Category Archives: User Experience

Joel Spolsky keynote at EclipseCon 2006

Posted on March 21, 2006 by luis

Joel Spolsky is rambling along (it seems) about Blue chip products. Really he is a good presenter and likes to throw his audience (us EclipseCon geeks) off track to wake us up. BTW, Joel is the author of Joel on … Continue reading →

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Yay – Kim’s got a blog!

Posted on March 20, 2005 by luis

Kim Horne, who gave a nice presentation on “Addressing UI Scalability in Eclipse” at EclipseCon 2005, has just started an Eclipse-focused blog, titled Kim’s Eclipse Musings. I enjoyed the session quite a bit due to her sense of humor. She … Continue reading →

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The night owl gets the milestone build (Eclipse 3.1M5 is here!)

Posted on February 19, 2005 by luis

Eclipse 3.1M5 is here! I like this quote from Kim Moir, the Master of Eclipse Build Ceremonies (OK, not an official title): “The clock has struck midnight and M5 has emerged as a beautiful new stable build.  Enjoy.” You can … Continue reading →

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Why your car stereo needs a joystick

Posted on October 26, 2004 by luis

I think that user experience is important for software, but also for hardware. Think about it: the more you interact with something, either it becomes more invisible to you (and thus becomes “easy to use”) or the more its poor … Continue reading →

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