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More on the iPod Touch
Posted on January 29, 2010 1 Comment
My two-and-a-half year old son Auden gets his share of screen time, because in addition to some time on the computer and with my iPod, he also plays Cars and Thomas the Train games on his Leapster. However, the Leapster’s entry-level games are still somewhat frustrating for him, in part because the available combination of keys, touch […]
Navigating by touch
Posted on January 28, 2010 2 Comments
For Christmas this year I received an iPod Touch. It’s a luxury item for sure, as I already have an iPod that works just fine. One of the big reasons I wanted one was that I felt that I was missing the boat in terms of how navigation and interaction design are evolving in light […]
Delightful steps
Posted on October 14, 2009 Leave a Comment
At work I often wonder … if you’re in the business of making something utilitarian, can you really make things elegant, compelling, or delightful to enterprise users? I called the hypothetical effort Project Delight. Maybe I’ve overly naive and optimistic, but I think it’s possible. And the next time someone doubts me, I’m going to show […]
Enterprise UI Summit – prework
Posted on August 5, 2008 Leave a Comment
Elsewhere, I’ve written about SAP’s intranet (called the Corporate Portal), which runs on the SAP NetWeaver platform. In addition to our intranet, at SAP we have an instance of the Jive Clearspace Suite installed for collaboration both inside and outside the firewall. I have enjoyed my use of the ‘Collaboration Workspace’ so far, though I […]
Project Delight
Posted on February 17, 2008 2 Comments
In the coming month or so, I will step down from the governing body of our intranet, the Portal Business Group (PBG). I helped formulate the concept of the group in 2003 and was one of its founding members. During my tenure I was responsible for representing the interests of a quarter of SAP’s employee […]
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