CATALOGING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Title: Buy Experiences, Not Things Context: If money isn’t buying you happiness maybe you are spending it on the wrong types of things. Synopsis: Everyone knows that delicious feeling the day before you are about to take a week or … Continued
Title: The Worst Context: We assume that everyone will pay a premium for the best user experience possible…But at what cost? Synopsis: We have been conditioned to accept that everyone wants nothing but the best. The target for all of … Continued
Title: Creativity Lessons from Charles Dickens and Steve Jobs Context: Creativity comes to one only once one stops trying so hard to be creative. Synopsis: There is an accidental nature to creativity that flies in the face of those people … Continued
Title: Experiences vs. Possessions: You Are What You’ve Done, Not What You Own Context: He who dies with the most toys may win, but he who has done the most is too happy to care who wins. Synopsis: If you … Continued
Title: Designing Great Experiences: The Gap Between Activities Context: One of my favorite design quotes from the Tao Teh Ching is: “Clay is molded into a vessel, but the usefulness of the vessel depends on the space where nothing exists.” … Continued