SensoryMetrics

Yeesh - technically that's one of the names for my discipline... It's also been Ergonomics, Usability Engineer, UI guy, GUI designer, Usability Designer, Software Ergonomics... arg the list goes on. One of the worst is Human Factors. For years I was a member and TG exec of the Human Factors and Ergonomics ...

Tesla Motors will soon be releasing the Tesla Roadster (fall 2007). It's an incredible work of art and engineering. Who wouldn't fall in love with such a sexy car? I know, we've all been embarrassed to say things like that out loud lately. But here's the catch, it's all electric. The car ...

I just bought a brand new iMac from Apple and I have to say I'm thrilled to be using it. However, there are some things Apple could do to improve the User eXperience. For instance, why doesn't Apple include more open source software pre-installed on the machine? Ok, I know, it already comes with some great ...

Flickr impresses me a great deal with its elegant user experience for navigating and exploring photo content. As pictured below, with the creation of sets and collections visitors to your Flickr site can surf through your content effortlessly. You hardly notice the interface as you click to see thumbnails of the sets and navigate by ...

UPDATE: We've disabled this feature for the time being. This is our new old 3 button UX slider. It lets visitors to the site choose the experience they want to have. It's simple, you choose from one of the three choices. You will see this indicated on our sidebar. It looks like the image on ...

Jobe's hilarious experiment in "blatant self-promotion" in the last 2 posts highlights an interesting dilemna for user experience designers: where to draw that fuzzy line between marketing and product. Branding is always part of the product. Bose speakers look like Bose speakers because they are Bose speakers... That's the magic of good industrial design. In ...