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How Andy Clarke and Steve Pearce - FOWD London 2008 Great talk...

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:35:00 -0500

How 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

Gentry Underwood from IDEO talks on why we need to change how we...

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:16:34 -0500

Gentry Underwood from IDEO talks on why we need to change how we look at the design process when it comes to social software. Although work kept me away from this year’s Web 2.0 Expo in NYC, through the wonders of Youtube I was able to catch this talk (thx @digitalsista).

To encapsulate his talk you could call it… Anthropology + Interaction Design FTW! Great talk. Watch! (15min)

This video inspired me and is how things have to go. Work for...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:09:12 -0500

This 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.

Quick thoughts (<5min) on rapid communication of ideas...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:16:36 -0500

Quick thoughts (<5min) on rapid communication of ideas through sketching, from the d.school’s Scott Doorley & comic book artist Dan Archer

Michael Bierut: 5 Secrets from 86 Notebooks (via...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:11:50 -0500

Michael Bierut: 5 Secrets from 86 Notebooks (via Vimeo)—this is a repost, it’s that GOOD. Watch, learn & do great work.

A List Apart: Articles: Saving the Spark: Developing Creative Ideas

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:51:32 -0500

A List Apart: Articles: Saving the Spark: Developing Creative Ideas:

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!

20 User Experience Books You Should Own (uxbydesign.org)

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:38:16 -0400

20 User Experience Books You Should Own (uxbydesign.org):

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?

The History and Evolution of Social Media | Webdesigner Depot

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:20:00 -0400

The History and Evolution of Social Media | Webdesigner Depot:

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.

Twelve (12) emerging best practice for adding user experience work to agile software development

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:32:00 -0400

Twelve (12) emerging best practice for adding user experience work to agile software development:

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!

14 FREE Tools That Reveal Why People Abandon Your Website

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:44:05 -0400

14 FREE Tools That Reveal Why People Abandon Your Website:

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!

9 Scientifically Proven Ways to Get ReTweeted on Twitter (Fast Company)

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:06:37 -0400

9 Scientifically Proven Ways to Get ReTweeted on Twitter (Fast Company):

Seriously you say? Yes seriously it’s come to this. Read if you don’t believe me. (Courtesy of Fast Company)

Learning from Games: A Language for Designing Emotion

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:21:00 -0400

Learning from Games: A Language for Designing Emotion:

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 favorite subtitle “The Architecture of Fun”, classic.

The genius in his element. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things -...

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:55:09 -0400

The genius in his element. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things - 1961 in Baden-Baden, Germany. I dare you not to be inspired. Happy Friday, Enjoy! (10m35s)

Agile + UX: 6 strategies for making agile + user experience play nice.

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:49:44 -0400

Agile + UX: 6 strategies for making agile + user experience play nice.:

Woke up with Agile still on the brain and just read this so anxious to give it go. Anyone with experience to share? Read.

UI Patterns.com, am I the last person to hear about this?

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:19:00 -0400

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 here as well and they seem to encourage uploads, account registration and social interaction which is an interesting approach reminiscent of one Konigi.com (kick-ass well). This is part of my process.

Anyways enjoy as I know I will. Click! - F

Wanna get Agile? Even a little? Same here. Watching Ken Schwaber...

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:32:54 -0400

Wanna get Agile? Even a little? Same here. Watching Ken Schwaber giving a talk on Scrum et al. (via googletechtalks—1h1m, value is in the 1st 20min). He’s funny. Learning quite a bit. If you design apps or websites for a living, watch!

On Interaction Design Synthesis | IxDA Library

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:34:51 -0400

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.

This looks awesome… Man, if onIy I were 10 years...

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:44:50 -0400

This looks awesome… Man, if onIy I were 10 years younger… who am I kidding I probably still wouldn’t do it but I’d give it a go at least once. Watch!

My hero of the week: Keith Olbermann. Think Obama’s a liar...

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:39:20 -0400

My hero of the week: Keith Olbermann. Think Obama’s a liar & forgot the lies Bush *actually* told? It’s all here (10min). Go KO!