Author: mprove

Matthias Müller-Prove /mprove/ is an independent interaction designer and human computer interactivist.

Wrong Update Notification

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Dear OOo guys,
don’t know if you have noticed yet, but the update notification mechanism does not work properly. It continuously informs me on new updates – while in fact there are none available. Furthermore, the menu bar icon never goes away.
I assume this is not the intended behaviour. I hope you agree and fix this. Issue filed: 102098
PS_ deleting the file user/LibraryApplication Support/OpenOffice.org/3/user/registry/data/org/openoffice//Office/Jobs.xcu solves the problem.

PaperPoint

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Beat Signer on PowerPoint Multimedia Presentations in Computer Science Education: What Do Users Need? /30′ video at TU Graz

Structured interviews with 9 faculty members of ETH Zurich lead to the following desired features

  • Highlighting and annotating slide content
  • Use blank “sheets”
  • Use video controls
  • Use system mobile
  • Orientate efficiently within slide collection
  • See content of current and nearby slides

Idea for PaperPoint: Use Anoto pen on hand-out of presentation to control the slide show. Very nice!

PaperPoint Presentation Tool

Publication: PaperPoint: a paper-based presentation and interactive paper prototyping tool. In: Tangible and embedded interaction. Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Tangible and embedded interaction

10 Questions to Hartmut Esslinger

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Guy Kawasaki interviewed Harmut Esslinger.

  1. How does Steve Jobs’s mind work?
  2. Why is it that companies with billions of dollars who can hire any designer or design firm in the world put out such crappy products?
  3. Can customers truly tell a company how to innovate?
  4. What can customers do then?
  5. If a company is hiring a design firm, how can it know that it’s picking the right one?
  6. If a company is hiring a designer (as an employee), how can it know that it’s picking the right one?
  7. What are your top ten products of all time?
  8. What are your ten worst products of all time?
  9. Why has the One Laptop Per Child project met with limited success?
  10. If a young person wants to be a great designer, what should he or she do?

Read the answers at OpenForum: The Inside Scoop on Design: Ten Questions with Hartmut Esslinger