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.

July 25, 2014

New Google Drive design forgets about desktop users

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Update 8/15/14: Google has fixed this! The list view is now properly dense with about twice as many items as the thumbnail view. Thanks Goo...
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April 6, 2014

My new job: Associate Provost of Learning Initiatives

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I am excited to start a new job on campus as Associate Provost of Learning Initiative and Executive Director of the Teaching and Learning Tr...
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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