Simplicity. A word to live by. An unending quest. The holy grail of software. As software makers our raison d’être is making complex tasks easy. We’re back to that elusive word–simplicity. In a beautiful twist of irony it turns out that even thinking about simplicity involves a great deal of complexity. Enter John Maeda’s Ten [...]
I was reading about Sam Ruby’s experience as an OS X switcher and he mentions the phrase uncanny valley which is an interesting theory on the emotive response of humans to technology (robotics actually) based on how similar the tech is to humanity.
Now I’m guessing our connections to tech are highly subjective and I might [...]
Last night Betsy Weber, TechSmith’s Chief Evangelist, dragged me to MI UPA meeting which I had mixed feelings about going into–I tend to battle some usability folks who seem averse to aesthetics and are always shoving “Windows standards” down my throat. However, I walked away from the event completely inpired. Up until last night I [...]