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Browse the 258 posts of the Human Factors Blog organized by month/year.
- March 2010 (9)
- 15: Personas & Windows Phone 7; Apple Mouse Fix (0)
- 12: Doctors Visits Decrease With Electronic Health Records/E-mail (3)
- 11: Exit Signs Across Cultures (2)
- 08: Complex Clickers in Class (4)
- 08: HF Potpourri (0)
- 04: Human Factors Blog @ SXSW (0)
- 04: Making virtual worlds more accessible – a new context area for Human Factors (6)
- 01: HF and Medical Device Workshop (again) in April 2010 (0)
- 01: UXURLS: A usability news aggregator (1)
- February 2010 (8)
- 25: Careers in Human Factors & Aging (4)
- 10: Redesigning Toyota’s Keyless Ignition System (2)
- 08: Visual Search and Airport Security Screening (2)
- 05: Dissecting the iPad’s User Interface (0)
- 04: HF Graduate Programs: North Carolina State University (2)
- 03: The Spatial Demands of Assembly Instructions (1)
- 02: This does not bode well for the on-device user experience… (2)
- 01: Similar Medical Bottles Strike Again: Flu Shots and Insulin (0)
- January 2010 (13)
- 27: Keyless Ignition in Emergencies: Do you know what to do? (3)
- 26: HF Graduate Programs: Clemson University (7)
- 24: Design & HF Potpourri (0)
- 22: 3D is better than 2D, right? (0)
- 20: Environmental Controls: Spotlight on Volvo (2)
- 12: Ahem…your heart has stopped (3)
- 11: Tabs, tabs, and more tabs… (3)
- 08: Pain Scale Emoticons (2)
- 07: Publically Available Databases for Research (0)
- 06: HF Potpourri (1)
- 05: Blog is 99% recovered (1)
- 05: Database failure–we’ll be back shortly (1)
- 03: Distracted Driving: The Experience (4)
- December 2009 (17)
- 20: Vision-themed Potpourri (2)
- 19: Encouraging Sanitary Behavior at the Urinal (1)
- 17: Database Three: Mining safety data (0)
- 15: Database Two: Aviation safety data (0)
- 14: Human Factors in the World’s First “Purpose-Built” Law Enforcement Vehicle (2)
- 14: HF Potpourri (1)
- 11: Pssssst! Free occupational safety data! (0)
- 10: Data visualization tools (2)
- 10: Human Factors and Healthcare: The older patient & nurse (6)
- 09: Medication Adherence Case Study (1)
- 08: Smells like more potpourri (1)
- 07: The Toyota Saga Continues… (0)
- 04: Usability/Design/HF Potpourri (1)
- 03: Web-based tool to measure task workload (3)
- 02: Driving and Writing: Audi MMI (0)
- 02: HFBlog at HFES 2009 in San Antonio (0)
- 01: Healthcare IT does not save money, increase efficiency (3)
- November 2009 (8)
- 24: Dangers of Automatic Windows (2)
- 20: Let’s get social… (1)
- 20: Solving Beer Estimation Difficulties (4)
- 13: Graph extravaganza: Who are our “users”? (1)
- 10: HFES Conference Part 6: Health & Human Factors (1)
- 06: Human Factors vs. Bugs – Somebody stop my Toyota! (0)
- 04: HFES Conference Part 5: Automation & Trust & Google Maps (0)
- 03: HFES Conference in San Antonio, Part 4 – Hearing and Understanding (1)
- October 2009 (5)
- September 2009 (6)
- 28: Results of long-term educational use of Kindle (2)
- 25: STFU Usability Protocol (1)
- 19: “Replicants are like any other machine – they’re either a benefit or a hazard. If they’re a benefit, it’s not my problem.” (0)
- 16: Consequences of Mobile Phone Usability…big consequences (6)
- 13: Redesigning the Homeland Security Warnings (1)
- 08: Usability issues in navigating your life (4)
- August 2009 (7)
- 31: Developing the “science of error measurement” (3)
- 28: HF/Usability Hodgepodge (0)
- 19: Two HF Driving News Articles (0)
- 17: HF Potpourri (0)
- 12: Fitts’ Law and Your Microwave (0)
- 11: Consumer Reports story on Automobile Ergonomics (4)
- 04: 911: Trying to fight slips via warnings (0)
- July 2009 (11)
- 30: A Blind Person’s Interactions With Technology (0)
- 23: Politics and Research: Driver Distraction (0)
- 18: Ford’s Use of Personas in Design (1)
- 17: When Users Complain: Blackboard (6)
- 16: Augmented Reality for Everyone (3)
- 16: Population Trends: Age (0)
- 13: Time.com article on Anne’s research with Games & Aging (3)
