Posts from 2006 (Page 12)

233 posts from 2006

Sep 08, 2006
Usability

The Spoolcast Continues

Parts two, three, and four of Jared Spool’s Spoolcast are also available. Part 1: Description - MP3 - Transcript Part 2: Description - MP3 Part 3: Description - MP3 Part 4: Description - MP3

Sep 07, 2006
Usability

Jared Spool on…just about everything

Jared Spool, noted usability guy and wiseass (read his bio), introduces the Spoolcast, a roundtable podcast, covering a variety of topics. Episode 1 includes the following topics (and thankfully does not feature a Jamaican alien with floppy ears):...

Sep 06, 2006
Web Design

IE 7 Developer Center Updates

Dave Massy, a PM from the Internet Explorer team, blogged about the revamp of the IE Developer Center on MSDN: We've worked to make some of the essential links such as reference material easier to find and we will be promoting different content on...

Sep 05, 2006
Web Design

Microsoft Expression Web Beta 1 Available!

Microsoft just released Beta 1 of their new, designer-oriented web development product, Expression Web. Expression Web, which requires v2.0 of the .NET Framework, can be downloaded for free from Microsoft (requires free registration and a Windows ...

Sep 05, 2006
Usability

The Unfortunate Ergonomics of the School Cafeteria

Diana Wynne, blogger extraordinaire and a design manager at an unnamed company in San Francisco, opines about the sorry state of ergonomics in your child’s cafeteria. At Microsoft, we have a vaguely similar setup, except that our receptacles are ...

Sep 03, 2006
Ui Design

Tufteisms

Have you ever spent time browsing Edward Tufte’s website? You really should. I haven’t in quite a while, and I was surprised by how much I had missed previously. The man is absolutely spectacular at the art of presenting information usefully, and ...

Aug 31, 2006
Meta

…a new day

The single most beautiful thing I have ever borne witness to was a Sigur Ros concert in Seattle back in May 2006. There’s a point in one of their songs, entitled viðrar vel til loftárása, where the lead singer, Jónsi, pauses mid-lyric, holding his...

Aug 30, 2006
Ui Design

Is an HCI revolution just around the corner?

This month in ACM Queue, John Canny, a distinguished Professor of Engineering at UC Berkeley, poses the question “Is an HCI revolution just around the corner?” Although I generally find breathless prognostications of amazing possibilities Right Ar...

Aug 27, 2006
Meta

Aaron' UI Design Blog on hold until Wednesday(?)

I’m off to not-so-warm-and-sunny San Francisco until Tuesday night. I may have time and opportunity to post, but I’m not counting on it. See y’all Wednesday at the latest! In the mean time, go take a look at the following blogs I read on a regula...