Usability Quote of the Day

May 23, 2012

There's something very odd going on here. If designers made completely unrealistic assumptions about the physical world when designing technology, then we would blame them (and likely sue them) for technical incompetence. Yet when they make grossly unrealistic assumptions about human nature... we don't blame the designers, we blame the unfortunate people who are just trying to do what the design requires. -- Kim Vicente, The Human Factor, p. 45.    (via interaction-design.org)

Friday, January 06, 2006

Monthly Program (BayCHI)

Monthly Program: Tuesday, January 10, 7:30, PARC ...

"You Own Your Attention, Steve Gillmor, AttentionTrust.org.

AttentionTrust and its members believe that you have the following rights:

- Property: You own your attention and can store it wherever you wish. You have Control.
- Mobility: You can securely move your attention wherever you want whenever you want to. You have the ability to Transfer your attention.
- Economy: You can pay attention to whomever you wish and receive value in return. Your attention has Worth.
- Transparency: You can see exactly how your attention is being used. You can Decide who you trust.
When you give your attention to any AttentionTrust member entity, these rights are guaranteed"   continued ...   (Via BayCHI)

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