Archive for the 'user experience' Category
I recently traveled via Virgin America to see some friends and I could not help but notice how engaging and fun their safety video is. If all “help” and instructional videos were this enjoyable, I think we would all have a more pleasant experience going through the monatenous things in life. Creating pleasurable [...]
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Tags: persuasion, RED, safety video, Virgin America
Microsoft’s Vision of the Future
Just awesome, if only….
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Tags: environmental design, Future, microsoft, Research, Ubiquitous Devices, user experience
“Quince” a UX Patterns Library
After browsing the web I stumbled upon this amazing User Experience patterns library, something good enough to share with the world around me and add to my list of blogroll links. Ironically the UX design and Visual design feels a bit complex for my tastes, but the content is lovely.
The only minor set [...]
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“The lost art of letter-writing”
A very short and sweet TED talk by Lakshmi Pratury entitled “The lost art of letter-writing”
It brings up an interesting question – as our digital capabilities increase we find ourselves forgetting about the “ancient” ways people used to communicate to one another – on paper.
I find that when receiving an actual letter from a close [...]
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GCHAT + AIM + GMAIL = GOOD UX
Looks like the days may be numbered for start-ups like Meebo.com – Google is no longer just allowing users to chat from one another is the have GMAIL, but they are finally incorporating good old AIM, does this mean the coming end for companies like Meebo. Will it only be a matter of time [...]
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Here is a link to an excellent article by the people at UX Matters.
People have finally begun to take notice of the emotional reaction of Users when testing new products. We UX Designers have to remember the creation of an optimal User Experience is a balance between thinking about how people actually use a [...]
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Amazon’s New Interface
Amazon.com is in the process of slowly releasing there new user interface.
Thoughts anyone? Do we like the direction they’re going in?
Click here to see the new Amazon User Interface
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“Our overwhelmingly commodity-based culture, where a person can buy anything, anytime, anywhere and through different channels of commerce, is getting boring. It becomes ubiquitous….instead of status objects, there will be status activities.”
Ron Pompei – “What’s in Store” Women’s Wear Daily
I happened to be browsing Women’s Wear Daily the other day to look at [...]
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“Strategy affects Design…”
Client: “Performance metrics, market landscape, product strategy? You don’t sound much like a designer. Shouldn’t we be discussing color options and page templates?”
Designer: “Design is the physical, or in this case digital, manifestation of your product strategy. Of course we could define your customers’ experience with ‘paint by number’. But I think you’d agree we [...]
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