The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for my blog Twenty Oh Eight that went online on January 18 🙂 Click here to see the complete report. The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 11,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at… Continue reading My 2014 in Blogging
ICYMI: This is a motherfucking website and I wrote a motherfucking conference article about it
(Disclaimer: motherfuckingwebsite.com was not made by me!) The post in which I review motherfuckingwebsite.com and propose some changes to make it even more perfect (see here) is the most widely read post on my blog by far. To date, it has received 8,715 views, with the front page of my blog being in second place having… Continue reading ICYMI: This is a motherfucking website and I wrote a motherfucking conference article about it
2014 in Review: World and German Champion!
Now that 2014 is almost over and there are only some league matches left, let's have a look at my past year in Ringtennis. All in all, it was a way better year than 2013. First, my fellow teammates of TSV Neubiberg-Ottobrunn and I came in second place in the German premier league (Bundesliga), only losing… Continue reading 2014 in Review: World and German Champion!
Über-Productivity in Just Three Steps
Know those guidelines for being productive that consist of "only" 20 or more rules? Keeping to-do lists, keeping anti-to-do lists, writing journals, reflecting on your day, the 50/10 rule etc. pp. ... Forget about them! Here is what I did to finish two CHI papers in the course of one weekend: Get rid of distractions: I put my… Continue reading Über-Productivity in Just Three Steps
What is ›Usability‹?
Earlier this year, I submitted a research paper about a concept called usability-based split testing1 to a web engineering conference (Speicher et al., 2014). My evaluation involved a questionnaire that asked for ratings of different usability aspects—such as informativeness, readability etc.—of web interfaces. So obviously, I use the word “usability” in that paper a lot;… Continue reading What is ›Usability‹?
The 2014 German Championships in Ringtennis
This one is a bit delayed, as for the past two weeks, I was rather busy preparing two research papers for the 2015 International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI). Let's hope it was worth the effort and at least one of my submissions will get accepted 🙂 Mixed Doubles Now I have finally… Continue reading The 2014 German Championships in Ringtennis
Survey: Search Engines – Perception, Usage & Expectations
In the context of my PhD thesis in Human–Computer Interaction, I currently conduct a survey concerning the use of search engines. With the help of this survey I hope to better understand how you perceive and use search engines and which expectations you have towards them. In particular, I focus on the use of search… Continue reading Survey: Search Engines – Perception, Usage & Expectations
User Experience Rule #2
II. Never hide primary information behind an additional click the user has to perform! Keep the number of necessary clicks as low as possible. For example, in search engines, do not (never ever!) require a user to click twice before they reach their desired result.
Umfrage: Suchmaschinen – Wahrnehmung, Nutzung & Erwartungen
Für meine Doktorarbeit in Human-Computer Interaction führe ich momentan eine Umfrage zur Nutzung von Suchmaschinen durch. Es geht mir in dieser Umfrage vor allem darum, herauszufinden, wie ihr Suchmaschinen wahrnehmt und welche Erwartungen ihr an sie habt. Besonderer Fokus liegt auch auf der Nutzung mit Smartphones, Tablets und anderen Geräten, wie z. B. einer Nintendo Wii… Continue reading Umfrage: Suchmaschinen – Wahrnehmung, Nutzung & Erwartungen
[offene Masterarbeit] Was that Page Pleasant to Use? Usability-Metriken in einer echten Suchmaschine
Es gibt viel zu viele schlechte Webseiten! Schon mal versucht, auf http://www.finanzen.sachsen.de die Tagessätze für Auslandsreisekosten zu finden? Falls nicht, einfach mal ausprobieren und viel Spaß dabei! Oder schon mal auf der Seite der Uni Würzburg versucht, herauszufinden, wie genau eine Bewerbung für den Bachelor in Wirtschaftswissenschaften abläuft? Nein? Ist auch eigentlich besser so, weil… Continue reading [offene Masterarbeit] Was that Page Pleasant to Use? Usability-Metriken in einer echten Suchmaschine
2008 – Tales of Design & User Experience 