Jun
23
Touch Interface DJ
June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The SCS.3M is an amazing touch sensitive DJ controller that works with many music software programs.
You can check out their site for more information. Stanton
Richard Devine puts it through its paces here and describes why he likes it.
Jun
9
Data Visualization
June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
As a researcher and professional working with accessibility, special needs, education, usability and interaction design, I am constantly searching for better ways to present information. Especially complex and dynamic information.
Web 2.0 has introduced cloud sourced information that defies traditional representations (graphs and pie charts). We as an industry of information technology specialists need to find [...]
May
19
Refactoring with User Experience and IT Structure
May 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I read an article by Peter Hornsby on UXmatters talking about utilizing the software code revisionist method of code refactoring. The idea is to make the code easier for software engineers to understand and work with. There is no change to the functioning of the software but the code gets cleaned up and easier to [...]
May
5
Educational Technology Twitter Feed
May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I am creating several RSS, social network and Twitter feeds for Achieve Kids. I thought this was a particularly interesting result.
I funneled it through Yahoo Pipes, which I am finding to be particularly useful when merging several search parameters into one feed.
{”pipe_id”:”8kj1ac453hGX5d4C3rVd_w”,”_btype”:”list”}
Mar
12
Sixth Sense Seamless Technology
March 12, 2009 | 1 Comment
Ted continues to be cutting edge and exciting.
The idea of having pertinent, semantically appropriate information literally at your fingertips in the moments you need it to make a decision about your next action is what we really want. This technology could make it happen. Its called Sixth Sense and is being developed by Fluid Interfaces [...]
Jan
23
Best Technology of Bush Years
January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment
With Bush finally leaving office, now is a good time to do a quick Tip ‘O’ the Hat to those gadgets and widgets and useful technology that the Bush Administration was able to put in place.
The FBI has built a Most-Wanted widget.
The TSA has an employee blog about security.
The State Department has an internal Diplopedia [...]
Jan
15
Best of CES 2009
January 15, 2009 | 1 Comment
While Innovations (for whom I was a judge) has their choices of the ‘Best of CES 2009′ I have my own choices that may or may not agree with them. they are my personal biases about what will be most useful and/or fun for me to use.
I was able to meet quite a few of [...]
Jan
6
Focus on Usability in 2009
January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment
In years past, the Consumer Electronics Show has been a showcase for excess. Huge televisions, products that are well out of the price range of the average consumer and were often rushed to release in time so that the manufacturers could make a bug splash at the show. They didn’t spend much time on usability [...]
Nov
17
American Airlines Debuts Mobile Boarding Pass
November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Your cell phone may help you avoid the long lines at the airport this holiday season, as American Airlines is implementing a mobile boarding pass program at select airports. These services have been available for a few years already in Japan and, to a lesser extent, in Europe.
In partnership with the Transportation Security Administration, the [...]
Nov
15
12 Quotes on Technology from Barack Obama
November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment
original post HERE.
The historic U.S. Presidential election has come to an end with Barack Obama emerging victorious against John McCain. Obama will become the forty-fourth President of the United States and the first African-American to be elected for the highest office.
* “To restore America’s competitiveness, we must recruit a new generation of science and technology [...]
