Episode description
Dr. Rebecca Grier joins Tim Keirnan for a wordcast episode about Fitts' Law and Fitts' List. Who was Paul Fitts and how did this legendary psychologist impact our design professions to this day?
In a beautiful bit of synchronicity, Wired magazine published this excellent article about Fitts and Chapanis solving a design problem on the B-17 Flying Fortress during WWII.:
https://www.wired.com/story/how-dumb-design-wwii-plane-led-macintosh/
Dr. Grier recommends the following links to use in our understanding of Fitts' work:
https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/fitts-law-tracking-users-clicks
https://fampeople.com/cat-paul-fitts
https://psychology.wikia.org/wiki/Paul_Fitts
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10111-011-0188-1
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351978915006423
https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/paul-m-fitts-XSLBZF59k5
You can find Dr. Grier at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-grier-ux/