an informal usability study of plone.org

The following series of videos are of an informal usability study that I conducted using plone.org as the subject. These videos were captured using Camtasia screen recorder...

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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