Human-Computer Interaction Seminar (Seminar on People, Computers, and Design) is a Stanford University course that features weekly speakers on topics related to human-computer interaction design. The seminar is organized by the Stanford HCI Group, which works across disciplines to understand the intersection between humans and computers.
Tags: Bill Buxton, Bill Moggridge, communication, Crowdsourcing, Culture, Design, Donald Norman, HCI, Human communication, Human-computer interaction, Interaction design, Social psychology, Stanford, Stanford HCI Group, Stanford University, Usability
The truly worldwide reach of the Web has brought with it a new realisation among computer scientists and industry professionals of the enormous importance of usability and user interface design. In the last ten years, much has become understood about what works in user interfaces from a usability perspective, and what does not.
Tags: Chris Connors, communication, David Travis, Design, Ellen Beldner, Human communication, Human-computer interaction, Human–computer interaction, Interaction design, Jenifer Tidwell, Joe Clarke Dive, John Kolko, John M. Carroll, Judith Reitman Olson, Justin Petro, Mark Pilgrim, Marti A. Hearst, Social psychology, Technical communication, Uday Gajendar, Usability, User experience design, User interface, User Interface Design, User-centered design, web accessibility, Web Accessibility Just Ask, Web Standards
Dieter Rams is a German industrial designer closely associated with the consumer products company Braun and the Functionalist school of industrial design. Many of Rams’ designs — coffee makers, calculators, radios, audio/visual equipment, consumer appliances and office products — have found a permanent home at many museums over the world, including MoMA in New York.
Tags: aesthetic design, Apple, Architectural design, Braun, Design, designed products, designer, Dieter Rams, environmentally friendly, Industrial design, industrial designer, innovative, Jonathan Ive, less is more, longevity, products, The Design Museum, understandable, unobtrusive, Usability, useful, Vitsœ
Okay, so many of the points below aren’t purely my philosophy, but ideas and principles I have picked up along the way throughout my [development] career. Some relate to the UNIX philosophy, or even the Zen of Python, but wherever they’re from, they can be applied to many other domains.
Tags: Adobe, api, Asides, Design, Dev Opera, Development, Freelancing, Google, Google Code, JavaScript, Microsoft, philosophy, Python, unix, web community, work, Yahoo, zen, Zoho
ColdFusion is 13 years old. That make makes it the daddy of the web world! It does not make it any less hip or useful than the relatively new kids on the block. Let’s not dilly-dally, bicker or insult one another about which is best, which one is dying and which one is not worth the computer it is compiled on. What is important is to understand the merits of each language and decide which one best suits the application, not only in technical terms, but also in terms of time-to-market, cost of development, availability of a skilled workforce etc.
Tags: .Net, ActionScript, administrator, Adobe, Adobe ColdFusion, AJAX, Atom, best practice, Business, ColdFusion, content management, Design, Design Patterns, Development, encryption, enterprise-level search, Flex, Frameworks, fundamentals, HTML, Internet Applications, Java, JavaScript, ORM, programming, rapid application development, Rich Internet Applications, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, The Web, Web, web technology, web world, XML
Two Italians, Eva and Franco Mattes internationally known as 0100101110101101.org and self-styled net art pranksters and hacktivists have been besieging the art world with their clever hacks and elusive digital role-plays for more than ten years.
Tags: 0100101110101101.org, avatar, Design, digital, Eva Mattes, Franco Mattes, It's Always Six O'Clock, minatures, pop culture, portraits, representations, toys
The Final Wooden House by Sou Fujimoto must be the epitome of good environmental design, but at the same time it is amazingly impractical unless you’re a Hobbit and live in The Shire!
Tags: amorphous, architecture, ceiling, Design, Final Wooden House, floor, Japan, landscape, lumber, Sou Fujimoto, wall, wood
What do we need the skin of a car for? What’s its purpose? Does it need to be made of metal? In reality we don’t. Wouldn’t it be great if we could have a car with a human like skin that covered all the essential mechanical and structural components of the vehicle. These questions were addressed by the BMW Group design team behind the GINA project.
Tags: automotive, BMW, concept car, Design, future, GINA, light visionary model, metal, skin, style, vehicle, vehicle design
If you’re looking for a stunningly-designed, futuristic-looking, eco-friendly motor vehicle, you need not look any further than the Aptera Typ-1. Forget the General Motors EV1 or the Toyota Prius, this car has all the looks and innovative technology to match. The Aptera Typ-1 is a 2-seat, three wheeled passenger vehicle. It is available in both all-electric and series hybrid configurations, at arounf £20,000/$30,000. Aerodynamic optimisation using computer-based simulations and light-weight composite construction yields a vehicle which consumes only 80 Wh/mi at 55 mph, about half the energy needed to propel the General Motors EV1. On the battery electric model, this means a 120 mile range on 10 kWh of electricity, or around 340 mpg price equivalent. On the hybrid vehicle, it leads to projections of 130 mpg on gasoline alone, or 300 mpg if plugged in every 120 miles.
Tags: aerodynamic, Aptera, car, composite, Design, electric, hybrid, motorcycle, renewable energy, solar panels, Typ-1
Little People in the City brings together the collected photographs of Slinkachu, a street-artist who for several years has been leaving little hand-painted people in the bustling city to fend for themselves, waiting to be discovered.