# Usability

> 7 posts tagged Usability on Timo Arnall's site, 2001 to 2005: Nokia 3220 with NFC; Graphic language for touch; Embodied interaction in music; Social…

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- [Nokia 3220 with NFC](https://www.elasticspace.com/2005/12/nokia-3220-nfc/) (2005): First impressions of the prototype Nokia 3220 NFC shell in late 2005: reading and writing RFID tags, interaction details and suggested improvements.
- [Graphic language for touch](https://www.elasticspace.com/2005/11/graphic-language-for-touch/) (2005): Graphic design for near-field interaction at Design Engaged 2005, an early attempt at a visual language for the touch-point where phone meets tag.
- [Embodied interaction in music](https://www.elasticspace.com/2005/04/embodied-interaction-music/) (2005): A set of sketches from Easter 2005 on navigating music on portable devices: predictive text input, squeeze-and-shake movement, audio scrubbing and gestures like covering an ear.
- [Social filtering for online forums](https://www.elasticspace.com/2004/06/social-filtering/) (2004): On Yayhooray's 2004 relaunch using buddy-list as content filter, and a history of signal-to-noise filtering in online forums from Dreamless on.
- [Design for television](https://www.elasticspace.com/2004/03/design-for-television/) (2004): Notes on designing interactive television interfaces in 2004: typography at 18 pixels, drop-shadows to stop colour bleed, safe areas on modern widescreen TVs.
- [Usability books](https://www.elasticspace.com/2003/08/usability/) (2003): A reading list on usability: Norman’s Design of Everyday Things, Nielsen, Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think, Beyer & Holtzblatt on contextual design and more.
- [Mobile interaction design case study](https://www.elasticspace.com/2001/06/mobile-interaction-design-case-study/) (2001): A 2001 case study for Pollen Mobile / Mamjam: SMS-driven location-based social entertainment for people in the same venue.