Archive for February, 2006
From Usability to User Experience, what does it mean?
Usability is the classic type of “userfriendliness” as defined by ISO norms 9241 Part 11 through 17, is the classic way of seeing usability, with a very task-oriented approach. How fast can I solve task X and how many errors do I make on average using the system? Very basic usability, which actually measures hardly […]
Posted: February 27th, 2006 under General.
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Web 2.0
I’ve been pondering about this thing called Web 2.0. What is it, what effect will it have on the internet, etc. Is it actually a good thing that we’re moving from a desktop-based computer model to a more and more internet-based one? Tim O’Reilly posted his view on Web 2.0 a while ago and I […]
Posted: February 13th, 2006 under General.
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Moving
Talk about coincidence: over some friends, Nora and I heard that we might be able to get ourselves a new apartment, since the guy who’s living there now is moving out. One day later, we get a letter from our current landlord that she’s going to kick us out, because her father needs the apartment […]
Posted: February 10th, 2006 under General.
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Weens World going international
I’ve been in Austria for almost a year now, and I’ve continued writing in Dutch all the time. Time to change that! So from now on,my posts will be in English to accommodate international readers .
Posted: February 7th, 2006 under General.
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Ice-skating on the Donau
It’s still very cold in Vienna, resulting in a frozen Donau (at least the “Alte Donau” is completely frozen, as well as the Donau on one side of the Donauinsel). And what do you do on a frozen Donau? Exactly: Ice-skating! See the pictures above.
Posted: February 5th, 2006 under General.
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