Interrupting my blog neglect to point you to this must-read column by Bill Buxton: The Mad Dash Toward Touch Technology. He offers a good dose of realism and some thoughts about true innovation.
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October 22, 2009
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Kevin Arthur is a usability analyst working with touch interfaces at Synaptics in Santa Clara, CA. This blog is a personal project and the opinions here are strictly my own.
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Indeed, a must read! I blogged it here, don't know why it's not showing up in your trackbacks.
http://hapticity.net/2009/11/02/watch-ui-a-case-study-from-bill-buxton/
Posted by: Dave | November 03, 2009 at 12:25 PM