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 8, 2010 | 1 Comment
Next week I’m taking part in a 2 1/2 day workshop for Gartner Enterprise IT leader clients on SAP. We bring together about 40 IT leaders from various companies from across Europe as well as several analysts. The session I’ll be leading will digging into UI and usability options and challenges. We will present an [...]
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 | June 16, 2009 | Comments Off
I took a brief detour to the TED website this morning. I watched Malcolm Gladwell’s talk from February 2004. TED is a dangerous site. People have been known to disappear in it for months. Click here if you don’t see the screen. Watching it is 20 minutes well spent, even if you aren’t a big [...]
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Category: UI software industry Tags: Diversity, Gladwell, software design, TED, UI
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
