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Nigel Bevan on "International Standards for HCI and Usability"
22/09/2005

Who would ever have thought that standards for usability would be an interesting topic? Nigel Bevan, a UK-based standards expert, made it so. At the ninth Namahn lecture, he patiently walked the audience through an alphabet soup of ISO and other standards, and explained the different approaches.

"The Cognitively Congenial Interface" by Patricia Wright
17/05/2005

In a talk that was as intriguing as its title, Patricia Wright presented her vision for user interfaces that go beyond mere usability.

Luc Steels talks about "User-Driven Semiotic Dynamics for Peer-to-Peer Information Exchange"
22/02/2005

What does 'wogglesplat' mean?

Maybe nothing to you and me, but quite a bit to a robot.

In an esoteric—yet fascinating—presentation, Luc Steels described a new paradigm for communication between disparate entities.

Peter Van Dijck talks about "Information Architecture and Intranet Development: real-life stories from the trenches"
16/11/2004

What do deformed frogs in Minnesota have to do with information architecture?

A lot, according to Peter Van Dijck. He cited a website that is devoted solely to this specialised topic. Actually, it is a website within a website, or as Peter calls it a "topic page" or "mini-portal".

Namahn designs multi-media cyclist application for the Limburg Tourist Office
10/11/2004

Namahn has designed an application for cyclists in Limburg Province together with Telindus, main contractor on the project. The application is a PDA that provides navigation information such as the recommended route and the distance between intersections.

Jan-Christoph Zoels speaks about mobile user experience trends
21/09/2004

Do you have an appetite for "digital delicacies"?

Jan-Christoph Zoels presented tantalising examples of how mobile technologies will change our world, and in many cases already have.

Banksys presents terminal designed with Namahn's assistance
22/06/2004

Namahn assisted in the design of the new C-ZAM/XENTA terminal that Banksys is presenting to the press today.
From the start of the project, Banksys committed itself to a user-centered design process by putting ease of use, installation and maintenance high on the project agenda. They took Namahn on board in the project to make sure these goals could be met.

"user-centered Design of Digital Products - 3 Belgian companies share their experiences"
08/06/2004

On Tuesday, 8 June, Agfa-Gevaert, ICOS Vision Systems and Banksys, presented how they have applied user-centered design to develop better user interfaces for their flagship products. Forty participants endured the sweltering heat to listen to the actual experiences of these past and present Namahn clients.

"What you don't know about the human factors of usability can cost you money or even kill somebody (maybe you)!"
05/05/2004

On Wednesday, 5 May, Tom Hewett of Drexel University (Philadelphia) presented in the Namahn library reasons why it is important to take into account human performance characteristics in designing complex systems for human use.

Louise Ferguson presents a workshop on "Ethnography and Design" to Namahn clients.
17/02/2004

Did you think that ethnography was only useful for studying aboriginal tribes? Not according to UK-based interaction design consultant Louise Ferguson. At a by-invitation-only event attended by fifty Namahn clients and vendors, she showed that ethnography is not only for anthropologists; it is also an extremely useful approach to design.

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