Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Tiny bubbles. . . Nice recognition for a new piece of the ibm.com site: Digitas + IBM Land Site of the Week. Just found out that our Digitas comrades in NY, got Site of the Week honors from Communication Arts for the IBM Executive Interaction Channel. Congrats guys! Not a bad gift for the holidays. :) . . . [Logic+Emotion] I happened upon the page somewhat accidentally yesterday (I don't spend a lot of time on the external IBM site) while following some podcast linkage (yes, IBM does podcasts, big time. . . more on that when I can reveal a recent stealth project, perhaps next month). I must confess that I find the floaty bubble thingies a bit odd, as it's not clear what they represent, they just sort of float randomly about. And when I got there, the image wasn't a microphone, as shown in the linked image, but a person, looking a bit concerned to have alien bubble things bumping into his head. But I guess it looked good to the Communication Arts folks. 8:16:19 PM    Questions? Comments? Flames? []

Getting some well-deserved press First as guest editor for the November Intercom, then a podcast interview[~]it's looking like a good close to the year for Karen Bachmann. Understanding Principles of Usability -- Karen Bachman [sic]. In this podcast, Karen Bachman, manager of the Usability and User Experience SIG, provides an overview of the user-centered design process. More specifically, she describes the following: How usability is defined Typical steps in the usability process Fitting in usability with a typical development life cycle User analysis User interface prototypes Usability test plans Karen admitted during lunch in Orlando last summer that she didn't get the memo that says five years of volunteer service to STC is enough[~]she's been at it for ten years without a break, preaching usability goodness wherever she goes. Good job, Karen! 7:37:21 PM    Questions? Comments? Flames? []

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