For decades there was a religious war regarding what computer users should be doing with their hands when they weren’t typing. No, not that religious war (you cheeky monkey!), the one about the pointing device, which would allow a user to make gestures on the screen, and address parts of a graphic user interface. Before [...]
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Eek!
08Nov09The Fune: “It’s Really Hot!”
20Aug09I know some of these are cheap shots, but I had more than a few chuckles with this parody.
I particularly liked the monstrously bad user interface and industrial design, and how it mimics old ‘rotary’ phones.
I was lucky enough to be in the audience when the Executive Creative Director at frog Design gave a spectacular keynote with tons of fascinating notions and examples at the Interactive Design Association (IXDA) Convention in Vancouver last month. In fact, there’s proof I was there, at about the 19th minute, when the camera caught [...]
