Ever since it was introduced in 2004 as a "replacement" for Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox has never failed to impress its users with its fantastic features. The popularity of Firefox continues to grow primarily because of its speed, ease of use, and the availability of free “add-ons” which allow users to add additional features to customize the Firefox browser. As a res... more.

For those of you who are heavily involved in research report writing or even publication of papers, you might face problems when trying to condense your research work into a short abstract. Most of the time, you're required to submit an abstract for consideration of publication as it helps the editor to read through your work rapidly before getting into your full paper. Here are some useful tips t... more.

Due to the requests from my friends, I have made my paper published in the proceedings of the 2nd International Malaysian Educational Technology Convention 2008 available for download. The convention was held in Kuantan, Malaysia from 5 to 7th November. In line with the theme of the convention, I'm written on the usefulness of desktop virtual reality as an educational tool by focusing on the guid... more.

The concept of emotional design (Read Donald Norman's Book for further details) Ho is nothing new, particularly in product design. Many approaches that take emotions into consideration during the designing process have been introduced. One of these approaches is of course Kansei Engineering as proposed by Nagamachi. Though principles of emotional design have been adopted in product design, less ... more.

I'm currently participating in the International Cyberspace Conference on Ergonomics (CybErg'08) which runs from 15 Sept to 15 Oct 2008. It is carried out virtually and discussion is done through forum.  I have two conference papers accepted for this conference and hoping to get further feedback and comments on my research work. The two papers are mainly on Kansei Engineering. The first i... more.

Oh well, I just received a good news from my supervisor, Dr Chen that my paper submitted to Themes in Science and Technology Education (an international refereed journal based in Greece) has been published. That's about 3 months of waiting after the manuscript was reviewed and accepted.  The title of the paper is Incorporating Kansei Engineering in instructional design: Designing virtual real... more.