• Archive for February, 2006

    HCI at Stanford University: d.tools

    by  • Thursday 2 February 2006 • Research • 0 Comments

    d.tools is a hardware and software system that enables designers to rapidly prototype the bits (the form) and the atoms (the interaction model) of physical user interfaces in concert. d.tools was built to support design thinking rather than implementation tinkering. With d.tools, designers place physical controllers (e.g., buttons, sliders), sensors (e.g., accelerometers), and output...

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    Smart OS X Dictionary function

    by  • Thursday 2 February 2006 • Uncategorized • 1 Comment

    Read on macosxhints: When running a Cocoa application, you can control-click on any word and select “Look up in Dictionary” from the pop-up menu. This will invoke the new Dictionary application, which will define the selected word. While this is handy, there’s an even quicker method (undocumented, as far as I can tell). Instead...

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