Tags: Human cells, usability matters, World Usability Day
Our human body consists of about 10 000 billions of cells. Everyone of these cells knows exactly what to do to be at your service. It takes care of you, feeds you and performs all other functions that you need throughout your life, in every small detail. Usability matters on its highest level. You cannot keep any secrets for your cells, they know more about you than yourself. Every little cell has a specimen of your entire genetic code – the great manual for your body! It knows exactly how to do its job and, amazingly, all of your others cell jobs! Your will never need to remind it of its levels of adenotrifosfates or any other usable substances. It will do the job for you.
Brooding about these miracles that work every single second, how can we have such a hard job to develop good, usable things and solutions, on a conscious level?
Read more about Usability and the activities at World Usability Day on 12 November 2009, www.wud.com.
Cheers from Tone
Tags: sea canoes; arcipelago; TCO Certified Netbooks;
Usability at sea
Hello everyone.
Summer is in full bloom an in sunny splendidness. We are planning for a 4 days canoeing trip in the midst of the sea archipelago. So we pack our 2 sea canoes with well selected and adapted things: a tent, sleeping bags, sea clothes, binoculars and of course our life wests. we also need hats and sun glasses to protect us from the sun and from the glistening reflections of from the sea surface. with care we measure the amount of drinking water, food, kitchen utensils and what else? All these things are well developed, well selected and adapted for it’s purpose which in this case mean fitting to the limited space of 2 sea canoes.
Usability matters!
Some years ago this was about all. Today we also have the great possibility to be free from civilization by bringing wireless communication equipment. This does not only mean a cell phones with camera, SMS, MMS and other functions but also a notebook. Weather you choose such a sea life for relaxation or for mobile work purpose, the possibilities for wireless adaptation in different environments will be without borders.
The mobile life will no more be limited ot the traditional office. TCO Development has recently certified the first netbook. Great!
Will this mean that a netbook int eh close future can be used also for my purpose at sea?
Tags: usability, World Usability Day
I am sitting on my summer cottage porch, with a fabulous ocean view. a fabulous sea side scenery. The sun is shining and I have now temporarily switched from being a usability professional at TCO Development to a private user of a coffee machine (usable and easy to handle), and user of an ancient rowing boat (very stable and easy to handle).
Though there are things in this environment that are supposed to be easy to use – that not at all!!! As a grandmother of three small children I am expected to easily and quickly switch between one remote control for the TV, a second remote control for the Digital TV box, a third remote control for the not so new VHS-video and again a fourth remote control for the DVD. This means four different sets of control buttons and other kind of complex key buttons. This means also a growing bunch of cables behind the TV ! Navigating all these controls, cables and operating systems just to get Winnie the Pooh to screen is a monumental challenge !
A strong feeling of being not such a smart grandma emerged the grandkids grew increasingly impatient. After having at last succeeded, although with the wrong video, I sought comfort in another cup of coffee, easily, smart end quickly brewed in my good old coffee brewer. Something to contribute to World Usability Day this year? Definitely! Read more about World Usability Day on 12th November,
http://www.worldusabilityday.org/
Cheers!
