with their owner bringing up the [...]
Summer Plans
School is over, I’m submitting my thesis paper and project proposals today, and I’ll be leaving Pittsburgh tomorrow. This summer I’ll be in Boston in the Collaborative User Experience Research Group at IBM, doing stuff related to people communicating using computers. I’ll also be going to several conferences. May 21-24: New Interfaces for Musical Expression [...]
Job Seeking Advice
Some solid, straightforward advice from Scott Berkun at Microsoft about landing a position in any of the user-experience related positions. Many of the graduating second-year interaction design students as well as the HCI students are currently out looking around. Best of luck to them – some friends have already landed great positions, and I have [...]
Two Birthdays
The first one is a bit belated: this site passed the two-year mark a few days ago. Thanks to everyone who stops by, and especially to all of you wonderful friends I’ve made through this weblog. The second birthday is my own. Cinco de Mayo, spanish for “Chad’s Birthday”. Thanks, Mom and Dad. Now, if [...]
Demos on Video
Because videos often get the point across much faster. CHI Video Retrospective U of Maryland HCIL Open House Videos From HCI Index