How to do it right on the Web (I)
When advertisers realize how the web is different from print… (thanks Todd Scott MacIsaac for posting this) http://producten.hema.nl/
View ArticleFail: How NOT to do user experience design (I)
I don’t know about you, but I’m getting really weary of dopey interface design decisions on the web. I’ve got 30 years in CS – I have a pretty good idea about what’s possible, what’s easy, and what’s...
View ArticleOn second thought, Apple may indeed be changing the world…..
But not the ways it intends. I came across this post on FB the other day: The New Television: How the iPad Changes Everything by Kevin Wheeler on April 27, 2010 In it he talks about how “The iPad is …...
View ArticleOn website passwords…..
Digital Domain – A Strong Password Isn’t the Strongest Security – NYTimes.com. I agree with most of this. It should be MY business to choose a good password, and IT’s business to keep their system...
View ArticleThe Decorative Media Principle
I’ve been looking around at a lot of educational sites and I keep running into the same thing. Many of them LOOK nice – I mean: they have nice colours, cute or otherwise appealing characters and...
View ArticleEducational Research and the Design Degree
Mark Guzdial wrote a thoughtful post yesterday that pondered approaches to educational research that fail to address the domain specificity that lies at the core of so many educational challenges....
View ArticleThe Decorative Media Principle in Action
There are thousands (maybe even millions) of examples of the Decorative Media Principle out there in the Internets. The Decorative Media Principle involves creating a visually pleasing background and...
View ArticleiPads for College Classrooms? Not So Fast, Some Professors Say. – Technology...
There. It’s been said. iPads for College Classrooms? Not So Fast, Some Professors Say. – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education. early studies indicate that these finger-based tablets are...
View ArticleA Dying Squirrel
I’ve been worried about this for a while now. A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook YouTube –...
View ArticleGamasutra – Features – 7 Things To Know About HTML5
Here’s why it’s best to wait a bit before developing anything non-trivial in HTML-5 Gamasutra – Features – 7 Things To Know About HTML5.
View ArticleHelp Joy help you. On the unusability of internal systems. – disambiguity
Yup. No-one wants to use your software – they merely want to get their work done. When will software designers realize, that they are NOT the experts when it comes to design? Usability is one of the...
View ArticlePlease don’t let “Gamblification” become a thing in learning!
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute I often hear people talking about adding elements of chance to an experience to make it more interesting. For instance, adding a random reward for doing a...
View ArticleEvolution of the “Good” vs “Bad” Gamification Chart, PART 1.
Approximate Reading Time: 4 minutes I’m working on the 1st volume of a set of books devoted to gamification in learning. There seems to be quite a bit of confusion about what gamification is and isn’t,...
View ArticleEvolution of the “Good” vs “Bad” Gamification Chart, PART 2.
Approximate Reading Time: 10 minutes This is the response to Ian Schreiber’s comments from the original draft post. (THANK YOU for the help!) Points Point values for quests is unclear – everything in...
View ArticleWRONG: The Animal You Spot First Says a Lot About Your Personality
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute No, it doesn’t. Sheesh. However, it says a LOT about the graphic design. The lion has a lovely DARK frame around it’s face (the biggest dark patch on that side...
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