New Remote Control Can Be Operated By Remote
Sometimes The Onion just cracks me up.
“Imagine a remote control capable of switching channels on your television right from its spot on the table, one that requires no clumsy fumbling about with the hands to operate,” Ninomiya said. “Well, that bold, inactive future is here.”
The iBrator. [adults only please]. USB, cool aqua color. Brings new meaning to the term “Plug and Play”.
goodexperience.com: It’s time to simplify the PC
Mark Hurst summarizes and adds to a number of recent articles condemning technology. His “too many bits” argument is probably accurate.
Those Google folks are clever bastards. This is the first toolbar that actually might come in handy.
In Search for Online Success, ‘Easy Does It’ Is Good Theme
In the beginning there was a gray void and onto it were black letters. Some of the letters became blue and were underlined. These were links, and they begat other links.
WAP Field Study Findings (Alertbox Dec. 2000)
More WAP flap.
Following a UK field study, 70% of users decided not to continue using WAP. Currently, its services are poorly designed, have insufficient task analysis, and abuse existing non-mobile design guidelines. WAP’s killer app is killing time; m-commerce’s prospects are dim for the next several years.
Lighthouse - The race for recognition
Good bit about user-created content and the appeal of a “recognition engine”, which the new Pipchip site will include.
Moving WebWord > Rage Against the Machine
John’s pissed. Amen brother!
Moving WebWord > Trouble in Paradise: Problems Facing the Usability Community
John Rhodes from Webword incited a riot among usability professionals with this article from October. He makes some valid points. For example:
The better you do usability, the less it is understood, and the less value it seems to produce. Imagine that you make a problem go away. Who notices? No one. It is human nature to bitch and to complain. If things are going well, you don’t think about them. If your car is in great working order, you probably don’t think much about it. Oh sure, you care that it gets you from Point A to Point B, but you don’t really care how. But, when it breaks down, you really care. The same can be said of usability. In many cases, the better you do it the less people care because you solved the problem. And, it seems like voodoo.
ZDNet: News: IBM rolls out high-resolution screen
This (print-quality resolution) is part of what it will take to bring the idea of eBooks to everyone - eventually.