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The Credit Crisis
The current financial crisis is a serious situation because it affects the foundation of the banking system: trust. In most cartoons, the image of a bank is that of a safe behind bars, protected by se… more →
User Experience and Cognitive Engineering
The Credit Crisis
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Francois Aubin wrote 1 year ago: The current financial crisis is a serious situation because it affects the foundation of the banking … more →
The 10 most common design mistakes on the Web
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Francois Aubin wrote 1 year ago: Not understanding the nature of the Internet. Too often, design teams think of the Internet as a pu … more →
On Education: Take 2
Francois Aubin wrote 1 year ago: I am currently reading the latest biography of Albert Einstein by Walter Isaacson. I then decided to … more →
The Mechanics of Politics in IT: Part 1
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Francois Aubin wrote 1 year ago: Last year, the government of Quebec asked Cognitive Group to do a heuristic evaluation (expert evalu … more →
The Irony of Project Management: the practitioner’s view
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Francois Aubin wrote 1 year ago: I was recently hired by an important financial institution from Canada to help them assess their str … more →
Leading change: the practitioner’s view
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Francois Aubin wrote 1 year ago: A few years ago, I was in a group that got lost during a hiking trip. One member of the group said … more →
Simplicity: the Jawbone web site
Francois Aubin wrote 1 year ago: In the: 10 things to do for the success of your web site – the practitioner view, I wrote in 8 … more →
10 things to do for the success of your web site - the practitioner view
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Francois Aubin wrote 1 year ago: 1. Know what is important. 1. Bring users to your site, 2. Ensure usefulness and usability, 3. Maxim … more →
On the Size of Font
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Francois Aubin wrote 2 years ago: Just back from SanFrancisco, I was trying to find an address in Montreal. I had to slow down in orde … more →
Human Error Part 1: De la Concorde Overpass
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Francois Aubin wrote 2 years ago: In September 2006, a bridge collapsed in Laval (a Montreal suburb), resulting in 5 deaths. An inquir … more →
Innovation Par 1: Why Silicon Valley
Francois Aubin wrote 2 years ago: LeRoi Gourhan, a French Anthropologist, observed that during pre-historic times there was a close re … more →
Sketching User Experience
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Francois Aubin wrote 2 years ago: I just finished the book « Sketching User Experience » by Bill Buxton. This book in my view is an im … more →
Michel Leblanc Conference
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Francois Aubin wrote 2 years ago: I recently assisted at a speech given by Michel Leblanc at the Big Bang on may 17, 2007. This is cer … more →
Usability versus Usefulness
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Francois Aubin wrote 2 years ago: You have to provide your friend with driving directions to come to your home. All of a sudden, your … more →
What is Usability?
Francois Aubin wrote 2 years ago: Usability expresses the ease with which people can employ a particular tool or object in order to ac … more →
What is Distributed Cognition?
Francois Aubin wrote 2 years ago: Distributed cognition proposes that human knowledge and cognition are not confined to the individual … more →
