UX
Gonzo UX
Work that researches well is predicted on what has gone before. Anything different, or out of the ordinary, will test badly, for the very reason that it is different – Bill Bembach The majority of my work is as it should be… Neat, proper, rule-abiding and by the New Rider book. Packed full of user-centred [...]
IXDA Interaction 12 – The great UX debate
On Thursday night I took to the stage for the Great UX Debate at IXDA Interaction 2012. An amazing new date in the UX community calendar hosted by my company SapientNitro. I got to share the rostrum with some of the heavy-weight / esoteric thinkers (and drinkers) of our bubble called design – Giles Colborne, [...]
Keynote Kung-Fu: How to wireframe like a ninja
Travis Isaacs is a visual/interaction designer and front-end developer. He created the Keynote Wireframe Toolkit which you can download at http://keynotekungfu.com I love this presentation… it’s so true:
The Ten Commandments Of User Experience
Nice presentation from Nick Finck, Director of UX at Blue Flavor, about the 10 major principals of User Experience. Check out Nicks blog at http://www.nickfinck.com The user is always right Understand the user Avoid solutioneering Form follows function Content is king Innovate, do not imitate Access is for everyone Plan before you design Understand the [...]
Is UX just another name for IA?
The squillion dollar dilemma… A lot of people seem to be talking about user experience (UX) these days. User experience is a very blurry concept. Consequently, many people use the term incorrectly. However, UX depends not only on how something is designed, but on lots of other aspects. It’s a very common misconception that we’re [...]
A week in UX
A week in UX means dipping into other peoples intelligence… There are a whole bunch of sources I can’t work without… And here are some of them: A List Apart — Web magazine published by Happy Cog that “explores the design, development, and meaning of Web content, with a special focus on Web standards and [...]
The user is always right. We’re not.
I’ve come to terms with the fact that whether or not I like it, I’m what the industry has dubbed a ‘user experience’ or ‘UX’ practitioner. Oh the indignity… I’m a closet coder, a designer, an alright I.A, a marketing snob, a digital evangelist and sometimes when I’m in the right space a pretty good [...]
The speed at which we live
Alan Lightman wrote an amazing paragraph in his book “Einsteins Dreams” in 1993 that is never more pertinent that it is today: “A man or a woman suddenly thrust into this world would have to dodge houses and buildings. For all is in motion. Houses and apartments, mounted on wheels, go careening through Bahnhofplatz and [...]
