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23
Jun 2009

SmartTV: sooner than we think?

I wrote up a brief report on the EuroITV conference, held in Leuven, Belgium from 3 to 5 June, where Jay Vidyarthi and I presented. ..

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17
Jun 2009

Do You Have a Good Security Question?

Let’s quickly review why, and under what conditions, these questions are used. Secret questions (security questions) are most often used when a user has forgotten..

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11
Jun 2009

Terminology: a major problem in vocal interface design

Yu Centrik has worked on several projects assessing Interactive Voice Response (IVR) interfaces. We have conducted an evaluation of four automated telephone systems for various..

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10
Jun 2009

EuroITV 2009: Design Perspectives

Pierre-Alexandre Lapointe and I recently presented some Yu Centrik research on design methodology and alphanumeric input for interactive TV at Euro ITV 2009 in Leuven,..

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11
May 2009

Yu Centrik invites you to its 3rd annual ChitChat!

Building on the success of our second ChitChat evening last year, Yu Centrik is repeating the festivities on Monday May 25th, at 5:30 pm. Talk..

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08
May 2009

Safe zone in web browsers

As a usability consulting firm, we perform a lot of usability tests on websites. One of the methods we use involves remote testing. Remote testing..

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25
Apr 2009

Plug-in Advertising

Target has issued a series of ads in the New York subway system for a live album by singer John Legend.  The ads feature a..

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14
Apr 2009

CHI Madness: A Summary of CHI 2009

So, where do I start?  If you’ve been following my Twitter @jayvidyarthi, you know that last week I experienced an overload of knowledge transfer at..

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08
Apr 2009

YU CENTRIK continues its expansion and appoints two account managers

It is our pleasure to introduce you to Nicolas Martin Handfield and Thierry Alexandre Zambo, who recently joined our team as account managers. Martin is..

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31
Mar 2009

Why do people use Twitter?

To Internet lovers who have yet to jump on the Twitter bandwagon, one question constantly emerges:  why do people use Twitter?  At first, Twitter seemed..

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