Rough notes from Marshttp://www.martiandaze.net/rough-notes/Place for less interesting/polished notes on various topics.en-GB2012-02-13T00:42:07ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Thoughts on Don Norman and Disneyhttp://www.martiandaze.net/rough-notes/2011/9/2/thoughts-on-don-norman-and-disney.htmlmartian772011-09-02T15:23:56Z

Don Norman said Disney know everyone hates the queues, but it doesn't matter. The memory is still good. I think that's not true. They do their best to provide entertainment in the queues, came up with the fast pass stuff, make sure the queues are shaded. In short make it a much better experience than all other theme parks I've been to.

Maybe that's why the memory is so good - less crud to be ignored?

]]>Happiness research?http://www.martiandaze.net/rough-notes/2011/5/29/happiness-research.htmlmartian772011-05-29T15:28:22ZMight be worth looking up some happiness research on cooperation. Apparently provokes positive emotions. According to reality is broken, anyway.

]]>Cyber playhttp://www.martiandaze.net/rough-notes/2011/5/29/cyber-play.htmlmartian772011-05-29T10:28:01ZGot turned into the linked article on the Green Revolution Brain Dump blog.

Introduction has some useful descriptions of how online text differs from both letter writing and talking.

Pg 56 gives a quick overview of the templates brought to online communications. Also 'lost its physicality' so clues from the form of writing, pressure etc. Not thought of that.

Pg 64 ethics. Looking at comms form in chat would be difficult for ethical reasons.

]]>Chrome OShttp://www.martiandaze.net/rough-notes/2009/11/20/chrome-os.htmlmartian772009-11-20T09:39:29ZInteresting. Sounds like apps will be defined using HTML5, CSS. Not sure what it'll look like offline, so the backend is still going to be server-side code of some description.

Ties in with some of Aral's tweets about what you need to design for mobile (HTML5, CSS3). Sounds like it would be about right.

Course, no reason at all why the front ends of any OS shouldn't be defined in HTML5, rather than the various other markup types. Make the screen render like a browser. Does that move the browser wars to the next level though?!

]]>Love this - what to do?http://www.martiandaze.net/rough-notes/2009/9/23/love-this-what-to-do.htmlmartian772009-09-23T12:11:30ZUbicompPost on ruricomp from Russell Davies, http://russelldavies.typepad.com/planning/2009/09/small-town-computing.html. Love the concept. How to use it?

Also interested by the remark about cities as island states cut off from the land. Pull in the CPULs thing? 

]]>Fwd: Wakehurst noteshttp://www.martiandaze.net/rough-notes/2009/9/14/fwd-wakehurst-notes.htmlmartian772009-09-14T08:40:31ZNotes taken on a blackberry and forwarded on an iPod. On low-growing plants for top slope out front.

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Geranium dalmaticum. Very low growing.

Nemesia foetens or osteospermum la mortola.Low growing for outside hedge?

Diascia rupert lambert. Sedum ruby.

Artemisia pedemontana is silver and fluffy.

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]]>Ux Brighton 2http://www.martiandaze.net/rough-notes/2009/9/12/ux-brighton-2.htmlmartian772009-09-12T11:13:50ZUx Brighton 2Virtucal slice guyI want to do a phd!Research driven ux.Can't they test the games mechanics?Interface design and ux testing of new interfaces is tricky at both stages.Nice pic of James - sophisticated not normal!'How am I meant to know that' users more sophisticated?Aim of research to mitigate risk? Guess his age? My age, maybe 35.Rent virtucal slice for biometrics? Not for use alone. This is for extra info. Is the observation as good for some games? Yes, physical games! More useful for certain game types.'Big brother' effect works with sensors too.(Interesting that Aegir's twitter pink shows up really well...)(And that I'm not focussed on the talk so much.)Metacritic ?Easy-in might be hrm and a skin thing from amazon.

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]]>Ux Brightonhttp://www.martiandaze.net/rough-notes/2009/9/12/ux-brighton.htmlmartian772009-09-12T11:13:50ZUx Brighton Gigi on kids etc.Itoy? No, eyeToy. How has that been used?This seems to be tying in with Robin's talk. A little.Does it matter what age range? Interesting discussion though.Core usability applies across age group. Ar = augmented reality.Wow, looked like fun.Project natal racist? Not tested with black guy out of lab! Interesting for ubicomp?Need 2 people for home visits- like the hca meetings. Need to brain dump almost immediately afterwards! Like software bug fixing, need to replicate common errors to understand.look up I like turtles...'Observe more than you ask.'

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