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Tweet archives of #OGW11, #a11ysea, #govcamp & #accessu

I just had a lovely month off with my family, before that I had a very active few weeks of conferences and unconferences. I helped convene two events in May: OpenGovWest 2011 and Accessibility Camp Seattle 2011. Around the same time there were two related events that I followed over Twitter: GovCamp 2011 and Access [...]

Great World Usability Day at Microsoft today. Here are some pics.

Microsoft was proud to host World Usability Day at our Redmond, WA, campus on November 11, 2010. This year the them was divided into the following subthemes: PEOPLEThe psychology, philosophy and sociology behind a rich and meaningful communication experience between people. USER INTERFACEThe fundamental principles, best practices, explorations and other lessons about designing the user [...]

New pictures in my Toy Comic Toolkit

I have taken some new pictures for my Toy Comic Toolkit, some Stock Characters. I needed just some simple people shots where I could: Crop or extend the canvas Change the background colours Combine characters into simple cells That is the update. It is a simple one, check it out I hope you like them.

The making of the PowerPivot icon

It was a privilege to be part of the team for Microsoft® PowerPivot, a new product that will change business intelligence by empowering information workers with the ability to conduct ad-hoc data analysis on massive amounts of data. I’m going to tell you a tiny part of the PowerPivot story which is how the product [...]

How could I not repost this – Death Metal Rooster

Data is Information. Information needs IAs.

The Data, Information, Knowledge, & Wisdom hierarchy has shifted. Systems that store and transform data automatically apply simple or semantic metadata to the records they process. What most consider data is really information in an early stage of refinement. Raw data off the sensor is something that a human will rarely see. Information architects have [...]

Review? : How To Increase Usability Of Government Websites and Boost Your ROI – Howcast

Having a website people can easily navigate is common sense. It can save taxpayer dollars and help your agency achieve its mission. Here’s how to dramatically improve your website by focusing on your customers’ needs and adopting some basic usability techniques. How To Increase Usability Of Government Websites and Boost Your ROI on Howcast is [...]

Paula Thornton’s notes on #SharePointSearch from March 30, 2010

Paula Thornton (@rotkapchen) tweeted some great notes about Tagging and Taxonomies in SharePoint 2010 along with some valuable insight into deciding whether or not to pay for the FAST search license. Materials being presented by Smartlogic, with product Semiphor — a taxonomy product integrated with FAST search. Why are taxonomies needed? Terms have different meanings, [...]

Usability Beyond the Classroom – Jon Bell

Consistency is great. Predictability is better. Simple isn’t neccessarily easy isn’t neccessarily good design. Testing is vital and unreliable.

wireframes: Sample sketches exploring alternate ways to access…

wireframes:

Sample sketches exploring alternate ways to access site level commands in SharePoint 2010. (via Microsoft Office 2010 Engineering : UX Design Tools & Techniques)

Veronica and Sadie are on the gondola in Banff, AB

Another Great Canux in Banff, AB

So Canux 2009 has passed and I had a great time. Great conversations with old friends and new one and I even got to take my family to Banff this year. In past years I have tried to take notes of all the presentations but I am usually to enthralled to write down anything useful. [...]

Fly me to Canux is actually quite catchy

You should really go check out the Canux site to get more info on the conference so you can decide to come and participate in one of the most intimate and rewarding conferences you will ever go to. I continue to go because the environment that the nForm team and the Banff Centre create re-energizes [...]

Healthcare Napkins All by Dan Roam is a great explanation of the current US Healthcare options

Healthcare Napkins All

This is a great presentation, definately the best concise explanation I have seen.

Multitouch pressure sensitive keyboard – simple and useful

A group of Microsoft researchers has built a kind of multitouch for the conventional keyboard… It allows a keyboard to accept pressure-sensitivity data, from which it can infer user intentions. - Chris Dannen for Fast Company

I really love how this looks like it can be a simple inexpensive way to have new gestural interfaces enhance the work and play we do today.

Kid playing Guitar Hero Guitar Hero On Expert While Solving Two Rubik’s Cubes [VIDEO] – via @duanebrown

Watching this video is like staring at the incoming tsunami. I’m excited and also terrified by the fact that in my career I will not only be designing experiences for kids like this but his kids.

Waiting for the Ferry at Friday Harbor (Seadragon – Silverlight req.)

Seadragon.com launches so you can publish really large images online. (Silverlight req.)

I took this photo’s URL from Flickr and pasted it into the SeaDragon input box and I was done. The picture is from the Diablo Lake Overlook.

Microsoft Environmental practices video. The next step should be…

Microsoft Environmental practices video. The next step should be more vegetarian food choices at work.

Vision Slides for a knowledge portal for a group of hospitals. – Design for Care

Vision Slides for a knowledge portal for a group of hospitals. - Design for Care:

Years ago I worked on an knowledge portal for a group of hospitals. These slides were the result of interviews with a number of group on what they need in a portal. These are fairly preliminary but it was a very useful exercise.

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