CATALOGING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Title: Design machines: How to survive the digital apocalypse. Context: The era of digital production has standardized creativity. Synopsis: Man has always feared his own obsolescence. Since the dawn of the industrial age our bogeyman has invariably been the machine. … Continued
Title: Deliver the Future, Gradually Context: Everybody wants to design the next shiny new toy, just be sure that your customers are going to want to play with it first. Synopsis: The old(ish) saying tells us that the future is … Continued
Title: 6 Evil UX Things Companies Do (That Also Happen to Work) Context: Dark side UX is the father of invention. Really crappy invention, but invention nonetheless. Synopsis: User experience as a term is actually neutral. All it denotes is … Continued
via xkcd.com
Behold! The world’s fastest web designer. via youtube.com
Title: The Virtual Designer Context: All glory is fleeting. Digital designs are lucky to be a fraction of that. Synopsis: We rarely work on anything concrete. Our designs are virtual, ethereal and, arguably, don’t even really exist at all. Yet … Continued
Crayola crayons by way of hex notation. Remember: when coloring your website, stay within the lines. via en.wikipedia.org
Title: WTF Is The Semantic Web? Context: Nice infographic that does a pretty good job of explaining an otherwise dense topic. Synopsis: I know there’s been quite a bit of talk around these parts about the power of the semantic … Continued