Tests, sounds, and views

It's been a long week. I've been running a study and and watching people try to use a website and struggle and toil. I'm not surprised about the results, but I'm constantly surprised to see how users will do 30 tasks in a study, have a hard time, not find what they need then at the end state, oh yeah, it was really easy. I just wish they would demand more usable products. It's like watching someone in a bad relationship. "Well, the experience was grueling, it took forever, I couldn't find what I need, but I guess it was easy. I mean at least it's online. I just need to really spend a lot of time to figure it out, it's obviously some lack in me."

Anyway, tonight will be a nice break from all this work and thinking by endulging in the whistler extrodinaire Jolie Holland at the schmancy Triple Door.

And next week is Bob Dylan, woopee. One of my fave new coworkers showed me this cool site. It let's you see what your view will be like from your seat. Here's the one for the Paramount.