Mark Parnell

UX guy with interest in video game UX

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Sales of Obscure Game Consoles vs. Non-iPad Tablets http://j.mp/qlgizR

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http://j.mp/hG4pGM Apparently, the network effect is a bell curve, and Myspace is on the downwards slope.

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Next to @bengoldacre buying a burrito. Any good?

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I think I'm getting a Kindle. Just for the games mind.

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Epic user testing trip almost done. Russia, Japan, US, Brazil. I'm the Indiana Jones of UX. Or probably more like the Michael Palin.

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@vaughanbell I'm depressed that Nicolas Carr is somehow lauded as an expert on 'new technology psychology' http://bit.ly/brmAxh

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Equally Google, most paid VoIP calls are international, and novelty isn't the same as popularity http://j.mp/aiRzEX

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University Website http://j.mp/cVN6ju

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@jmspool Where else would she put her Marlboro Lights?

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Playing Perfect Dark XBLA reminds me how popular wilfully opaque level design and objectives used to be

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@generallyfine haven't we all been there?

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Sherlock last night had a truly terrible chase scene; it was like trying to read a GPS whilst drunk. And on fire.

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Apple seriously needs to learn that tu quoque is a logical fallacy http://bit.ly/bmqPMO

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@vaughanbell Or Xenu, so I hear.

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@pzmyers So are you going to tweet more now that you're on strike?

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Tumblr of phone manuals that tell you not to hold the phone wrongly http://j.mp/bDgVMG

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Just saw a country select drop-down that still had East Germany in it. And this was from a UX agency!

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The SUS scale actually appears to measure two separate factor: usability and learnability. http://bit.ly/aBSVHX . I never knew!

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Google's App Inventor for Android: now there's now excuse when you can't find that perfect App. http://bit.ly/9YfLbj

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Got to see the new Tobii eyetracking glasses today. Video looks like something out of Peep Show. But with eyetracking. http://bit.ly/bM9kxa