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Thursday November 5, 2009
Creating Controversy for its own Sake (and How Humility is a Rare Bird Indeed These Days) →
A very convicting article by Joshua Blankenship on unsolicited redesigns and the arrogance that drives them. Convicting, because I personally wrestle with the same arrogance he’s calling out. Whether you work as a designer for a corporate giant or as a lonely freelancer, it’s definitely worth a read.
Creating Controversy for its own Sake (and How Humility is a Rare Bird Indeed These Days) Link posted by Matt Donovan in Business, Design, Graphic Design, Interface, User Experience, Visual Design .
Tuesday October 13, 2009
NYT Video Segments
The New York Times does a fantastic job of providing just the right detail in just the right way to keep me engaged and informed. Not seeing this same kind of effort from big TV, online or otherwise.
NYT Video Segments Image posted by Matt Donovan in Accessibility/Usability, Design, Information Design, Interface, User Experience .
Monday October 12, 2009
Below the Surface →
Our own EMC Consulting’s Rich Wand shares thoughts on successful Surface and NUI interactions based on his experience designing for the platform. He covers several great tips for NUI designers and developers. Well worth the read if you’re working with Surface or similar natural user interfaces.
Below the Surface Link posted by Mark Kraemer in Interface, Mobile, .Net, Usability, User Experience .
Thursday March 5, 2009
Stream of consciousness on Microsoft Surface
This is floated through my mind while walking down the hall to get a drink:
“The future of interaction design is so circular – dials, ripples… water is a good analogy for Surface interactions. It’s organic – people understand how water reacts to the touch. Ripples. Ripples are so automatic. They just do stuff. What if the Surface was actually water… and the real ripples made things happen. Liquid computing! The AUTOMATION!!!”
Stream of consciousness on Microsoft Surface Snippet posted by Matt Donovan in Interface, Microsoft, Technology, User Experience .
Friday January 9, 2009
Welcome. Now, don't come back.
If your RSS feed is well-highlighted (like, so a 6 year old could subscribe to it) and contains the right level of detail (unlike this blog), then your experience design should really focus on first-time visitors. Great blogs never require me to return.
Welcome. Now, don't come back. Snippet posted by Matt Donovan in Accessibility/Usability, Interface, Usability, User Experience .
Wednesday January 7, 2009
View more, if only a little
I’m seeing this “View More” link a lot lately. More often than not, the hidden content is no more than a few sentences long. I’m guessing this was implemented in the example above to keep the ads at the bottom of the screen from appearing below the virtual fold in instances when the selection box on the right is wider.
This just a friendly reminder to go back and test the dickens out of even the smallest features. Hiccups like this can easily be avoided.
View more, if only a little Image posted by Matt Donovan in Infographic, Interface, User Experience .
Monday November 17, 2008
"The Much Under-appreciated Principle of Pleasure"
Nick Merritt posits on why Apple creates interfaces with higher perceived quality than their competitors:
It is not just enough to make using something easy … When it comes to deciding what choices to make, it helps that a team has a supremely clear vision of the role the technology is going to play in the lives of its users, as the original Mac team did, as I suspect, the iPhone team does today, and to be fair to Microsoft, the Surface team has.
Read the full post, Why Apple is great at interfaces when others are not on TechRadar.com.
"The Much Under-appreciated Principle of Pleasure" Snippet posted by Mark Kraemer in Apple, Interface, Microsoft, User Experience .