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	<title>How Usable is YOUR World? &#187; bad design</title>
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		<title>Is It a Usable Packaging?</title>
		<link>http://www.olivierlorrain.com/2011/02/06/is-it-a-usable-packaging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 23:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivier Lorrain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love reading magazines, I was subscribed to Fast Company and Wired for several years before coming to NZ. Now, I still receive my UPA (Usability Professional Association) magazine here in NZ. As far as I remember, the UPA magazine has always been wrapped in a sealed plastic bag, which could be frustrating to open. (a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BlackRock vs Goldman Sachs – Bias Data Visualisation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivier Lorrain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love data visualisation! That&#8217;s why when I read articles and I see data visualisation used with a bias way, it shocks me! A recent example was in Bloomberg BusinessWeek  &#8211; The Colossus of Wall Street. The article is about how BlackRock (asset management firm) and its CEO have enormous power on Wall St and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oven Knobs &#8211; Bad Natural Mapping</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivier Lorrain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever turned the wrong knobs for your stove burners? I have read about natural mapping and how stove are badly design. Don Norman, in his book The Design of Everyday Things, and Kim Vicente, in his book The Human Factors, mentioned this issue and proposed few designs. I decided to talk about it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AA Form &#8211; Three Entry Fields and One Error!</title>
		<link>http://www.olivierlorrain.com/2009/08/27/aa-form-three-entry-fields-and-one-error/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:25:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivier Lorrain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently completed a short form (Requesting only my name and my email) on AA (New Zealand Automobile Association) website to enter into a draw. Have a look at the following screen shots and think how you could design a better form! And then, after filling the form, I was looking for the submit button&#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual World vs Real World</title>
		<link>http://www.olivierlorrain.com/2009/07/14/virtual-world-vs-real-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivier Lorrain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When designing a new website or new software, we should always be aware of the real world, not only to come up with new metaphors but also to match the virtual world to the real world because the user has to accomplish a task with information laying in the real world and then to complete [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Form – by Mail or by Email?</title>
		<link>http://www.olivierlorrain.com/2009/06/25/form-by-mail-or-by-email/</link>
		<comments>http://www.olivierlorrain.com/2009/06/25/form-by-mail-or-by-email/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivier Lorrain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just went on ReseauIQ, which is the network organization for engineers in Québec, Canada, to edit my profile. I was a bit confused by the subscription section. Since I&#8217;m overseas, I want to receive all my documentation by email. The thing is I didn&#8217;t know what to uncheck. The only option that I&#8217;m sure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exxon Gas Pump &#8211; Bad Design</title>
		<link>http://www.olivierlorrain.com/2009/06/20/bad-design-gas-pump/</link>
		<comments>http://www.olivierlorrain.com/2009/06/20/bad-design-gas-pump/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivier Lorrain</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once I was on a road trip to Boston (USA), I went to a gas station and I was stupefied by the gas pump bad interface. Selecting your gas should be an easy task but I wasn&#8217;t the only one who made an error. Let&#8217;s say that you are in front of the following gas [...]]]></description>
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