1997 - 1998
Individual Topics

Dead or Alive: Requirements before Design

Information Appliances:
Why the PC is so complex

Thomas Edison was a great inventor, but a crappy...

Product Design Field Studies -- A Three-Part Series

CHIFOO presents an in depth discussion of the role field work plays in product design from...

Nuts and Bolts: Usability Testing Demystified

You've read the book, you're seen the...

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property can be thought of as a person or company's intangible property...

Visualizing Software Tools:
Designing the Task Centered Interface

In recent years it has become increasingly commonplace to hear software professionals...

Usability Lab Tour

The lab features a spacious "office," the ever-popular...

Machine-Centered vs. Worker-Centered Design

Two videos demonstrate the strong contrasts between the Ameriican machine/data/efficiency...

The Inmates are Running the Asylum

The Essentials of User Interface Design...

Draining the Data Swamp

You're staring at a huge pile of tapes with 50 hours of recorded data and wondering how you're going...