- 06: Is Older Adult Interest in the Wii Interface Just Hype?: or “I want to try bowling” (3)
- 02: New Interface for Online Banking (1)
- 02: The Tactile Thinkpad: More Laptop Redesign from Lenovo (0)
- 01: Behind the scenes look at “Playtesting” games (2)
- June 2009 (14)
- 30: Heatmapping the Keyboard (1)
- 26: HF/Usability Potpourri (0)
- 18: Smartphones as Event-based Prospective Memory Aids (2)
- 17: (face) Gestures Interface (1)
- 16: Electric Scooters and their Warnings: A Guest Post by Kim Wolfinbarger (3)
- 12: Applied Decision Making Aids in the News (1)
- 11: Invisible Lines and Laundry Detergent (2)
- 10: Watch out for Un-Equalsteppings! (0)
- 10: Emergency Checklists and Aviation (0)
- 09: Bad Astronomy on Usability (0)
- 08: Cannot be Undone (double negatives on iphone) (3)
- 01: Can you hear me now? Why yes, I can! (1)
- 01: Infographics Galore! (1)
- 01: Solution for ATM glare (5)
- May 2009 (4)
- April 2009 (6)
- March 2009 (6)
- 26: The $12,000 Design Mistake (4)
- 24: “Internet radio so simple that even an old, stupid idiot can use it” (0)
- 23: Consumer RFID technology–The Mirror by Violet (1)
- 05: “Smart” devices may help dementia sufferers remember to shut off stove, live at home longer (1)
- 02: Lighting up the lives of the elderly – adaptively (0)
- 01: In 2019 I will be 44… (0)
- February 2009 (6)
- 25: Quick note: Usability of Electronic Health Records (3)
- 18: The Human Factors “elevator speech” (8)
- 16: It’s Right There, Right on your Left (0)
- 10: Google PowerMeter (0)
- 04: High-tech Grandma (0)
- 02: No More “Reply All” at Marketing Company (4)
- January 2009 (14)
- 27: History of Multi-touch Research (Bill Buxton) (1)
- 26: Game Players as Future Warriors (0)
- 25: Usability of Electronic Health Records (13)
- 23: Usability Affects Use: Police make fewer arrests due to struggling with software (0)
- 21: Crowdsourced Usability II: Mozilla Test Pilot (0)
- 21: Return of the Checklist! (0)
- 20: You can now follow us on Twitter (1)
- 19: Milk Jug Usability (5)
- 16: Rethinking the Hotel Closet (1)
- 14: User Perception of Automobile Brands (0)
- 12: 1960’s Human Factors : The Titan II Missiles (3)
- 09: Terrifying Telephones (4)
- 08: How does one get into Human Factors? (3)
- 05: Objectified: A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit (0)
- December 2008 (4)
- November 2008 (7)
- 29: Personalized User Interfaces (1)
- 26: Interface aid for hyper-milers (3)
- 25: Crowdsourced Usability Testing? (2)
- 25: Where are visitors coming from? (0)
- 18: StickySorter from Office Labs (0)
- 13: Feedback is a valuable brand “differentiator” for mobile phones (0)
- 05: Who Watches the Watchers? (0)
- October 2008 (11)
- 29: A Timely Article on Voting Machines (2)
- 27: Amazon Windowshop (1)
- 26: Smart Cars (0)
- 24: Joe the Plumber as a Persona (0)
- 12: Dear Marriott, Snail Mail is Not the Internet (3)
- 08: Another tool to keep up with election news (2)
- 06: Homeland security warnings (0)
- 06: Digital TV Transition will be rocky for some (2)
- 03: The VP Debates: An Adventure in Clutter (3)
- 02: Parking garage ticket machine warning (0)
- 01: More blurred lines between slaking and slaying (4)
- September 2008 (15)
- 29: Older adults prefer less choice than younger adults (1)
- 27: Hospital Bracelets Face Hurdles as They Fix Hazard – NYTimes.com (3)
- 26: Infovis in the Debates (3)
- 25: Live… from New York, it’s HFES! (0)
- 16: Mac-based usability testing software: Silverback (0)
- 12: Pew Internet: Use of Cloud Computing Applications and Services (3)
- 12: “Science of fun”; User testing the game Spore (4)
- 11: Visualizing election news (2)
- 10: Text Input in a Mobile World (0)
- 10: Tag-based interfaces and Aging (0)
- 09: Everything in, Garbage out! (0)
- 06: Vigilante Warnings (1)
- 03: Google Chrome: Incognito (0)
- 03: (too) Minimalist design (6)
- 01: Infographics in Movies (0)
- August 2008 (7)
- 26: You are what you eat (And I’m about a B-) (2)
- 25: Electronic Books–A Human Factors perspective (3)
- 24: Inner and Outer Outed (0)
