creating podcasts with audacity

I gave a workshop on using Audacity sound editing software for creating podcasts in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences on September 12. This way to my presentation materials.

And this way to some excellent tutorial videos on using Audacity, by Jason Van Orden. These videos provided all the information I needed to get started with Audacity. While GarageBand is my preferred tool for podcasting and informal music recording, Audacity is a respectable open-source alternative.

capturing usability testing information using screen-capture software

While usability testing lab software and equipment is great if you have it, screen-capture software can take you pretty far in recording usability test data and sharing it with others.

the case for incremental redesign: part i

Consider the dashboard of your automobile. Aside from a number of extras that have crept in over the decades, it's essentially configured the same as the dash of the car you drove as a kid. In fact, the design of the automobile's critical controls hasn't significantly altered since the Model T Ford. It's worked for more than 100 years, and we love it.

facebook, time to grow up

Originally published on August 28, 2006 I appreciate how Facebook has enabled me to connect with colleagues, and (younger) family members in a manner that is both informative and expressly cordial. It attracts students like Nutella attracts chocolate lovers, and because of that, I see interesting potential here. In fact, one of our faculty members at Penn State plans to try running his human-computer interaction course through Facebook this fall . Definitely worth pursuing.

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