We recently got a new member of our research group, a Merrild coffee machine. The Department of Computer Science at Aalborg University consists of several different research units, and luckily, one of the other units passed on their used coffee machine which still can be considered hyper-modern compared to our former one. Easy access to coffee is an […]
During a recent course in interaction design research at Aalborg University Department of Architecture Design and Media Technology, I had my first encounter with a laser cutter. Here I was introduced to some of the many possibilities offered by this relatively simple technology. In essence, a laser cutter is a high-power laser burning melting the […]
In an ongoing study about creating GUI redesigns based on the results of a usability evaluation I asked the participants if they had problems understanding the usability problem list. 44 participants, a mix of informatics and information technology students following a design course, participated. Their assignment was to create redesign suggestions for a web shop […]
Since 2012 I have frequently been flying Norwegian (Norwegian Air Shuttle) (IATA: DY) in Scandinavia. This is my 2015 review. My trips with Norwegian went significantly down in 2015 as my travel patterns and destinations changed. Last year I only had seven flight with Norwegian. Flights and service Norwegian provides an absolute basic product (while not […]
The Lufthansa Business and Senator lounge in Hannover (HAJ) is located in terminal A. This is a typical Lufthansa lounge and have you ever visited other Lufthansa lounges you will more or less know what to expect. I went to the Senator lounge that is not particular large, but there was plenty of space during my […]
When flying out of Seoul through Gimpo Airport (GMP) a Saturday morning I decided to checkout the Asiana Star Alliance Lounge. The lounge is located at 3F before security. It has an average size considering the size of the airport, but space was not an issue as I was the only guest that Saturday morning. I […]
The SAS lounge in Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (HEL) is located in terminal 1 and is a SAS lounge only (no SAS Gold lounge). Access details to SAS lounges can be found here. The lounge is relative small and kept in a nice ‘Scandinavian’ design. While small I find the lounge very comfortable. It’s basically one big room containing everything, […]
Submitted a review of a full paper to AfriCHI 2016. AfriCHI is a new HCI conference presenting itself as: “AfriCHI’s mission is to be a pan-African conference that brings together researchers, academics, practitioners, industry professionals and students who are African, are based in Africa or undertake or collaborate on HCI and Interaction Design projects about Africa. The […]
Academic writing is a process full of pain, struggle, frustration, and you name it… but academic writing is also satisfying, engaging, and meaningful to name a few of the many positive aspects. Especially the feeling of getting a paper accepted for publication is a very enjoyable and satisfying moment. “Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve […]
Domain name system (DNS) (also sometimes referred to as domain name service or domain name servers) is an essential part of not only what makes the World Wide Web work, but most parts of the Internet. In essence, DNS is used to translate hostnames into actual IP addresses, routing mail to the right servers, etc. […]