I’m currently in California, been here since Friday (June 6), and will remain here until June 29. We’re here for conferences, mainly, as this week is WWDC08 in San Francisco, a conference for Apple Software Developers like my boyfriend, and the last week of my stay in this state is the (previously mentioned) American Library [...]
Posts Tagged ‘usability’
Delicious Library 2
Posted in design, usability, tagged ALA Annual Conference 2008, Apple, Delicious Library 2, design, usability on June 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On Interface Design
Posted in design, tagged Apple, design, interfaces, simplicity, usability on February 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As I’m doing research for a paper for my Library Planning, Marketing, & Assessment course, I am reminded of what I learned in my Human Interaction with Computers course: simplicity in design is best.
Just like the interface on an Apple computer, simplification of processes provides a friendlier, more enjoyable user experience: things are easy to [...]
On a Game for the Library
Posted in games, tagged children's services, fun, games, intellectual freedom, libraries, PATRIOT ACT, privacy, public libraries, usability, utility on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Background
One early morning in mid-December 2007, Joe Osborn and I were inspired. I recently completed a course on human-computer interaction, and the gears in my mind were turning. How could we design a library game for children?
Our ideas quickly accumulated as we ate breakfast. The game would aim to:
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