usability
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Just about every book I’ve read over the past few years I’ve read in electronic form, either on my iPhone or on my iPad. But for a recent weekend getaway, I bought a paperback copy of George R.R. Martin’s “ A Game of Thrones ” on a whim, so that I’d have something to read on the beach.
Subtraction 7.0
spreeder.com - online speed reading application
Speed reading is the art of silencing subvocalization. Most readers have an average reading speed of 200 wpm, which is about as fast as they can read a passage out loud. This is no coincidence. It is their inner voice that paces through the text that keeps them from achieving higher reading speeds. They can only read as fast as they can speak because that's the way they were taught to read, through reading systems like Hooked on Phonics.
Don Norman has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering . The citation reads "For development of design principles based on human cognition that enhance the interaction between people and technology."
Nielsen Norman Group: usability consulting, training & user
useit.com: Jakob Nielsen on Usability and Web Design
Share: Daily Telegraph Apple iPad apps need more consistency, says usability guru (includes 3-minute video where I demo some inconsistencies in iPad apps) BusinessWeek Hardware Is Meaningless. It's About the Apps (a debate about value in the mobile space — my position is that tight integration between hardware and software is what we need)