- 22: Getting Ready for November – Ballot Designs (0)
- 19: Hospital’s Design Keeps Fresh Air in Mind – NYTimes.com (0)
- 06: The Future of Web Browsing (0)
- 04: With automated tagging, Web links can surprise (0)
- July 2008 (6)
- June 2008 (8)
- 30: Human Factors Journal Celebrates 50 Years With Special Issue Highlighting Pivotal Research and Applications (0)
- 24: Filed under: I can’t believe there needs to be a warning for this… (0)
- 17: Scenes Of Nature Trump Technology In Reducing Low-level Stress (0)
- 16: Primary Sources for Safety (0)
- 10: Human Factors Special Issue (0)
- 10: Facebook for grandma? (0)
- 09: Some progress in ATM interface design (0)
- 06: Instant Messaging Proves Useful In Reducing Workplace Interruption (0)
- May 2008 (7)
- 25: High-Tech Devices Keep Elderly Safe From Afar – NYTimes.com (1)
- 21: Memory Loss – Aging – Alzheimers Disease – Aging Brains Take In More Information, Studies Show – Health – New York Times (0)
- 21: Processing negatives (0)
- 21: Court Says Dollar Design Discriminates Against Blind : NPR (0)
- 14: On Reality TV, Less Sleep Means More Drama : NPR (2)
- 13: Nagging via text messages to help teens remember meds (0)
- 06: Overcoming the big downside of tagging (2)
- April 2008 (7)
- 25: Ergonomics for kids (0)
- 23: Report: OLPC may eventually switch from Linux to Windows XP (2)
- 22: Trust in Automation (6)
- 19: A suit that simulates the physical effects of aging used by Nissan (2)
- 18: Senior-friendly mobile phone (3)
- 03: Back to pencil and paper for 2010 census – CNN.com (1)
- 02: Changing behavior via awareness of energy consumption (1)
- March 2008 (7)
- 31: John Wayne, United Airways, and Human Factors (3)
- 26: Educational (low-priced) laptops and cross-cultural Human Factors (6)
- 23: Life imitates art (Nissan GT-R) (3)
- 20: Response to “Paper Kills” (2)
- 17: Usability and Signing up for Campus Safety Alerts (1)
- 15: Death from Branding (9)
- 07: Unusually quiet morning radio show (0)
- February 2008 (5)
- January 2008 (10)
- 25: Welcoming the Fireproof Elevator (0)
- 25: Tufte on the iPhone (0)
- 25: Electronic voting machines and misconceptions… (1)
- 18: ‘Mind-reading’ car keeps drivers focused (0)
- 18: Surgeons Hone Skills on Nintendo Wii (0)
- 14: Automation, Consumer Products, and Energy Usage (0)
- 12: 50th Anniversary of the Eames Lounge Chair (0)
- 11: “Continuous partial attention” vs. Multi-tasking (0)
- 03: Too much trust in automation… (0)
- 03: USNews Best Careers in 2008: User experience specialist (0)
- December 2007 (9)
- 18: “Why Nobody Likes a Smart Machine” (0)
- 13: “Domestic products bad designs are out of control” (0)
- 13: Google and the Mind (0)
- 12: Military training via video games (0)
- 12: Wacky Warning Label Winners (1)
- 10: NPR covers a good bit of the HF field in one conversation with two doctors (5)
- 07: Design out, Guard, then Warn (4)
- 06: Intuition vs Experience with Roundabouts (0)
- 03: First Responders Charity (0)
- November 2007 (9)
- 30: Facebook privacy issue may be a usability issue? (2)
- 29: Why Human Factors is more than providing safety equipment (0)
- 29: Team Training (0)
- 27: Legal Interpretations can be the Bane of Good Human Factors (1)
- 26: More medical errors–Operating on the wrong side of the patient’s brain! (3)
- 24: Patient record mistakes (0)
- 16: “From the Doctor’s Brain to the Patient’s Vein” (1)
- 15: Eye-tracking in web design (0)
- 09: Warning compliance (0)
- October 2007 (3)
- 31: “Set Phasers on Stun” still relevant in healthcare industry (1)
- 30: Another precient post (0)
- 29: Shopping on the internet (0)
- September 2007 (9)
- 25: The Cadillac of Human Factors (0)
- 25: iphone usability (3)
- 11: Fast Food Wednesday (1)
- 11: input device silliness… (0)
- 11: automation gone wrong… (0)
- 09: never blame the user… (0)
- 08: Keeping the Hum-or in Hum-an Factors (0)
- 07: Card sorting in the press (0)
- 07: The New Field of Unmanned Aircraft (0)
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