Lovely parody of instructional screens, by Khol Vinh, following his post on over-complex instruction overlays (most of which will never be read) for iPad and other apps. My issue is that these instructions often aren't easily found after first use i.e. at the time people start realising they're probably not using a tool efficiently and want to find out quickly what they're missing.
I'm a psychologist and, having worked for many years in the design of user-centred products and services, am now Professor of User-Centred Design at University of Reading, UK.
Why Brain Attic?
In 'A Study in Scarlet' Arthur Conan Doyle wrote: "I believe that a man's brain is like a little empty attic, and you stock it with such furniture as you choose....the skillful workman will have...nothing but the tools which will help him doing his work..."
As we now know, Conan Doyle's analogy doesn't quite tell the full story of the brain but nevertheless this blog is a place for me to store notes that, if not logged here, might be forgotten.
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