suomeksi

A usability guy

I am a Finnish usability practitioner (MSc) - that is, I deal with people and software.

I co-founded Fluxitek. We build software that helps engineers measure product quality, and allows them to concentrate on what is important in their work. Also, there is my portfolio site.

I currently dream about increasing empathy between engineers/software developers and the rest of the world. Human-centered design and usability are a start, as is realizing empathy. What I hope to find is a form of practice in software development that makes glaringly obvious to nerds the degree in which they can empathize with their users easily. Making usability a mainstream cultural practice - crowdsourced usability testing, if you will. ^{Jun 30, 2012} moodle blog

About me

See also: design references, software work

I find people interesting and confusing, and thus I spend a great part of my time wondering about their strange ways (and my own), learning to live. I find listening important, one of the most important things. My passion, still just finding a way to become reality, is to help people find ways to live up to their fullest potential, staying true, keeping real.

Designing great web sites/services and software both in terms of user experience and technology is intriguing. I have been building web sites and applications for about a decade now, and come up with new projects once in a while. I usually do not have enough time to implement most of them.

pretty pics&photos I like all sortsa movies, green tea and red wine, melancholy, sincerity, playing, singing, poems and poets. I respect being open to new thoughts and new ways to see, ignoring prejudice (though it is hard sometimes). I also find singing, climbing, swimming and pilates enjoyable - sometimes even fun!

For managing things, I do Getting Things Done with Checkvist and NuevaSync. For managing my head, I do Mindfulness (video at Google Talks).

If you feel you have got something you would like to share, well, my contact info is right here on this page.