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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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20
Dec 2013

We tested: New interactive STM bus shelters

The past few weeks have seen the arrival of new bus shelters on the streets of Montreal. They are new, they look good, but most..

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13
Dec 2013

A short summary of UX Camp Ottawa 2013

Some of us at Yu Centrik have been lucky enough to attend a number of different international UX conferences in the past years. As members..

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28
Nov 2013

Lean UX – Part 1

The lean UX approach tends to focus on reducing deliverables and testing rapidly with real users to get an idea of how product design ideas..

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28
Nov 2013

Lean UX approach – Part 1

The lean UX approach tends to focus on reducing deliverables and testing rapidly with real users to get an idea of how product design ideas..

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14
Nov 2013

Happy World Usability Day 2013!

Under pressure: users around the world reviewed smart blood pressure monitors The UXalliance, a global network of 25 leading user experience (UX) research and design..

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