#ux iota: Just because you can make someone’s user experience easier doesn’t mean that you should.
If God had wanted us to take the stairs he wouldn’t have given us fingers with which to press elevator buttons now would he?
#ux iota: Paper prototyping. TO THE EXTREME!!!!
I once made a model kit of a car where I didn’t fully glue the wheels to the body and if you pushed it hard enough it would sort of roll for a few inches… via youtube.com
#ux iota: It is pretty clear that the answer is no, no we are still not doing enough.
Accessibility: It’s not just a good idea, it’s the law… via slantback.tumblr.com
#ux iota: Bad UX. It can cause a nuclear meltdown. Literally.
The infamous control panel of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant which [almost invited human error]. Horrific human factors: The image shows the maintenance tags that operators testified covered one of the closed emergency feedwater valve indicator lights during … Continued
#ux iota: What to do when you are lost in the proverbial creative woods? Ask a forest ranger. Seriously.
The best thing to do when you are lost is to try and find your way home. via fs.usda.gov
#ux iota: User experience in most organizations? I’ll be honest, it’s a challenge.
What are your UX organizational challenges? Yes. via usabilitycounts.com
#ux iota: Your email isn’t going to just check itself…
You’ve probably already checked your email 3 times in the time it took you to read this. via forbes.com
#ux iota: UX! It’s grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat!
The old breakfast-cereal-as-metaphor-for-your-UX-process infographic. via usabilitycounts.com
#ux iota: Good UX: Wakes your ass up.
Do you suck at getting up in the morning? There’s an app for that. via bonkersworld.net
#ux iota: Accessibility – It’s good for more than just a cheap laugh. Wait. What?
How The Daily Show uses accessibility features to help write comedy. via uie.com
#ux iota: Many rules to design by in convenient “principles” format.
The following principles are fundamental to the design and implementation of effective interfaces, whether for traditional GUI environments or the web. Of late, many web applications have reflected a lack of understanding of many of these principles of interaction design, … Continued
#ux iota: Necessity may be the mother of invention, but disappointment is the mother of creativity.
Banging your head against a wall in frustration is an essential—and perhaps needlessly painful—part of creativity. via vimeo.com
#ux iota: Follow that pen!
Maybe it’s not the pen that moves, but rather the rest of the world underneath it… via vimeo.com
#ux iota: Brainstorming – It ain’t a maze.
You don’t need someone to draw you a map showing how to have a brainstorm. via creativesomething.net
#ux iota: Interfaces don’t kill. Engineer designed interfaces do.
There are reasons why designers shouldn’t code and coders shouldn’t design.