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After
working in the arts and entertainment industry, I (Tom van Bodegraven) completed
an intensive Web Design - Graphic Design course at WCP - Wairarapa, New Zealand.
I have studied Human Factors Psychology and have conducted 1-on-1 Task-orientated User Tests.
I am especially interested in the human factors of usability, such as the mechanics of vision and the idiosyncrasies of human memory.
This quote by Alan Cooper is one of the most important things I've read as a usability consultant. It basically says we must strive to reduce the interface to its simplest form, leveraging patterns to elicit correct input from the user while requiring minimal conscious thought.
Member
of: UPA Usability Professionals' Association.
Recently bought books
Persuasive Technology - B. J. Fogg.
The Elements of User Experience - J. J. Garret.
Defensive Design for the Web - M. Linderman & J. Fried.
Observing The User Experience - M. Kuniavsky.
Understanding Your Users - Gatherine Courage.
The Essential Guide to User Interface Design - Wilbert O. Galitz
Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design -Jenifer
Tidwell
Paper Prototyping - C. Snyder.
About Face - A. Cooper.
Mapping Web Sites - P. Kahn & K. Lenk.
Designing Without Tables using CSS - Dan Shafer.
The CSS Anthology - Rachel Andrew.
Standards Compliant Website using DW8 - Rachel Andrew.
The Zen of CSS Design - Dave Shea and Molly E. Holzschlag.
Joomla! - Hagen Graf.
Wiki Web Collaboration - Ebersbach, Claser and Heigl.
Don't Make me Think - Steve Krug (2nd edition).
I am fluent in English, Dutch and German, and have expertise in Global English.
My favourite computer application is OmniOutliner Pro. I live in it.
Other interests
I like to be in the outdoors, play my Davy
Stuart Mandolin, or the game of Go
(Weiqi
/ Baduk)
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