#ux iota: The life of a designer is never done.
Being a designer is hard. The hours are long. The pay, not always great. But as a designer, it is hard to imagine doing anything else. via logobird.com
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
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
If you want to make people see your point, make them laugh.
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
#ux iota: If you have time to come up with new features, you have too much free time.
Who has time to come up with new features what with all the old crappy ones that need to be fixed? via dilbert.com
Every picture tells a story don’t it? Especially the one about “Basil Leaves Crushed Rosemary”.
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
#ux iota: Where productivity goes to die.
The Triangle of Despair. Many an hour has been wasted in those treacherous seas mateys. via: Parts unknown
The future is both here and widely distributed. Unfortunately.
Title: The Astounding World of the Future Context: You can’t predict the future, you can only make it. And according to this vision, we’ve certainly made “something” of our future… Synopsis: Ever see one of those olde tyme newsreels that … Continued
#ux iota: 7 days? Pfffft! UX designers take like 100 times as long.
Nobody gets a design right the first time. Nobody. Not even him. via gocomics.com
#ux iota: I am a usability hippie. Peace, love and minimization of clicks.
Your amazing, user-centric, slick, game-changing UI don’t matter a damn if it never ships. via flickr.com
#ux iota: Procrastination is watching this video instead of getting your work done.
Have 4:16 to spare? If you don’t then this video is most assuredly for you. via youtube.com
#ux iota: I said “Bleed this comic because it’s mealy honey!”
Oh voice recognition, will you ever learn? via gocomics.com
#ux iota: Oh Dilbert, will you ever win?
Designing for your portfolio instead of for the end user? That only happens in the funny pages right? RIGHT?!?! via dilbert.com
I mean, funny like I’m a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh? OK, good. That means I’m working hard.
Title: The Role of Humor in Innovation Context: Send in the clowns; I want to change the world. Synopsis: Changing the way people think is not easy. Neither is making them laugh. But they actually may be one in the … Continued