A web-based game, in which you master the usability issues of driving a Mack truck over well-known usability experts.
Urbanev.com (2000). Humor>Usability>Traveler Information>Games
A Nose Gesture Interface Device: Extending Virtual Realities

This paper reports on the development of a nose-machine interface device that provides real-time gesture, position, smell and facial expression information. The DATA NOSETM2—Data AtomaTa CORNUCOPIA pNeumatic Olfactory I/O-deviSE Tactile Manipulation—allows novice users without any formal nose training to perform complex interactive tasks.
Henry, Tyson, Scott E. Hudson, Andrey K. Yeatts, Brad A. Myers and Steven Feiner. Carnegie Mellon University (1991). Humor>Usability>User Interface
Many, many episodes of a comic for user interface designers.
PDF Author Creates Spoof of Nielsen's Misguided Alertbox
Doug Alford responds in kind to Jakob Nielsen's 2003 essay 'PDF: Unfit for Human Consumption.'
Alford, Doug. PlanetPDF (2003). Humor>Usability>Software>Adobe Acrobat
Top 10 New IRB-Required Additions to Consent Forms
A list of the top 10 new IRB-required additions to consent forms.
Usability is a tool that should be in the kit of all software designers/programmers. It only became a profession when people found they could charge £1,000 a day by calling themselves Usability Engineers and pontificate on the mysteries of 'ease of use'.
The Jakob Nielsen Drinking Game
Go to any web or internet related conference. Sneak in lots to drink. Sneak in lots of friends. Attend the obligatory "User-Centered Web Design" keynote session featuring Web Usability Guru(tm) Jakob Nielsen. Follow these rules.
Champeon, Steve and Jeff Veen. RC3 (2002). Humor>Usability
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