Step Away From the Fiat » Apple http://www.jeffreymclarty.com/jm Just A blog, by J.N.McLarty - An Engineer, Derivative Trader and Austrian Economist Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:17:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 User Interfaces Keep Getting Better http://www.jeffreymclarty.com/jm/2008/01/19/user-interfaces-keep-getting-better/ http://www.jeffreymclarty.com/jm/2008/01/19/user-interfaces-keep-getting-better/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:56:22 +0000 Jeffrey McLarty http://www.jeffreymclarty.com/jm/2008/01/21/user-interfaces-keep-getting-better/ Over the last decade it has come to the attention of education providers everywhere as well as successful corporations that the user experience is the bottom line for a great product. 

Simple. Effective. Quick. Painless. Elegant. Light. Easy. Creative.

Products like this will be sought after at any price. 

Check out the Apple Human Interface Guidelines for developers

Apple, Google and RIM are the only two big ballers really ontop of the game, while other innovators like IBM and Microsoft are playing catchup.  I can tell by the job postings these companies have.  Attending events like CUTC it seems like there are two types of companies right now.  “Yah, we have a team and a usability lab setup…you should talk to Mrs. Smith she’s in charge of user experience” or “We’re putting a team together, users are important”

Noticing this a couple years ago, I got on the band wagon and took some classes in cognitive ergonomics and interface design.  Turns out, it’s a sweet industry to work in, usability that is.  I really like the work.

Forgive me for the usability of this site, I don’t have the time to make it perfect – it’s a work in progress and low priority.

]]> http://www.jeffreymclarty.com/jm/2008/01/19/user-interfaces-keep-getting-better/feed/ 0 Three Technologies that are Going to Stick http://www.jeffreymclarty.com/jm/2008/01/16/three-technologies-that-are-going-to-stick/ http://www.jeffreymclarty.com/jm/2008/01/16/three-technologies-that-are-going-to-stick/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:46:51 +0000 Jeffrey McLarty http://www.jeffreymclarty.com/jm/2008/01/13/three-technologies-that-are-going-to-stick/ Accelerometers, Gyroscopes & GPS. They are being put in everything, combined with other products at an unbelievably high rate. Some applications are not even discovered for these chips yet.  I can’t believe they haven’t been adopted sooner. Look at the new stuff from Logitech, Apple, and RIM they are the leaders and will force everybody else to become copy cats real quick.

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