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UX Resource Stack on Delicious

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:31:32 -0400

UX Resource Stack on Delicious:

By our own Aditi K. Excellent collection!

Jan Tschichold: Penguin Books Composition Rules

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:52:36 -0400

Jan Tschichold: Penguin Books Composition Rules

Clean Up Your Mess

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:43:58 -0400

Clean Up Your Mess

"There is no doubt that users instinctively act as though computers and other electronic devices are..."

Tue, 01 May 2012 04:51:41 -0400

“There is no doubt that users instinctively act as though computers and other electronic devices are in fact people. How many times have you yelled at your DVR, rolled your eyes at a website, or said something like “I love my phone”?”

- UX Design as a Two-Way Conversation | UX Magazine

"1. If it is functional in the physical version, it should be functional in the multi-touch digital..."

Tue, 01 May 2012 04:41:07 -0400

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1. If it is functional in the physical version, it should be functional in the multi-touch digital version.

2. Do not be afraid to alienate users without the appropriate domain knowledge to operate the physical object a skeuomorphic multi-touch interface is based on.

3. When it is possible to add features that will make a heavily domain knowledge dependent design more accessible without negatively impacting the experience for expert users, do so.

4. Go one better, but keep the experience of the original object intact.

5. If it is functional in the physical version but cannot be functional in the multi-touch digital version, provide feedback about how to perform that function.

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- UI Guidelines for Skeuomorphic Multi-Touch Interfaces

Information Surfacing: Communicating through Design

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:56:04 -0400

Information Surfacing: Communicating through Design

Interaction Award Winners 2012

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:55:26 -0400

Interaction Award Winners 2012:

The winners of the first-ever Interaction Awards, recognizing 26 projects from all over the world for their excellence in interaction design. The criteria for evaluating the entries were based on context, impact, craft and overall presentation, and selected by an international panel of Jurors.

Designing for touch — very practical advice.

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:45:49 -0400

Designing for touch — very practical advice.

"We are back to the days of command-line interfaces where everything had to be memorized, or looked..."

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:10:08 -0500

“We are back to the days of command-line interfaces where everything had to be memorized, or looked up in a manual. I can only remember the gestures on my Macintosh by launching the “Settings” application, finding the trackpad control panel, and reviewing the four gestures under the tab “Point & Click,” the four gestures under “Scroll & Zoom,” and the six gestures listed under “More Gestures.” What ever happened to Apple’s image of “ease of use?” In the early days, one didn’t even have to read the manual to use a Macintosh. Now I am forced to read the same section of the manual on a regular basis.”

- Gesture Wars - Core77

"There are no Five Simple Steps to making your UX fabulous, there is no simple fix. All of these..."

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:10:50 -0500

“There are no Five Simple Steps to making your UX fabulous, there is no simple fix. All of these things are hard and most of them start much higher up in the organisation than the average UX designer ever gets to. Good UX is cultural. If you want to hire a freelancer to ‘do UX’ , it’s like putting a plaster on gangrenous leg.”

- Why most UX is shite | disambiguity

Are You Meeting the User Experience Hierarchy of Needs? - UX...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:04:26 -0500

Are You Meeting the User Experience Hierarchy of Needs? - UX Movement

"In human cognition, flow is describes as focused attention, deep engagement and a feeling of..."

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:03:32 -0500

“In human cognition, flow is describes as focused attention, deep engagement and a feeling of mastery. People describe this state as very productive and creative. Games are good examples of experiences that often manage to put users in a state of flow. The phenomenon was first described by the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi .”

- Truly Engaging and Immersive Products or How To Keep Talent | Bonnier AB

Z & Human/Machine Interface

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:08:17 -0500

Z & Human/Machine Interface:

Gesture recognition is the first step to fully 3D interaction with computing devices. The authors outline the challenges and techniques to overcome them in embedded systems.

Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle (by CUSEC)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:05:46 -0500

Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle (by CUSEC)

Interaction-Design.org — excellent source of educational...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:19:14 -0500

Interaction-Design.org — excellent source of educational materials on interaction design. By world-class designers. And free!

Smart E-Book Interface Prototype Demo

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:14:37 -0500

Smart E-Book Interface Prototype Demo

What is UX design, LittleBigPlanet-style.

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:37:12 -0500

What is UX design, LittleBigPlanet-style.

Landscape between the lines — a see-through church.

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:58:32 -0500

Landscape between the lines — a see-through church.

Anatomy of a Hardware Usability Testing Rig

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:30:42 -0500

Anatomy of a Hardware Usability Testing Rig

Human-Computer Interaction course by Scott Klemmer

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:01:00 -0500

Human-Computer Interaction course by Scott Klemmer, Stanford University. It’s free, starts January 30.