There is a strong correlation between the number of clicks required to complete a task and your subjective feeling of dissatisfaction with that app’s human interface.
Category Archive: General
Today’s Camerons need to right the wrongs of their dispossessed ancestors, and invest in rural broadband.
A short guide to the Apple Watch and its wearers, for those who enjoy people-watching.
We who forge words into documents lack anything as powerful as Illustrator or Photoshop are to graphics.
Semantic primes represent “the complete inventory of simple universal concepts that are embedded in the lexicons of all (or most) human languages.” Do they suffice?
Computers and devices like iPhones and iPads are a fashion market in themselves. Not only have we chosen a fairly exclusive fashion label in Apple, but we engage in all sorts of accessorising too.
The relationship between language and thought has exercised many great minds. Is Goddard and Wierzbicka’s attempt any advance?
Every Renault dealer in the UK must have breathed a sigh of relief when the Wind passed into history a couple of years ago, and they were able to sell cars again without having to pinch their thighs or bite their lips to stifle sniggers.
Written following Steve Jobs’ death on 5 October 2011.
Which weather forecasting app should you trust? Or are you looking for some digital seaweed?
The Eclectic Light Company 