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I am an interaction engineer specializing in social software. This blog is my place on the web and has a little bit of everything, from topics in human-computer interaction to random findings.
Microsoft decides to get in on the social networking game by revealing photos of the promised site, dubbed “Socl”.
User-centered design is about creating a product based on user characteristics and around what they want and need to do.
See how people around the world are celebrating World Usability Day.
“IBM announced a new product dedicated to helping customers perform sentiment analysis of social media data on Thursday, as well as a new program with the Yale School of Management’s Center for Customer Insight to train students in advanced data analysis skills.”
From Gigaom.com
Zach Holman explains why designers shouldn’t give users “shit work”.
Why does Google have both Google Profiles and Google Plus? Google Profiles looks like a standalone profile without the ability to network with your friends. But why create a Google Profile when there’s Google Plus, which has a similar looking profile with the added benefit of being connected to your friends?
Usability Professionals Association (UPA) is calling for submissions for the 2012 Conference on Leadership. They’re looking for submissions for 60-minute presentations, workshops, panels, peer-reviewed papers, posters, among many other submission types. This is a good opportunity for those of you who have completed a thesis or large project for school. The deadline is October 24, 2011.
A Chinese group called Alibaba is eying Yahoo and if Yahoo falls into their hands, this could mean privacy and security concerns for users. Alibaba denied any claims that they would share Yahoo user data would be subject to review by Chinese authorities.
