by Thomas Otter | March 28, 2011 | 3 Comments
My regular reader(s) will probably know that I’m a fan of the Guardian newspaper and its on-line efforts. It does a fine job with data, both in terms of sourcing it and visualizing it. Have a look at the website and data blog here. I’ve also ranted about the need for more numeracy in HR [...]
Category: Applications HCM software design usability visualization Tags: analytics, google, HR
by Thomas Otter | September 10, 2010 | 3 Comments
I have seen several keynotes from software executives lately. I recollect that all of them had iPads in them. Seasoned software executives have been getting positively giddy about the iPad. It has given Steve Jobs a sales force that he didn’t know he had. It seems without really planning for it, the iPad has become [...]
Category: UI software design software industry usability visualization Tags: Apple, Design, Enterprise Software., ERP, UI
by Thomas Otter | June 9, 2010 | 2 Comments
As some of my readers know I’m a keen but slow amateur cyclist. It is a sport that doesn’t really lead to flexibility, the opposite in fact. I need to stretch if I’m going to have any sort of suppleness, so I have made a conscious decision to stretch a lot. (Thanks Graeme) It works [...]
Category: SaaS UI software design usability Tags: ERP, flexible
by Thomas Otter | January 28, 2010 | 3 Comments
My colleagues, Ray, Allen, Mike, Mark, Andrew, Mark and Van, are all over the iPad. Ray’s posts are particularly thought provoking, as he looks at the strengths and weaknesses of the device. There is also lots of commentary on the web, and the consumer electronics bloggers have discussed its every detail. I’m not going to [...]
Category: UI internet software design usability Tags: Apple, Enterprise Software., iPad, UI
by Thomas Otter | July 2, 2009 | Comments Off
I’m convinced that too many user interfaces are trapped by tyrannies of table and text. I while ago about blogged about many enterprise software UIs being like Donuts. Via Steve Clayton this arrived in my feedreader this morning. It is goodness. Someone give this fellow some HR system UIs to work on.
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Category: UI usability visualization Tags: CV., UI, visualization
by Thomas Otter | January 21, 2009 | 2 Comments
There has been some discussion here in Gartner about monitors and productivity for developers and knowledge workers. Many of us work from home, and several have multi-monitor set ups. This is Mark’s set up. Here is mine. I’m feeling a tad inadequate. A mere 22"wide screen monitor and my T61 notebook screen. Depending on what [...]
Category: UI cost optimization software industry usability Tags: monitors, productivity
by Thomas Otter | December 30, 2008 | 1 Comment
A few weeks ago I posted about GUIs and steering wheels, and before that on the designer of the Nissan GT-R’s relentless focus on detail. Another thing struck me about the GT-R – the dashboard design. At the Tokyo Auto Show, Nissan honcho Carlos Ghosn unveiled the GT-R. The car, which hits the US next [...]
Category: UI software industry usability visualization Tags: GUI Design Usability
by Thomas Otter | December 23, 2008 | 5 Comments
Warning I’m definitely not an expert in open source operating systems. (George is) Readers of this blog will have noted that I have an interest in design thinking. A good portion of my Christmas wish list is made up of books on design, and I will continue to inflict more of my design inspired ramblings [...]
Category: UI software industry usability Tags: Canonical, Design, Ubuntu
by Thomas Otter | December 13, 2008 | 4 Comments
The Benz museum in Ladenburg is a regular haunt of mine. In walking distance of my house I can see one the of the first cars ever made. It is one of the finest collection of vintage and significant cars as you will find anywhere, other than at the other Benz museum in Stuttgart. It [...]
Category: UI usability Tags: AJAX, formula 1, RIA, software design, UI, users
by Thomas Otter | December 2, 2008 | Comments Off
From the excellent cc flickrstream of stevelyon Thanks. I live in Ladenburg, Karl Benz’s home town, so there is probably something slightly sacrilegious posting about the fabulously awesomely brilliant new Nissan GT-R. I read the metacool blog regularly, he is one of the leading thinkers on design, and his blog is full of interesting thoughts [...]
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Category: software industry usability Tags: nissan GT-R; design;enterprise software
