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#13066

Driving Over Jakob Nielsen

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

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#14259

A Nose Gesture Interface Device: Extending Virtual Realities  (link broken)   (PDF)

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

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#27262

OK/Cancel Comics

Many, many episodes of a comic for user interface designers.

OK-Cancel. Humor>Usability>User Interface

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#13953

Top 10 New IRB-Required Additions to Consent Forms

A list of the top 10 new IRB-required additions to consent forms.

Shor, Mike. Vanderbilt University. Humor>Usability

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#19598

Usability Must Die

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'.

Usability Must Die. Humor>Usability>User Centered Design

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#32934

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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#33877

XML Personas

While looking over the slides for the Tools of Change presentation, I came across this fun presentation(PDF) by Bill Kasdorf to explain different versions of XML for publishing. The graphics are under the fold.

TeleRead (2009). Humor>Usability>XML>Personas

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