Ergonomic Nightmare of the Week: Cell Phones While Driving
Do you ever talk on your cell phone while driving? Come on, admit it, I know you’re guilty. I can admit it, I am guilty myself. Sometimes it is just hard to resist, but I know my driving skills are …...
View ArticleErgonomic Nightmare of the Week: iPod
I would like to preface this post by saying, “I love my iPod.” You probably do too, and want to kill me for naming it ergonomic nightmare of the week. But the things we love and use most are the …...
View ArticleErgonomic Nightmare of the Week: Remote Controls
Why is every remote completely different? There is absolutely no coherent design standardization of remote controls. This is a problem because new remotes come into our lives so often, and each time...
View ArticleiPhone, Multi-Touch, and the “Death of the Button”
In order to understand why interaction designers are so excited about the iPhone, we have to take a look at multi-touch technology. What exactly is multi-touch? Multi-touch is a human-computer...
View ArticleErgonomic Nightmare of the Week: Electrical Outlets
Powering up your latest gadget often involves an adventure into a hard to reach crevice, maneuvering through tangles of cords and awkwardly shaped plastic squares to cram a couple of metal prongs into...
View ArticleRemote Control, How Did We Live Without You?
A while back I was complaining about remote controls because of lack of standard design and poor usability. Although I still feel my compaints are valid, Bill DeRouchey’s post on History of the Button...
View ArticleCharging Pod: It’s about time they thought of this!
Callpod solves the problem of messy jumbled charger cords (like mine). Related Posts:Ergonomic Nightmare of the Week: Electrical OutletsErgonomic Solution: Cable OrganizersErgonomic Products for Home...
View ArticleiPhone 1.0: What could possibly go wrong?
OK-Cancel posted this comic about the iPhone that I just had to share. I think this really captures the general attitude toward Apple products these days. Only time will tell if touch screen technology...
View Articleiphones, smart phones and generally dumb ideas
So, I’m still pretty excited about the iphone and I’d love to hear personal stories of use. That being said, I was speaking with a client of mine the other day when the iphone came up. My client was...
View ArticleWhy the iPhone just straight up stinks…(but will still sale butt loads)
Reading this review (Tom Yager @ InfoWorld) really drove me to a “final” conclusion on the iphone. (Please keep in mind that I’m really looking at this from a human-computer interactions (HCI)...
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