I mean funny like I’m an innovation expert? I amuse you? I make you laugh, I’m here to amuse you?
Title: Method: Eight Things Stand-Up Comedy Teaches Us About Innovation Context: Laughter is the best innovation medicine. Synopsis: Stop me if you’ve heard this one: So a UX designer and his horse walk into a bar… Oh, you’ve already heard … Continued
I could tell you the secret to Agile UX. But then I’d have to kill you. Or at least take away your moleskin.
Title: Agile UX – How To Avoid Big Design Up Front By Pretending Not To Do Big Design Up Front Context: User experience design within an Agile environment doesn’t always go according to plan. So that should be part of … Continued
Put “creativity” along with “love”, “happiness” and “a good steak for under $20” to the list of things one cannot buy.
Title: Why You Can’t Buy Creativity Context: Sure you earn your salary but the quality of your output does not (or should not) be a function of how much money you make. It’s the other way around really. Synopsis: How … Continued
Oh yeah? Well I know you are (not a user experience designer) but what am I (a user experience designer)?
Title: Winning a User Experience Debate Context: Designers are from Mars and everyone else is from Venus. But the part of Venus that constantly disagrees with people from Mars. Synopsis: I know this almost never happens, but what should we … Continued
I like that olde tyme print design.
Title: How Print Design is the Future of Interaction Context: The need to move beyond outdated real-world UI metaphors requires us to look towards print design for salvation. Wait…What?!?! Synopsis: Why oh why can’t we leave behind stylized interface design … Continued
I for one welcome our recently toilet trained, cartoon watching, technology overlords.
Title: Study Shows Kids Are Predicting the Future of Technology Context: From the minds that brought you the runaway popularity of Justin Bieber comes the future of technology… Synopsis: Oh kids today! Acting all ‘cool’ with their ‘groovy’ rap music … Continued
Engineers vs. Designers: Can’t we all just get along?
Title: Engineers vs. Designers Context: I’ve got nothing against engineers. Some of my best friends are engineers. Synopsis: There is a war in most companies. A war between transitions and speed. A battle between animation and performance. These skirmishes take … Continued
What’s good for the idiot is usually good for the end user.
Title: “90% of your users are idiots” Context: It’s not really that 90% of your users are idiots, it’s that’s just how they prefer to be treated. Synopsis: We make decisions all the time based on how we think our … Continued
#ux iota: The wages of poor UX design are global thermonuclear annihilation.
Sometimes a bad user experience is bad for everybody. via mashable.com
To figure out what your customers want, do not ask your customers. You heard me.
Title: How to Create Compelling Brand Experiences Context: Features? So what. Experiences? Yes please. Synopsis: Many companies, agencies and consultants spend hour upon hour with customers asking them what new features they want to see in the products they use. … Continued
#ux iota: How do I stay creative? Let me count the ways…OK, 29.
Being creative isn’t the problem. Staying creative is. via vimeo.com
#ux iota: Redesign your website in under 4 minutes. Or therabouts.
Behold! The world’s fastest web designer. via youtube.com
#ux iota: How to make your presentations a load of C.R.A.P. In a good way.
The art of the business presentation. And not the dogs playing poker kind of art either. via slideshare.net
Design: A love letter.
Title: The Good, Bad, The Creative (Thesis Documentary) Context: A design student interviews a bunch of people in a quest to figure out what makes good – or bad – design. Synopsis: Sometimes I forget how interesting college was. Instead … Continued
#ux iota: Minimalist IA tool. Oh ASCII, is there anything you can’t do?
A bare bones, browser based tool that uses JavaScript and ASCII text to build basic wireframes. Short, sweet, simple and clean. _____ _____ _____ _____ __ _ /\ / ____|/ ____|_ _|_ _|/ _| | / \ | (___ | … Continued