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iPad is a Disappointment
Steve Jobs announced the iPad today, and to be honest I was quite disappointed.
To be fair, iPad is a good product idea. The scenarios make sense and it’s a logical extension of the iPhone. There should be a market for it and I believe Apple will make some good profit given the marginal investment required…. »
Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think
As Steve Krug puts it, users don’t read, they scan. That’s exactly what I did with this book. Along with that I also jotted down all the major points and came up with this ultra condensed 5-minute version of this highly acclaimed publication.
My notes do assume some prior knowledge of usability (just a little). So… »
Hyperlink Map
Came across this neat hyperlink map the other day.
This map is used by a Japanese bike component distributor to list its retail bike shops. Each block represents a prefecture, and the table below the map updates as you click through the… »
Triangular Keys for Your Touchscreen Virtual Keyboard
A post about a novel keyboard caught my attention a couple days ago. It’s got a cutey name that I like: Crocodile Keyboard.
Most discussion so far have been around whether Apple would adopt this design for its ubiquitous iPhone. However, little attention has been given to its real performance and I don’t think any discussion… »
What Makes a World-Class Software, Part 1
When I was a computer science student in college, I loved taking project-based classes where I spent 3 months to develop apps on the coolest ideas ever. Having this experience, and hearing all the “agile” buzz from start-up’s in the early 2000’s, I was once convinced that great software products should just happen in a… »