CATALOGING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Title: 10/GUI Context: Multi-touch: it’s not just for mobile devices anymore… Synopsis: The promise of multi-touch interaction presents several problems in the context of desktop computing, i.e. ergonomic, metaphorical, organizational. Here is a concept that tries to address these issues … Continued
Title: A LIFE ON FACEBOOK. Context: A familiar story told by way of Facebook. Fun and sweet. Synopsis: Social media may change the way we communicate but does it change the way we live our life? Who knows? Life is … Continued
Title: DICE 2010: “Design Outside the Box” Context: Facebook, reality, gaming, ubiquitous scoring systems, positive reinforcement behavior modification. It’s all in there. Synopsis: This is a longish video (:30 minutes) of a tour de force presentation that looks at how … Continued
Title: Bringing Design to the Business World Context: Is design important to business? I think we all know the answer to that question. (Hint: it’s “yes”.) Synopsis: Business has traditionally considered design an “expense” and secondary to the success of … Continued
Title: Why designers should learn to code. Context: Don’t worry, I’m not heaping more work on you guys. It’s just an interesting opinion. That I happen to share. Synopsis: The hybrid designer/developer mythical creature is rumored to live in a … Continued
Title: Six Factors for Highly Unsuccessful Products Context: Light 3 minute video to help you wind up your week with a smile. A very knowing, wry, been-there-done-that smile… Synopsis: From the site: “At the FailCon 2010 conference in San Francisco, … Continued
Title: Future Shock: Nokia Research Touts 5 Innovative Mobile Interfaces Context: Sometimes the hard part is just telling a convincing story. Synopsis: Even though it’s still the most popular phone maker in the world Nokia doesn’t get the respect of … Continued
Title: The Mother of All Demos Context: Giving a presentation that 42 years later is still considered one of the greatest demos of all time is quite a feat. He must have got all the chicks. Synopsis: The mouse, interactive … Continued
Title: WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM Context: Hand drawn, stream of consciousness, 4 minute video answers an age old question. Synopsis: Good ideas are rarely “Eureka!” moments. Much more important are the connections that we make and our ability to … Continued