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Year: 2014

20
Mar 2014

Where is the garbage can?

When we evaluate digital applications, the main weakness we often notice concerns guidance.  Guidance can involve for example accompanying the user at each step of..

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10
Mar 2014

Hacking Health Montreal 2014

The Healthcare system is very complex but offers a lot of opportunities for improvement. We have all been to the hospital or know someone who..

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28
Feb 2014

Car2Go in Berlin…

One of our special correspondents in Berlin sent us this photo.  Most of the Car2Go cars there are electric, and this is far from being..

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27
Feb 2014

We tested… CAR2GO

By Ignacio Calvo and Karine Grandé Since last fall, small blue cars have appeared on the streets of Montreal: the Smart cars of the Car2Go..

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07
Feb 2014

We tested: Peek Calendar

So last week another calendar app appeared in the Apple App Store and suddenly everyone’s talking about it. This app, Peek, is for the sort..

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31
Jan 2014

Just in time interaction

Nothing ever is, but is always becoming. – Plato, Theaetetus As requirements mature and products evolve, it can be tempting to heap features and functionality..

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24
Jan 2014

Start or end your week with a smile!

Data visualization is an efficient and effective medium for communicating in a simple way, information through shapes and colors, sounds and videos. -22 degrees today,..

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14
Jan 2014

Pseudo-Intelligent Interfaces

One of the basic principles of UX design is to assign functionality appropriately between the user and the computerized system.  A classic example is mathematical..

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