Tag Archives: satisfaction

Augmented or virtual: Is your reality working or wearing?

Posted on December 30, 2008 by stalker

Steve Mann, inventor of wearable computing, came to the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in the 1990s when I was PhD student there. He had some difficulty getting on the metro as his head-mounted aerial added several inches to his … Continue reading →

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User motivation: Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

Posted on December 5, 2007 by stalker

Last summer I found myself exploring an early Iron Age home at The Crannog Centre on Loch Tay. The Crannog was cosy, as its focal point was the Iron Age hearth – a large open fire. During the day the … Continue reading →

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Human-computer interaction: Can you see what it is yet?

Posted on June 21, 2007 by stalker

The recent furore over the 2012 Olympics Logo reminds me of how people react to the user interfaces they find on everything they interact with, from websites to washing machines. If an interface, like a logo, is well-designed, no one … Continue reading →

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Why my coffee machine is so sexy

Posted on February 6, 2007 by stalker

My La Pavoni Professional looks fabulous in my kitchen and makes even more fabulous coffee. What else could a coffee machine give me? What about the feeling that I am an extremely clever girl everytime I pull an espresso? From … Continue reading →

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