Andrew Wirtanen is a usability specialist in Cary, NC More »

Tim Drew, J.D. Drew and Stephen Drew

NPR had a great story yesterday morning on the retirement of Tim Drew, a former major league pitcher that recently retired after a stint in independent baseball. Tim played for the Bridgeport Bluefish, under coach Tommy John (yes, the “Tommy John surgery” Tommy John).
Tim’s older brother is Red Sox All-Star outfielder J.D. Drew. Tim’s younger [...]

iPhone Tip: Enable Caps Lock

Here’s a quick tip for all of you iPhone users:

Settings > General > Keyboard > Enable Caps Lock

Now, when you quickly tap the Shift key twice on the keyboard, it will turn blue and become a Caps Lock!
Why wasn’t this enabled by default? I have tried, on numerous occasions, to figure out how to enable [...]

Smart Dust Leads to Smart Parking

It’s always cool to see presentations from CHI (and related conferences) end up in commercial products. At the time they are presented, they usually seem far-fetched or appear to have no real-world application (but, of course, we need crazy ideas and unconstrained thinking).
Smart Dust (CHI 2002) is being used commercially by a company called Streetline [...]