June 2006

links for 2006-06-30

by Ryan Lane on June 29, 2006

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links for 2006-06-27

by Ryan Lane on June 26, 2006

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Biscuit Profiling – user interface evaluation

by Ryan Lane on June 21, 2006


Video documentation of the first evaluations carried out with the designers. This was to gage their initial impressions of the tool and identify any usability issues that exist with the tool interface.

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PS3 interface

by Ryan Lane on June 21, 2006


As you can see from this video it’s based on the PSP UI. I’m a big fan of the PSP UI. It’s visually engaging and simple. I can’t wait to play around with it and see how it all works in real life. The only problem is that I’ll be getting a Wii instead of a PS3.

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BumpTop 3D Desktop Concept

June 21, 2006

“BumpTop aims to enrich the desktop metaphor with expressive, lightweight techniques found in the real world.” It’s interesting, but sometimes I wonder how helpful it is to duplicate things in real life that are actually flawed. A big stack of documents isn’t the best way to handle them and it’s also not taking advantage of [...]

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Mark Lombardi

June 16, 2006

Mark Lombardi makes some very pretty diagrams that he calls “narrative structures.” “each consists of a network of lines and notations which are meant to convey a story, typically about a recent event of interest to me, like the collapse of a large international bank, trading company, or investment house. “

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links for 2006-06-13

June 12, 2006

IGDA – Board of Directors It’s the board of directors for the International Game Developers Association (tags: games Organizations)

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Seattle Community Network

June 5, 2006

The Seattle Community Network is a local non-profit that provides free internet access here in Seattle. This seems like a good organization to support. (tags: Community Seattle ISP)

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