Author Archives: Peter Bogaards

“Once a curmudgeonly champion of ‘usable’ design, cognitive scientist Donald A. Norman argues that future machines will need emotions to be truly dependable.” (W. Wayt Gibbs – Scientific American) – courtesy of lucdesk

“Respected technology commentators say that they now prefer instant messaging (IM) over e-mail as their medium of choice for computer-mediated communication. The main reasons are that e-mail has become an overloaded channel for readers and that you can’t be sure to get a timely response from the recipients of your e-mail.” (Jakob Nielsen – ACM Queue)

“Sites are getting better at using minimalist design, maintaining archives, and offering comprehensive services. However, these advances entail their own usability problems, as several prominent mistakes from 2003 show.” (Jakob Nielsen – Alertbox)