Category Archives: Usability Humor

New Users for the iPad – Iggy (a cat) investigates an iPad

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Theo Mandel

You knew this would happen sooner or later. Now that there is a large touch-based tablet, little kids and pets are now experimenting with this new user interface! YouTube is now getting flooded with videos of pets playing with an … Continue reading →

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Reverse Psychology – Microsoft makes Game out of the Office Ribbon

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Theo Mandel

In the spirit of the developer’s credo – “That’s not a bug, that’s a feature!” – Microsoft has created a game that gives users points for finding and using commands on the Office Ribbon toolbar. Usually companies don’t point out … Continue reading →

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Bad Usability! Humorous Slideshare Presentation

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Theo Mandel

A humorous, poetic, simple and elegant presentation about bad usability based on the Bad Usability calendar (www.badusability.com/). >

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Hilarious Google “Opt-Out” Parody

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Theo Mandel

The Onion, a famous print and online parody newspaper, has a hilarious news video parody of Google’s “Opt-Out” policy. >

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Classic “This is Broken” Seth Godin Video

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Theo Mandel

Seth Godin, bestselling author, entrepreneur and agent of change in his Gel 2006 video. Why are so many things broken? In this entertaining talk – one of the favorites of Gel 2006 – Seth Godin gives a tour of things … Continue reading →

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Lazy Eyes: How we read online

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Theo Mandel

Fun, somewhat tongue-in-cheek article about reading/browsing online vs. paper. He uses Jakob Nielsen’s writings as examples and goes from there. Worth a read on Slate (Aricle by Michael Agger).

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The Ultimate Multi-Function Cell Phone (Humor)

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Theo Mandel

You knew it was coming…move over iPhone! Here is a cellular phone that *really* can multitask! The Sumsing Turbo 3000 Xi mobile phone! View the video!

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Computer Usability – Need we say more?

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Theo Mandel

Police excuse angry computer user for outburst Reuters, Tuesday July 17, 2007 2:35pm EDT (View article) BERLIN (Reuters) – A German man who startled his neighbors when he hurled his computer out of the window in the middle of the … Continue reading →

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Consumer Experience Parody

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Theo Mandel

It’s always great to see examples of how important the consumer experience is. Here’s a great video parody about the consumer experience. Enjoy! http://dailymotion.com/video/x1zv6w_the-break-up

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International Translation and Branding Usability Bloopers

Posted on March 20, 2007 by Theo Mandel

Let users do what they want to do, when they want to do it, and how they want to do it. I just received an e-mail from someone on my humor list. I don’t know if these international translations are … Continue reading →

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