Notes on papers, books and blogs about Cognitive Ergonomics, HCI, philosophy of design and everything interesting
Futurologist Paul Saffo sings the praises of RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) calculators. RPN is a notation that never caught on, as we got stuck in a local optimum: similarity with pen and paper problem solving. The problem is that when transfered to the digital world, the “infix” (i.e. traditional) notation is very inefficient. It’s like […]
Intel has launched an ethnographic research into Russian dachas (country homes) in order to design new solutions for the Russian lifestyle (via Putting People First). Intel has understood that in order to be successful globalization must be localized. And not only that but the local can also bring global insights (i.e. real innovation).
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The Bloomberg interface is a cognitive artefact which is a part of any stockbrocker’s life. Unfortunately, it’s interface is still stuck in the 80s:
Notice the stark contrast of the terminal’s ultramodern design with the clunky interface. The people at Portfolio noticed this too, and asked three design firms to explore the redesign of the Bloomberg interface (via UX magazine). […]
Guillaume Cabanac is conducting an ambitious experiment on the automatic evaluation of discussion threads on web annotation systems. Web annotation systems are an interesting premise that could make the web more interactive. The problem is that the results are often messy and unusable. This experiment is part of an effort to reduce this mess.
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The paper “Hidden aspects of the Anaesthesia Chart” has been accepted by the Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing (to appear soon).
The paper is concerned with our research in the domain of anaesthesiology and the anaesthesia chart in particular. The most important insight gained was the fact that constraints outside the worksystem that have nothing […]
