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Resources for Web and Mobile accessibility

in design dev usability on April 22, 2015 April 22, 2015

Derek Wilson, a Career Development Practitioner with the Neil Squire Society, visited the Okanagan Developer’s Group yesterday to discuss with local devs accessibility online and on mobile. He gave us a demonstration of various assistive…

Why don’t women get drag-and-drop?

in usability on July 5, 2011 July 5, 2011

I have noticed over the past few years that new or novice computer users that fail in certain types of drag-and-drop operations are overwhelmingly female. This is purely anecdotal, and I may be suffering from…

in usability on April 21, 2010 April 21, 2010

See, computers are racist because… Umm… okay. He is right about one thing: computers are too hard to use.

in usability on April 21, 2010 April 21, 2010

See, computers are racist because… Umm… okay. He is right about one thing: computers are too hard to use.

in design usability on February 21, 2010 February 21, 2010

Empathy in branding, software design and MAGIC. Via ignorethecode.net

in usability on February 17, 2010 February 17, 2010

When folks need an elevator, we should give them an elevator, not an airplane. We’ve been giving them airplanes for 30 years, and then laughing at them for being too stupid to fly them right….

in internet usability on February 12, 2010 February 12, 2010

It’s like… Like if you asked a friend if there was a Starbucks in his neighborhood and he said, yeah I think there’s one half a mile down, maybe. And you drive half a mile…

iPad UI Conventions photoset

in apple usability on February 5, 2010 February 5, 2010

Nice. Fraser Speirs is at it again (see his excellent Future Shock post as well). iPad UI Conventions photoset