HCI User Advocate

Software makers and users often have conflicting goals - with the makers winning. Yet they all too often shoot themselves in the foot by distrusting the users - their customers. Or worse, maltreating them. It is time to get angry about bad and malicious software design. This Blog calls software designers on the carpet - giving them credit and shame where they deserve it.

March 9, 2014

Google Sheets as website backend store

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Two summers ago, I spent an inordinate amount of time rebuilding my home page using a database and Django so I had a good UI for entering ne...
January 20, 2014

Guest Post: Ben Shneiderman on "Her"

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My colleague, Prof. Ben Shneiderman wrote the following review of the recent movie " Her ". I post it because it reflects Shneider...
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May 20, 2013

Google I/O 2013 Trip Report

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Since a handful of people have asked me about Google I/O , and it isn't a conference that a lot of academics go to, I thought I'd sh...
April 29, 2013

Why Lecture Isn't Sufficient

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It takes effort to learn. A common adage is that the best way to learn something is to teach it. So, it shouldn't be surprising that sim...
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