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Sep
4
A New Direction for UX Design
September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I believe Fred Beecher has cut straight to the heart of why the iPhone has changed the way that mobile computing and touch interface will be designed in the future.
He mentions not only game theory, but learnability and the use of fun to help users become familiar with an interface.
While he disagrees with those that [...]
Aug
20
3 Levels of Usability Design
August 20, 2009 | 1 Comment
While I may have wanted to blackball my colleague, Dana Chisnell out of personal poutiness due to her leaving the Bay Area (pooey); She just keeps on churning out amazing and useful books Handbook of Usability Testing, 2nd Ed. and articles.
Today, she wrote this blog post about providing more than just basic usability in a [...]
Jul
15
What is Usability Testing?
July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I own my own business and when people ask what I do, I say, “I do usability testing.” Quite often (even when they are in software or product development) they give that quizzical look.
Then ask, “What exactly is Usability Testing?”
I have a few different spiels (and resources on this site). I can go into great [...]
Jul
10
Silverback Guerilla Usability Testing
July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I have been using Morae fromTechSmith to do the bulk of my usability testing and have been wanting to run tests using my mac. One of the applications I have been looking at is Silverback made by Clearleft. From what I can see, it is a stripped down application that will work well for guerilla-style, [...]
Jun
4
Flash Catalyst Video Tour
June 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment
All these new tools coming out of Adobe Labs! It is making it easier and easier for designers and developers to communicate easily with each other. My hope is that it will lead to better collaboration which brings better products for humans.
More information can be found on the Adobe Site (added since the video that [...]
