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=== Current Projects ===

==== Developing/Testing usable widgets for PocketPC ====
I like to use PDA applications with my finger/thumb. Actually, I lost the plas/tic pen that comes with.

For my master thesis, I'm conducting usability testing on widgets to improve data input with your fingers. I believe PDA can improve productivity in many different situations, mainly by
 * bringing knowledge with you (text&pictures, text-to-speech, task wizard, diagnostic wizard, video/animations, web search, intranet search, ...)
 * communicating (email, phone, VoIP, Instant Messenger, centralized task lists/schedules, centralized contact list)
 * reducing paper work
 * avoiding end-of-the-day data input sessions on desktop computers
But the so small plastic pen that comes with PocketPC if to me an aberration (except when used to write text): it is a tool to use the PDA which is an other tool. Have you ever seen an electrician using a clamp to use a screwdriver ?

Thomas Léveil

Email: MailTo(thomasleveil AT gmail DOT com)

Me

Hi Smile :) I'm a student in computing. My main interests are

  • programming
  • software engineering
  • cool web technologies (like wiki, ajax, ... )

  • cool web services (like del.icio.us, gmail, StumbleUpon)

  • good quality free software (which are often open source)
  • reading french comic books, novels, psychology, scientific literature
  • badminton and -when I have the opportunity- snowboarding
  • cooking
  • Linux, but my main OS is still WinXP at the moment, I run Ubuntu from VMware server.

Current Projects

Developing/Testing usable widgets for PocketPC

I like to use PDA applications with my finger/thumb. Actually, I lost the plas/tic pen that comes with.

For my master thesis, I'm conducting usability testing on widgets to improve data input with your fingers. I believe PDA can improve productivity in many different situations, mainly by

  • bringing knowledge with you (text&pictures, text-to-speech, task wizard, diagnostic wizard, video/animations, web search, intranet search, ...)

  • communicating (email, phone, VoIP, Instant Messenger, centralized task lists/schedules, centralized contact list)
  • reducing paper work
  • avoiding end-of-the-day data input sessions on desktop computers

But the so small plastic pen that comes with PocketPC if to me an aberration (except when used to write text): it is a tool to use the PDA which is an other tool. Have you ever seen an electrician using a clamp to use a screwdriver ?

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