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Cedrus, General, Software Development
Featuritis: Worse Than You Think
I just finished reading Dreaming in Code by Scott Rosenberg. The book describes Mitch Kapor’s valiant effort at creating Chandler, a software product that was supposed to be the mother of all PIMs. Scott was there from the start and describes the various mistakes made, such as not having a finalized user interface [...]
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Cedrus, Design
The Making of StimTracker
12.06.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsMy company recently released StimTracker, a device designed specifically for sending event markers, something that researchers often need to do when using a stimulus presentation package such as our own SuperLab in combination with an EEG/ERP data recording device.
Sounds simple, but the design of StimTracker’s front panel went through more than 30 iterations before we [...] -
Cedrus, Design, Software Development, User Experience
Free iPhones For All
OK, so it’s not quite free for everybody, ya know. I’ve done dumb things before, but c’mon! It’s free to all Cedrus employees who have been with the company a year or more.
Why?
It’s simple, really. With all due to respect to Samsung’s Instinct and other iPhone wannabe recent offerings, the iPhone currently has no competition. [...] -
Cedrus, Design, User Experience
ROKR E8: Barely Haptic
After my first day attending CES, I went back to my hotel room and checked out news coverage of the event by Engadget and other tech oriented sources. This effusive Cool Hunting post caught my attention. It described the new, not-yet-released Motorola ROKR E8 (the highlights in the quote are mine):
The latest in [...]
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My name is Hisham Abboud. Curious Chap is my blog about hardware design, user interfaces, and other related topics. During daytime, I play at Cedrus. I still haven't decided what I want to do when I grow up.
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