CATALOGING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Title: Story-centered design: hacking your brain to think like a user Context: Fix your design process. Or, stop designing screens and start designing stories. Synopsis: As a user experience designer you probably think about everything in discrete chunks of interactivity … Continued
So I spent most of last week in Dublin where I was lucky enough to attend the Interaction Design Association’s Interaction12 conference. And oh was a good time had by all. I will spare you the nose rubbing details of … Continued
Title: What we talk about when we talk about sketching. Context: We are visual thinkers yet tend to only communicate verbally. That’s just crazy talk. Synopsis: I know, I know; you can’t draw. Which is fine because we aren’t talking … Continued
Title: The Messy Art Of UX Sketching Context: You cannot design without sketching. It just can’t be done. Fact. Synopsis: The single most important skill – yes SKILL not TALENT – that every designer needs is the ability to communicate … Continued
Title: Why We Need Storytellers at the Heart of Product Development Context: There are not enough good storytellers in the world. And certainly not in the business world. Synopsis: It was a dark and stormy night…Well, not really. Or maybe … Continued
Title: 10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design Context: There’s only 10?!?! Synopsis: I once tried to explain to my parents what my job is. Suffice it to say that when they are now asked what their eldest son … Continued
Title: Why We Sketch Context: A picture is worth a thousand words which should be reason enough to sharpen your sketching pencils. Synopsis: I knew an elementary school teacher once who told me “The problem with adults is that we … Continued
Title: How to stand out in any niche using humor Context: Selling your ideas can be serious business. But if you want to make it more fun, bring the funny. Synopsis: This post is mostly about using humor in blogging … Continued
Title: Why We Need Storytellers at the Heart of Product Development Context: I’m going to continue beating the storytelling drum until I finally get to the end of this particular story about this guy who continues to beat the storytelling … Continued
Title: Terry Border at Gel 2008 Context: The things that we make are the stories we tell. However, nobody ever said that those stories need to be boring ones. Synopsis: If you’ve never seen Terry Border’s art you are missing … Continued
Title: The Stories We Construct Context: Telling a great story is hard. Constructing it is even harder. Synopsis: Very attractive and breezy presentation by the maker of Mental Notes brainstorming cards (http://getmentalnotes.com/) that tries to describe the process we – … Continued
Title: Delivering the Speech of Your Life Context: Sure you could just try to imagine your audience naked. If you’re some kind of pervert. Synopsis: You need to be able to convince people that your ideas are sound and worth … Continued
Title: How to Use the Power of Storytelling to Get What You Want and Need. Context: There are eight million stories in the UX world; here’s one of them. Synopsis: Let me tell you a story… Just reading that intro … Continued
Title: Do You Know When To Communicate Verbally And When To Communicate Visually? Context: Tell me, I’ll forget. Show me, I’ll remember…Wait, what was I talking about again? Synopsis: The brain is a funny thing. The way we’re all wired … Continued
Title: Why Stories Work as Design Tools Context: One of these days I’ll stop beating the storytelling drum. Today is just not that day I’m afraid. Synopsis: Great post on the “why” of storytelling, but also with some nice tips … Continued