ThomasLeveil
Thomas Léveil
Email: MailTo(thomasleveil AT gmail DOT com)
Me
Hi 
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 ?