April 2010
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December 2009
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WatchHow Andy Clarke and Steve Pearce - FOWD London 2008
Great talk by Andy Clarke & Steve Pearce on how Brand Experience is married to User Experience (UX). Must viewing. (30min) PDF of slides here: http://j.mp/8Ckuqq
November 2009
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WatchThis video inspired me and is how things have to go. Work for hire if that’s all you do leads nowhere but to be discarded once said is work is done, but Jim Coudal says it better than me check this interview (8min), you won’t be sorry.
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WatchQuick thoughts (<5min) on rapid communication of ideas through sketching, from the d.school’s Scott Doorley & comic book artist Dan Archer
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WatchMichael Bierut: 5 Secrets from 86 Notebooks (via Vimeo)—this is a repost, it’s that GOOD. Watch, learn & do great work.
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A List Apart: Articles: Saving the Spark:... →
Great piece on renewing the creative spark through structure & brainstorming by one Mr. @MarkBoulton via @alistapart. Very good stuff especially for a Sunday. Click & Enjoy!
October 2009
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20 User Experience Books You Should Own... →
Brief list of what *might* be considered the modern UX canon. Surprised Moggridge’s book is not listed but hey it’s one man’s opinion. Curious, what’d you think? What’s missing?
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The History and Evolution of Social Media |... →
Though I teach a course on this subject, there’s still some stuff in here that I didn’t realize. So much happens so fast it’s easy to forget how the web (and we) got social.
Kudos to Web DesignerDepot (@designerdepot) for giving us the trip down digital memory lane. Good stuff. Peruse.
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Twelve (12) emerging best practice for adding user... →
Found this by pure accident, GREAT overview (by Jeff Patton, a bit of an authority on the Agile/UX front) on what UX & Agile playing nice together. Over a year old but still quite thought-provoking about AgileUX in the wild. This kept me up past my bed time. Damn. If you design software, apps, high-end websites for a living… click and read!
September 2009
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14 FREE Tools That Reveal Why People Abandon Your... →
IMHO this falls squarely in the UX camp as well as it helps us understand (albeit anonymously) where at least potential problems lie in the experiences we create. Some of these very interesting tools you’ve heard of but some I’m almost sure you’ve not (at least I hadn’t). Enjoy!
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9 Scientifically Proven Ways to Get ReTweeted on... →
Seriously you say? Yes seriously it’s come to this. Read if you don’t believe me. (Courtesy of Fast Company)
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Learning from Games: A Language for Designing... →
Very interesting piece from the good folks over at @JohnnyHolland. I think the psychology of gaming and game mechanics will continue to permeate (witness Foursquare) as we continue to look for challenge, surprise and acknowledgment (as we get better) from even the most mundane of digital interactions (widgets, webapps, brand messages). Good piece covering how to design for this world. My...
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Agile + UX: 6 strategies for making agile + user... →
Woke up with Agile still on the brain and just read this so anxious to give it go. Anyone with experience to share? Read.
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UI Patterns.com, am I the last person to hear...
I mean I swore (and still swear) by Martijn van Welie’s great collection of Interaction Design and Jennifer Tidwell’s awesome site and increasingly Bill Scott’s & Theresa Neil’s Designing Web Interfaces site (which is great for RIA as well as websites) but for some reason missed this (which I’m sure is probably bookmarked in NetVibes). Anyway good stuff...
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On Interaction Design Synthesis | IxDA Library →
20min of Jon Kolko covering how to synthesize all that data we (designers) clamor for (incl me) before designing, if you follow you’ll be smarter for it + he’s funny. Shut up & make somethin’. Kudos @jkolko & @ixda! Watch.
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Demystifying Usability : What's next in mobile... →
Very good read on the coming of Augmented Reality (AR) which has been covered on that all important industry sieve Techcrunch see here and here. Can’t wait for this become a mainstream reality and to design for it. What are the potential downsides of this? How do you make it accessible I wonder? Hmmm, thoughts.
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Facebook, Twitter integration comes to iTunes |... →
Yet another example of how social media is becoming just media, how what we think is separate (social) is actually the DNA of what the Internet is (thus not separate). Read. From CNET.
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5 Pixel Popping Techniques | Tutorial9 →
Something I’ve been looking for, for sometime. Mastering these 5 techniques alone can go light years to polishing your web UIs. Visual design matters. Kudos to @theLeggett!
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Scientific Speed Reading: How to Read 300% Faster... →
Not sure if this works but it seems very plausible, plan to give it a try. Will post.
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Vitaminwater Gets Facebookers Brainstorming on a... →
Interesting read on what VitaminWater is doing in the social media space. What is interesting to me is how fast they’ve been able to reach the six-figure mark of fans on FB. I stand by what I say social media will not reinvent a crap product but it can at least let you know it’s crap and how to change it. For great products the same applies except you have 400,000 people (as in...
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Five classic clutter-busting strategies from... →
Key things we all need to know to live just that much more free-er in a very real sense and if you don’t believe just look at this clip of an episode of Hoarders on A&E, scary stuff.
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“There’s a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17. The path of the...”
– Jules, Pulp Fiction
“The night of the fight, you may feel a slight sting. That’s pride fuckin...”
– Marcellus Wallace, Pulp Fiction
“I’m chasing after a slice of color, I’m trying to capture the...”
– Claude Monet
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Getting started with Getting Things Done →
David Allen we praise you Oh god of productivity! Great stuff, changed my life and how I work. Thx 43 Folders for keeping this active.
Create a Stylish Business Layout in Photoshop →
August 2009
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“RT @rayraydel:”Visual Communication in the Wild”...”
– @rayraydel
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Five fast email productivity tips →
Another classic from 43 Folders. Still holds crazy weight in my book. Now just to get it fully in effect!
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Guide to Completing Projects On-Time →
Sense a theme?
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6 Amazing Techniques to Staying Happy During a... →
Worth reading and more importantly following. Thx ZenHabits.net, love this site!
“Design quote of the week: “You’re not an artist Peggy, you solve...”
– Don Draper, #MadMen S3Ep2
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The Myth of Moleskine? →
The myth of the Moleskine — socialuxe http://bit.ly/14Dk6W (say it ain’t so, good thing I’m also a huge Rhodia fanboy as well).
15 Ways to Give A Lousy Presentation →
While I *may* be guilty of 2 of these I’ve not done more than 3 for sure. Thanks for keeping me on my toes Business Week.
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“RT @john_labriola: Engaging the User: What We Can Learn from Games. Thinkin abt...”
– JohnnyHolland.org (http://bit.ly/pScDz)
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What could rap sounds like with true sense (re:...
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http://www.ixd101.com/ →
Love this concept. A micro approach to some basic tenets of Interaction Design (IxD) which embraces the small is the new BIG concept beaturifully. Hope they keep it up. Would’ve been cool if they opened up the contributions (a bit) and maybe added additional references for those nerds (like me) who want to #delve deeper but who has the damn time.
Anyways kudos fellas— Matt Morphett...