Usability Consulting, Art, Publications
Commentary and many free resources for software usability, based on my non-stop focus on user advocacy... "learnability gallery," RFP criteria, function tree, free heuristic reviews, and more.
1999—
Early construction phase of a hierarchical dictionary. Very exciting stuff in a dull, librarian-ish way.
February, 2008
Website to help sufferers of repetitive strain injury—the infamous carpal tunnel syndrome—and substantial content from our Amazon 5-Star book on on the subject, in its 4th printing.
May, 2000—
OfficeSwap is a powerful free database
that lets you try to swap jobs with someone who works close to where
you live and lives close to where you work. No, I'm not kidding. Pure
social networking... no fees or conditions... uses Zoho.com for technology
and login accounts.
This site is usable but no one has posted a real commute yet.
December, 2007
The World's Greatest Chess Set
1987
WorkAtHomeWednesday
Just
a web page to promote an idea to save fossil fuels.
November, 2007—
Website to swap puzzles based solely on private negotiations. Pure social networking... no fees or conditions... uses Ning.com for technology.
Poopy Phonics
The First Words on Your Kids Mind
Printed February 14, 2007. US$9.95
Be among the first to buy this future classic?
>>>Get $2.00 back until May 4, 2008. No strings, no small print. Just send me the actual UPC code from the book.
1985
If you think global warming is a biggie, wait 'til our kids have to deal with this one.
June, 2007—
36" round, bas-relief sculpture of Man's Greatest Story of Survival and Rescue. A little bit of a debacle, quite a bit of an obsession, but a massive work of art nonetheless.
2002
Free Macromedia Director Hockey Shootout Game, 700K Zip Download of an EXE... A genuine antique! A Macromedia Director piece originally produced for Shockwave, the predecessor to Flash.
1997
Personal Sculpture Monopoly Tokens
The Ultimate Gift! A likeness of you or your favorite person (you?), 1" tall. With or without a loop to hang on a chain. Put this on the board at the next Monopoly game and people will surrender.
1977
Op-Ed Piece, Philadelphia Inquirer
My 15 column-inches of fame.
March 1999
Free booklet on software usability.
2000
A software antique. A program written for the Atari 800 (in Basic) and later, Commodore 64 (in 6502 Assembler). Run it free in an emulator.