Nokia contacted me via Flickr (I imagine because 90% of my photos there are uploaded from my 3 year old Nokia 6682) and asked me if I'd like to play with their whiz-bang N95 phone for 3 weeks. I accepted and finally got my hands on it yesterday after missing all of DHL's delivery attempts.


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damn Esthero, chill!

I'm getting one of these every few minutes... I'm up to 44 in my inbox right now.


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Mary Czerwinski's SIGCHI talk was great, but also reminded me of a reoccurring frustration I have with research and academia... the fact that awesome, helpful work can take so long to manifest itself into something useful.


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I'm planning to check this out on Thursday, thought I'd pass it along...

Keeping Users in the Flow: UI Support for a Multitasking Workforce
Speaker: Mary CzerwinskiPrincipal Researcher and Research Area Manager of the Human Centered ( Read more... )

Just read a great post on the topic of demo prototype fidelity.

my comment/question...

one thing I struggle with is when do you show the stakeholders the actual pixel perfect version of what it is you're trying to build? My impression after reading this article is you wouldn't until the thing was actually built (thus reflecting reality ( Read more... )

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1. Anyone catch the Matmos show yet on this current tour? I'm wondering if it's parent friendly. Please advise.
2. this audio interview with Cat Power is entertaining. In it, Chan talks about her favorite new musical find Boubacar Traoré.
   
   
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i'll be here fo' sho'...
From: pssigchi-announce
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 12:06 PM
To: Puget Sound SIGCHI Announcements
Subject: (event) Usability meeting on Xbox 360 UI design - Thursday, Feb. 23

Please join Puget Sound SIGCHI for a look at how the user experience team drove the UI design process for the recently released Xbox 360.

No ( Read more... )