Next Toy
MacBook? Or MacBook Pro?
Form factor? Or FireWire 800 and ExpressCard?
Weight? Or a real video chipset?
Crazy magneto latch? Or back-lit keyboard?
Black? Or aluminum?
Geez, it’s hard to decide. Probably I should save my money for now.
Archive for the 'life' Category
Rands on Desktop Accessories
I’ve been following Rands in Repose for a while now, and I quite enjoy much of what he has to say. I figured based upon my earlier comments concerning mice that I’d point out someone with a similar “Hey you spend all your time doing it you should get the best” approach. I loved this […]
What do I do?
I am not a graphic artist; I don’t draw icons. To understand what I do, one of my favorite breakdowns of usable software design is Jesse James Garrett’s The Elements of User Experience (view the original diagram). I have taken his diagram and placed next to it a small selection of some of the methodologies […]
Of Mice and… more mice
I’ve been a fan of Logitech mice since, well, since I first started caring about the mice I used. In particular, I’ve been attached to their “MouseMan” line (whose name they seem to have dropped in favor of “MX” or whatever catchletter strikes them). You may recall that I posted a review of using the […]
Confirmation Bias Rephrased
From Cognitive Science I have held onto the notion that one should always be looking for a way to disprove your theories or beliefs. It is from the attempts to disprove (and the reactions to those attempts) that one can form a strong argument. It’s nice that I now have a concise phrase for a […]
“Positive Whining”
As a designer who interacts with websites, airport and subway signage, nasty little cell phone interfaces, and other variously successful communication attempts by designers and engineers (in short, as a user), I not infrequently write about my user experience—especially when my experience is not what the designers and engineers intended.
I do this not as complaint, […]
Radioactive Scorpionman
Looks like we’re significantly closer to having a Scorpionman than a Spiderman:
Making Radioactive Scorpion Venom Therapy Safe
At this week’s meeting of the Health Physics Society in Providence, researchers will describe how they have helped establish the safety of a surprising new treatment for an aggressive, essentially incurable malignant cancer called high-grade brain glioma, diagnosed in […]