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* testing Linux distro (one day, when I'll choose a distro, my computer won't boot on WinXP by default) |
* testing Linux distro |
Email/Google Chat: MailTo(thomasleveil AT gmail DOT com) | Skype: tomdesinto
I'm french, 24 and I live in Ireland. I'm studing computing at the [http://www.cit.ie Cork Institute of Technology]. 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
- testing Linux distro
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 is 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 ?
ThomasLeveil (last edited 2008-08-06 16:21:35 by localhost)