Aleks Oniszczak

Aleksander "Aleks" Oniszczak[1] is a Canadian user experience researcher best known for co-developing the Tactile Touchpad[2][3] (a.k.a. ClickPad, Magic Trackpad) whose functionality has been used in products such as Apple's MacBook and MacBook Pro since 2008.[4]

Prior to working at Microsoft's Apple Products division in May 2010, Oniszczak worked as a user experience researcher for Microsoft Surface and Southwestern Bell's Technology Resources, Inc. (now AT&T). Past and present projects include Office for Mac, Surface, Surface 2 and Windows 7 Touch Pack.

Oniszczak is a graduate of University of Toronto, holds a Masters from York University and a bachelor's degree from University of Guelph, Ontario. Before entering the field of Human Computer Interaction, Oniszczak worked as an actor[5] in movies such as Masala[6] and mini-series such as The Lawrenceville Stories[7] and Vocational Counselor. Today he works on novel input methods for computers and portable devices such as the RollPad[8] for cellphone text entry and Unipad[9] a single stroke text entry method with language-based acceleration. He now lives in Mountain View, California with his wife.

References
  1. "Aleks Oniszczak - Home".
  2. "The Tactile Touchpad". sigchi.com. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
  3. "A Comparison of Three Selection Techniques for Touchpads" (PDF). yorku.ca.
  4. "MacBook design". Apple.com. Archived from the original on 2011-03-21.
  5. "IMDB Aleks Oniszczak". IMDB.com.
  6. "IMDB Masala". IMDB.com.
  7. "IMDB The Lawrenceville Stories". IMDB.com. 26 January 1987.
  8. "A comparison of two input methods for keypads on mobile devices". arnetminer.org.
  9. "Unipad: single stroke text entry with language-based acceleration". sciweavers.org.


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