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Usability of Text Analytics | The AppsLab
http://theappslab.com/2015/08/05/usability-of-text-analytics
Usability of Text Analytics. 149; August 5th, 2015. 149; Leave a Comment. User experience design as a career fell largely on the era of GUI. Thus most people in my profession are visual thinkers if not by birth than by experience. When it comes to presenting information, we think visualization. Times are changing, and with that we are challenged to present information verbally. So the first lesson I’ve learned is how all text analytics use cases are different. Here are the results. Semantria I liked the ...
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Jeremy and Noel Talk IoT at Kscope15 | The AppsLab
http://theappslab.com/2015/08/10/jeremy-and-noel-talk-iot-at-kscope15
Jeremy and Noel Talk IoT at Kscope15. 149; August 10th, 2015. 149; Leave a Comment. By now, you know all about the Scavenger Hunt we ran a Kscope15. In partnership with our good friends at ODTUG. Talked about the technical bits in a post last week. And today, ODTUG posted an interview featuring our fearless leader, Jeremy Ashley (@ jrwashley. And Noel from the conference wherein they talk about Internet of Things (IoT) and the IoT bits included in the Hunt. Guerrilla Testing at OHUG. On Pokemon GO Rambli...
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Guerrilla Testing at OHUG | The AppsLab
http://theappslab.com/2015/08/10/guerrilla-testing-at-ohug
Guerrilla Testing at OHUG. 149; August 10th, 2015. 149; Leave a Comment. The Apple Watch came out. And we had a lot of questions: What do people want to do on it? What do they expect to be able to do on it? What are they worried about? And more importantly, what are they excited about? But we had a problem we wanted to ask a lot of people about the Apple Watch, but nobody had it, so how could we do any research? Our solution was to do some guerrilla testing at the OHUG conference. The activity was a grea...
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Game Mechanics of a Scavenger Hunt | The AppsLab
http://theappslab.com/2015/08/07/game-mechanics-of-a-scavenger-hunt
Game Mechanics of a Scavenger Hunt. 149; August 7th, 2015. 149; 1 Comment. This year we organized a scavenger hunt for Kscope15. In collaboration with the ODTUG. Here is a short technical overview of the technologies we used. We opted to use a Node.js. Back-end and a React. This piece was built by Mark Vilrokx (@ mvilrokx. And we were all very happy with the results. We researched two possible technologies: Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Beacons and Near Field Communication (NFC) stickers and settled for NFC...
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A Man, A Plan, A Collaborative Period Close | The AppsLab
http://theappslab.com/2014/02/17/a-man-a-plan-a-collaborative-period-close
A Man, A Plan, A Collaborative Period Close. 149; February 17th, 2014. 149; 7 Comments. Sometimes, I get to share something awesome. A post about how Oracle Social Network can be used by Oracle ERP Cloud users happens to be something awesome. Let me explain. Despite assumptions to the contrary, accounting is a very collaborative exercise in many enterprises. Ultan (@ ultan. Does a great job explaining why in his post “ How to Chat Up an Accountant Safely: Social Networking in the Finance Department.
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Mix, JRuby on Rails, Small Teams, Agile, and it’s Effects on the World | The AppsLab
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Mix, JRuby on Rails, Small Teams, Agile, and it’s Effects on the World. 149; November 21st, 2007. 149; 53 Comments. A week after going live with Oracle Mix. Those who have kept up with this blog, know about the internal social network we created inside the walls of Oracle. We call that Connect. For those who don’t know anything about Connect, it’s basically a skunk works project that became really popular — you can read more about it here. The team was comprised of four developers from TW ( Ola Bini.
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Three Weeks with the Nike+ Fuelband SE | The AppsLab
http://theappslab.com/2015/03/11/three-weeks-with-the-nike-fuelband-se
Three Weeks with the Nike Fuelband SE. 149; March 11th, 2015. 149; 7 Comments. I don’t like wearing stuff on my wrist, but in my ongoing quest to learn more about the wearables our users wear, I have embarked on a journey. And for better living through math. Aka the quantified self. And because I’ll be at HCM World. Later this month talking about wearables. And because wearables are a thing. And we have a Storify. To prove it, and we need to understand them better, and the Apple Watch is coming. First st...
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NodeBox | The AppsLab
http://theappslab.com/2015/08/04/nodebox
149; August 4th, 2015. 149; 1 Comment. In my previous post. I argued that the hunt is on for a better way to code, a way more suited for a designer’s need to test new interactions. I said I wanted a process less like solving a Rubik’s cube and more like throwing a pot. What does this actually mean? 8220;I want to grab a clump of clay and just continuously shape it with my hands until I am satisfied.”. There are two key concepts here: “continuously shape” and “with my hands.”. The image above includes som...
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Automatic: Nice, but Not Necessary | The AppsLab
http://theappslab.com/2015/02/20/automatic-nice-but-not-necessary
Automatic: Nice, but Not Necessary. 149; February 20th, 2015. 149; 1 Comment. Editor’s note: Here’s the first post from one of our newish team members. Ben Ben is a usability engineer with a PhD in Cognitive Psychology, and by his own account, he’s also a below average driver. Those two factoids are not necessarily related; I just don’t know what his likes and dislikes are so I’m spit-balling. Ben applied his research chops to himself and his driving using Automatic. Better living through math. Though I ...
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Kscope15 Scavenger Hunt | The AppsLab
http://theappslab.com/2015/05/29/kscope15-scavenger-hunt
149; May 29th, 2015. 149; 2 Comments. Are you attending Kscope15. If yes, then you should join the Kscope15 Scavenger Hunt. We have partnered with the Oracle Development Tools User Group. And created a fun way to get points and win prizes! The Oracle AppsLab (@ theappslab. Team wanted to find a user-friendly way to start a conversation with the ODTUG membership about this whole “Internet of Things” thing. Plus, we love Kscope and ODTUG! Visit http:/ kscope15.com/scavenger. Busy Times Are Afoot. Will you ...
