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There is no doubt that online collaboration technology has got better in the last twenty years. But has that resulted in more collaboration? Certainly, it looks like people spend more time hanging out online, but is the technology itself what makes the difference? I have seen enough instances of “build it, and they do not [...]
I am not sure if Malcolm McLaren is right about failure and creativity in this interview with Andrew Denton― but he provides food for thought. I was taught that to create anything you had to believe in failure, simply because you had to be prepared to go through an idea without any fear. Failure… was [...]
My earlier post on the Apple iPad discussed how the new device was not a new device: all of the stuff we are excited about is the same paradigm we have had since the 1970s. However, a review in the New York Times gives me hope that the iPad may be more than a new [...]
The Apple iPad is nothing new; all of the stuff we are excited about is the same paradigm we have had since the 1970s.
One of the nice things about working in usability is that I do get thanked, in a way: people use what I create. Below is a screen-shot of the front-page topics listing on a GroupServer site — which I have edited to protect the users’ privacy. I was blown away by the sheer volume of [...]
As I am responsible for the user-interface of GroupServer, I am also responsible for its accessibility. I try and follow the accessibility guidelines, but supporting those with cognitive disabilities is something that I avoided looking at in detail: it seems too hard. However, I decided that the time had come to have a look at [...]
Just before I went to Kiwi Foo Camp, I created a major usability bug in GroupServer, which was mostly due to forgetting to add feedback to a form. This caused a large problem for Alice, who had to manage the support load while I was away. Thankfully, I managed to correct my error and the [...]
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