Archive for December, 2006

Card sort analysis using a spreadsheet

Saturday, December 23rd, 2006

Following up from Digital Web Magazine and my card sort article, here is one way of analysing your results using a spreadsheet.
In the spreadsheet we need to set up two tables which will sit next to each other:

  • Table 1 stores the number of users and their cards.
  • Table 2 counts cards and identify patterns.

Download your own copy of the spreadsheet to tinker with, at http://www.ruthstalkerfirth.com/CardSortSample.xls

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My Sony NW-E002 MP3 Player

Monday, December 11th, 2006

Sony NW-E002 MP3 Player

This MP3 is the size of a USB memory stick but with a stainless steel shiny wrapper – not just smart to look at but also very useful for reapplying lipstick. It has a massive two gigabytes of memory on which you can store about 500 songs on it and is much neater and smaller than the now defunct ipod mini. (more…)

Apple TV

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

apple TV image from www.cnet.de

Design aficionados will be thrilled this week as Apple announced their first product for the living room. Currently, Apple are calling it iTV and plan to have it in the shops by early next year.

iTV is a wireless box approximately the size of a mouse mat which sits on top of your television and lets you connects directly to your computer whilst you watch the graphics it provides on your television. (more…)