In 2017, I wrote an impassioned piece on modern UIs after roughly week 1 of the HCI course I took during that semester of my undergrad. In it, I coined the term the 'fulfilment gap', which more or less simplified the ideas presented in Don Norman's The Design of Everyday Things. Here, I'd like to … Continue reading The Fulfilment Gap
I'm in my fourth year studying software engineering, and not once have I ever said I loved it. Ask me about it in person I'll gladly tell you about the aspects of software engineering that I greatly enjoy, while taking great care to obscure the (many) things I loathe about this field. I might tell you about … Continue reading I love Computer Science.
Today I offer you an idea: all modern UIs suck. And they're going to continue to suck until you can pick up your phone with your mind. Or magically shrink your desktop computer to fit in your pocket. Or fly. My dissatisfaction in user interfaces comes from the ever-present distance between what I want to do and … Continue reading Until We All Have Super Powers, UIs Are Going To Suck.
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