Archive for March, 2006

Public sector security conference will stress importance of usability

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

“Increasingly computer security is focusing on the human component within a system. About five years ago, security research and practice accepted that most users do not comply with security policies, which is what makes attacks on computer systems possible.”
Read more about the intersection of usability and computer security.

Scientist Brings Life to Cell Phones

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

“Samsung Electronics, the world’s third-largest cell phone maker, is now cooperating with a local research team to develop cell phone software that can feel, think, evolve and reproduce.”
1. This is a usability nightmare in the making.
2. Why does every sentence of this article stand alone as a paragraph? That’s silly.
“It’s just like a sophisticated creature […]

How Product Teams Benefit from Usability

Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

“Product teams can leverage usability in three simple ways. First, usability can disambiguate requirements. Second, it can push a product closer to perfection with a small investment. Finally, usability helps product teams inform the organization about potential and expected support issues.” (Source: Apogee, Author: John S. Rhodes)
This is an article that I wrote for Daniel […]