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Posted April 15, 2009 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Blink, Technology. Tags: BumpTop, desktop, desktop metaphor, file organization, hci, metaphor. Be the first one.

My Dutch skills are weak to non-existant, and without a Google translator for MacArena.be, I’m pretty much stuck with staring at the above video and contemplating the short description provided:
A movie about the technology which Apple has recently patented. It is not a movie made by Apple but by some researchers.
Fortunately, this is an [...]

Posted March 23, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Technology. Tags: alan baker, apple, future, hci, human computer interaction, information access, information manipulation, multi-touch, multitouch, near future, patent, touch, touch screen, touch sensitive, touchscreen. 2 Comments.

Apple this morning released the Mighty Mouse ($49 at the Apple Store). With a scrollball, left and right click, and side buttons, it’s a big departure from Apple’s old opposition to multi-button mice. Apple didn’t invent the mouse, but they were probably the first to put mice through usability testing. One, two, and three button [...]

Posted August 2, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology. Tags: apple, computer, hci, human factors, mac, macintosh, mice, mouse, multi-button mice, multi-button mouse, one button, one button mice, one button mouse, two button mice, two button mouse, two buttons. One Comment.