Conducting baby usability on the OLPC. At 5 months old, our daughter enjoys playing with the web cam recording and has even figured out how to play the videos back. Although the target market is a ‘teeny’ bit older that this - the UI does need a bit of help.
Parking in san francisco is behind the times - today I noticed a pay
by phone pilot program - at first glance pretty confusing.
Taking and transferring a photo from camera to surface is instantaneous! Can order prints and send immediately. While not ‘quite at star trek yet…’ they say the have come a long way. Just stated: ’design’ is two words ‘de-sign’ which means get rid of signage and text to convey simplicity of user experience. Interesting perspective.
Making pretty pictures using Microsoft surface tools.
Playing with microsoft’s new ‘surface’ —very cool table for an interactive, social tool. iPhone is personal, surface is social.
Back at microsoft for a round table discussion called ‘mix n mash’. As usual very few gals present - Molly and I are the only attendees from last year.
It’s easy to remember what we are thankful for on such an amazing, beautiful day here in half moon bay.
This dog winner cleaned up the competition
A parade of dogs dressed for the fall season!
Today I managed to have noodles with Barbara Ballard who is in town
for the mobile 2.0 event. Japantown San Francisco is always a treat!