Another Example of Direct Manipulation

I have noted the power of direct manipulation here. So, another example caught my mind when traveling in Dutch buses. These buses have a button near every seat which can be pressed, and that highlights the stop button on a screen far away, so that everyone can see it is on. But while this is …

Most digital products suck because you can’t get your hands on them (literally)

The problem with most digital products is that you can't touch them. Let me go out on a limb here and say that touching is one of the most basic human.. wants (can the word 'want' be noun-ed? I don't know, but you know what I mean). Think about a red bench with a sign …

Multi-touch large screen museum painting mind-bending awesome stuff

https://youtu.be/N3TDeFEr-c8 This is something we found at the Escher Museum in the Hague, Netherlands. I love the experience of Multi-touch on a very large screen. The final image is shown below, taken from here. Of course, I strongly recommend checking out the mind-bending work of this guy. Mr. Jobs himself marketed multi-touch as awesome. I …