When working on my MSEE in the mid 80s, I did some research and work in image processing. The field has certainly advanced in strides and computer image recognition has become extremely sophisticated. I also realize that security is paramount in importance. But really….look at these security words/images. In some instances you need a computer to decipher the security word in order to move on to the next page!

Unfortunately I am going to start out with (what I consider) a bad design. Shown above is an image of the computer under the Registrar’s desk at our campus. I literally have to get down on my hand and knees and fumble around with my flash drive for a good 30 seconds before I can insert it correctly into the USB port. To get a better appreciation of how high the port is from the floor I should note that the flash drive shown is 2 inches long. Furthermore it must be fitted in at a certain angle. Surely this is a good example of a bad design.

My very first blog

Although I have posted in several blogs before, this is the first time I have created one of my own. Over the course of the next three months or so I will be making entries that pertain to my observations on good and bad HCI (human-computer-interaction) designs.