Last year, the government of Quebec asked Cognitive Group to do a heuristic evaluation (expert evaluating usability with a list of usability heuristics) and usability testing of their web portal. First, heuristic evaluation is not reliable because:
Entries categorized as ‘Gallileo’
The Mechanics of Politics in IT: Part 1
March 13, 2008 · 1 Comment
Categories: Cognitive Egonomics · Cognitive Engineering · Don Norman · Gallileo · HCI · Human Computer Interaction · Human Factors · Interaction Design · Jacob Nielsen · User Experience · cognitive group
Tagged: Design decision, Heuristic Evaluation, Usability
Innovation Par 1: Why Silicon Valley
July 9, 2007 · Leave a Comment
LeRoi Gourhan, a French Anthropologist, observed that during pre-historic times there was a close relationship between the evolution of the human brain and the hand. In science, the experimentation plays the role of the hand. There is a close relationship between new observations and new scientific ideas.
Categories: Gallileo · HCI · Human Computer Interaction · Innovation · Larry Tesler · Michelson-Morley · Newton · Wright Brothers · cognitive group
