Course II - The Art and Science of Effective Web and Application Design, HFI

One another course completed with HFI (Course II - The Art and Science of Effective Web and Application Design). It was good course to attend as it gives clear understanding on how one should design the website and application by keep in mind the user's mental model.

Shortly, i will write more about it!!! Do share your comments.

Pictures of All Courses .

User Centered Analysis and Conceptual Design - HFI Course

Just completed 3 days (18th Jun - 20th June) course on User Centered Analysis and Conceptual Design of Human Factors International conducted by Abhijit Thosar at Residential Hotel. It was really wonderful experience to know about "users", their behaviour, their mental models.

I will write more about it shortly.

Blackle.com - Saving energy one search at a time

Blackle is the new product of Google, which is created on theory of saving energy. Isn't it sound funny? but, that's true, very true thing.

Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black. "Image displayed is primarily a function of the user's color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen." Roberson et al, 2002

There are a lot of great web sites about saving energy and being more environmentally friendly. They are full of great tips covering the little things that we can all do to make a difference today. Try Blackling "energy saving tips" or visit treehugger.com a great blog dedicated to environmental awareness.

HFI’s 10-days 4 part Usability Training Program (Myself attending Jun ‘07 Batch)

Luckily at the last moment I got a chance to attend June Batch of HFI’s 10-days 4 part Usability Training Program (18th June -to- 28th June).

These courses are designed to gear up participants to become certified Usability analyst.

1) User-Centered Analysis and Conceptual Design (UCA) – 3 Days
2) The Science and Art of Effective Web Design (Design) – 3 Days
3) Practical Usability Testing (UT) – 2 Days
4) Putting Research into Practice (PRP) – 2 Days

Once I will be through with these courses, I will post my experience over here.

For enquiry of above courses for next batch contact Archana.

Archana Saraf
Senior Marketing Support Executive
Human Factors International
Ph: 91 – 22 - 40107400
Cell : 9324233477

email : archana@humanfactors.com

Thanks,

Prash

Microsoft Surface - The next generation of computer

The software giant announced at the D5 conference that it’s built a new touchscreen computer—a coffee table that will change the world. Go inside its top-secret development with PopularMechanics.com, then forget the keyboard and mouse: The next generation of computer interfaces will be hands-on.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid932579976/bclid932553050/bctid933742930

Have a look at the above video, it is an amazing technology.