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Great video/interview on Palm Pre

By Eddie Lopez. Tuesday, 20. January 2009, 04:11:34

I'll link this up because I'm excited about the Palm Pre's focus on user experience and data conservation. Plus, I think the interviewed Roger McNamee is pretty reasonable when surveying the mobile landscape...

Interview RE Palm Pre

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Link: The Washing Machine That Ate My Sari - Mistakes in Cross-Cultural Design

By Eddie Lopez. Wednesday, 7. January 2009, 02:39:24

cultural design, Link, Plug & Chug

A concept I find endlessly fascinating- cross cultural design. Here's an interactions magazine article about how designing for the culture you're marketing in should not be skimped on:

The Washing Machine That Ate My Sari - Mistakes in Cross-Cultural Design

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Link: New Elevator Technology

By Eddie Lopez. Saturday, 26. May 2007, 23:59:56

Link, everday things, elevator, plug and chug ...

Joel on Software writes about an interesting method for calling/using elevators in use in 7 World Trade Center, and points out a usability bug associated with it...

New Elevator Technology

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Link: Thoughts on a user centered home

By Eddie Lopez. Sunday, 6. May 2007, 15:33:13

Link, everyday things, user centered, home ...

Gadgetopia writes up some thoughts on lighting and heating homes, and how it could be adapted to meet our real desires beyond just a thermostat timer.

Read: "My House Needs Modes"

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Link: The End User Manifesto

By Eddie Lopez. Tuesday, 30. January 2007, 16:35:09

user centered, usability, Link, Plug & Chug

Bunq emailed this the End User Manifesto to me. I'll just put up the first handful (which happen to be my favorites from the list):

Things that need to be in the mind of anyone building software, particularly for the Web.

1. Don't waste my time.

2. Help me do the right thing.

3. Respect my decisions.

4. Design well, and guide me to make the right decisions by that design.

5. Don't lie to me - if I see something in front of me, then I should be able to act on it unless the interface tells me I can't.

continued at gapingvoid...

This list is in the spirit of the User Centered Group's "About" page.

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